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Occupation Analysis in Practice
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Occupation Analysis in Practice is the essential book for all future and current occupational therapists. It offers a practical approach to the analysis of occupations in real world practice.
The book frames occupation as the key component for analysis and builds upon previous work limited to analysis at the activity level. It examines the interests, goals, abilities and contexts of individuals, groups, institutions and communities, along with the demands of the occupation. It presents examples of occupation analysis in different practice context including working with children, health promotion, indigenous health, medico-legal practice; mental health and occupational rehabilitation.
The book has four sections. Section 1 introduces theoretical perspectives of the concept of occupation analysis and how such analysis relates to particular models of Occupational Therapy practice and the generic World Health Organisation International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health. Section 2 discusses analysis of particular components of occupation that support practice. These include culture, spirituality, home and community environments as well as self-care and leisure. Section 3 applies analysis of occupations to particular specialties encountered in practice. Section 4 considers the application of Occupation Analysis within professional reasoning and goal setting.
FEATURES International team of contributors Examples of occupation analysis proforma Application to a wide range of practice areas. Glossary of key terms Incudes the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health.
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| Title of eBook: Occupation Analysis in Practice | |
| Release Date: 03-23-2011 | |
| Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell |
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Occupation Analysis in Practice
Chapter One
What is occupation analysis? Gjyn O'Toole
Chapter outline
An occupation analysis requires an understanding of the centrality of the concept of occupation from an occupational therapy (OT) and occupational science perspective. This chapter considers that engagement in occupations occurs because individuals, groups and communities possess skills or values that facilitate choice and performance of specific occupations within particular contexts. The chapter proposes six innate intrinsic elements and seven environmental contexts that influence performance of occupations. Occupation analysis explores the transactional relationship between three components of occupational performance: the occupation itself; the participating individual, group or community and the contexts surrounding the occupational participation.
Chapter objectives
The reader should be able to:
• Define occupation from an OT perspective.
• Recognize differences between occupation, activity, task and action.
• Identify and explain the 'areas of occupation' defined by the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) in the Occupational Therapy Practice Framework, 2008.
• Explain the need for an occupation analysis.
• State and connect the components of an occupation analysis.
• Outline the occupation analysis process.
Concepts implicit within occupational therapy
Occupational therapists are concerned about the needs, desires, experiences and expectations of individuals and/or groups and the role of occupation in meeting those needs and achieving those expec
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