Occupational Therapy Essay

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Occupational therapy practitioner’s address occupational performance needs through holistic and client-centered approaches. Client-centered approach is defined as a partnership amongst the client and therapist that enables a client to fulfill their occupational roles in a variety of environments. The client participates actively in negotiating goals which are set and are the center of assessment, intervention and evaluation. The individual is holistic in nature and consideration must be given to performance skills, patterns, and areas of occupation that expand across a variety of contexts. These components are interdependent and require equal consideration in effective occupational therapy practice. The environment can both help and hinder…show more content…
The framework allows Occupational therapy practitioners to address occupational performance needs through a holistic and client-centered approach and facilitate participation in occupational performance within an environment. The EHP framework offers five strategies for addressing individual needs: (1) establish/restore the person's ability to perform in context; (2) modify/adapt contextual features and task demands to support performance in context; (3) alter the context to better match the individual's abilities; (4) prevent problems by anticipating difficulties; and (5) create circumstances that promote more typical or complex performances in context (Dunn, Brown & McGuigan,…show more content…
Changes in person, context or task variables can influence occupational performance. “To achieve flow, there needs to be a balance between the situational challenges posed by an activity and personal skills” (Law, 1991, p. 174). Conversely, when a person has a more limited set of skills and abilities, then the person may either derive less meaning from the context or may not have the personal resources to support performance (Dunn, Brown & McGuigan,
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