OT 603 Foundations of Practice OT 604 Occupation Based Practice  Overview of course  Joys and Concerns  Occupation  History of OT in a nutshell  OT 604 Application- The Occupation of being a very novice occupational therapist and how you are going to make it happen!

Joys and Concerns  Nameplates  Check your Canvas and mail daily  Your T-shirt size  Canvas  Others?

Syllabus and Texts  Focus of these courses & interface OT  Texts and other readings/requiremetns –New “Willard” and old “Willard” –AOTA/GOTA membership  How to succeed in this course

Objectives in a Nutshell: Professionalism Being a professional  Describe the development of the profession within the historical context in which it occurred  Appreciate professional expectations in terms of conduct and ethics

Objectives in a Nutshell Occupation  Define occupation and appreciate its complexity  Distinguish among common occupational therapy terms  Explore occupational taxonomies

Objectives in a Nutshell Occupation as Therapy  Analyzing occupational performance  Evaluation  Intervention  Outcomes

Occupation  What does it mean?  Occupational science  Occupation as therapy

Occupation  Activities…of everyday life, named, organized, and given value and meaning by individuals and a culture. Occupation is everything that people do to occupy themselves, including looking after themselves…enjoying life…and contributing to the social and economic fabric of their communities…(Law, Palajko, Baptiste, & Townsend, 1997)

Occupation  “the doing of work, play, or activities of daily living within a temporal, physical, and sociocultural context that characterizes much of human life Kielhofner, 2002  The everyday activities that people want and need to do. Baum & Law, 1999

Occupation: Definition used on OT Practice Framework  [Activities…of everyday life, named, organized, and given value and meaning by individuals and a culture. Occupational is everything that people do to occupy themselves, including looking after themselves…enjoying life…and contributing to the social and economic fabric of their communities…(Law, Palajko, Baptiste, & Townsend, 1997)

Occupation vs. purposeful activity  Occupation – goal directed or purposeful – performed in & influenced by contexts – can be identified by the doer and others – are meaningful  Purposeful activity –an active task –involves doing –smaller than an occupation

Occupational Science  Form –Directly observable aspects of occupation  Function –Ways in which occupation serves adaptation  Meaning –Significance of occupation within context of real lives and culture

Occupational Therapy  Harnesses the notion of occupation  Uses meaningful, purposeful occupational performance in the context of occupational form  Specially designed to meet a therapeutic goal  Nelson (1994, 1996)

Airplane Ride  Role play –Strangers on a plane  Strangers –So, what do you do?  OT –Answer in 1-2 sentences….  Switch around…  What were some of your favorites?

Historical Development of Occupational Therapy  What was going on in general during that time  What was going on relevant to Occupational Therapy –In US –In the World?  Who were the key players? –Before & thru1800’s -1940’s-1950’s – ’s-1980’s – ’s -1980’s to now to now

Become Your Own Success Story! Use your own occupational knowledge to make your own success story  VARK  Reading interview  Study context  Study routines