Therapy as learning

Therapy as Learning

A set of processes that leads to relatively permanent changes in the capability for responding

Therapy as Teaching

Regardless of the intervention, goal is to provide clients and caregivers with new possibilities for responding to life challenges

Approaches to intervention

Create/Promote

establish/ restore

maintain

modify

prevent

Types of OT intervention

occupation and activities

interventions to support occupations

education and training

advocacy

Group interventions

virtual intervention/ telehealth

Health Belief Model Key concepts

Threat promotes action

Perceived benefit

perceived severity

perceived barriers

perceived susceptibility

Health Belief Model OT ROLE

• Facilitate informed decions decisions

• Provide intervention to address threats

Attribution Theory Intervention

• develop the therapeutic relationship

• develop correct attributions

• alter the focus of attributions

• maintain perception of personal efficacy through support, modifications of maintenance routine, and teaching new skills

Four dimensions of attribution

• locus of causation

• controllability

• stability

• globality

Attribution Define

Meaning established through attributions

Social Cognitive Theory

Interaction of behavior, personal factors, and environment

Social Cognitive Principles

• observational learning

• coping responses

• learning and practicing skills

• developing confidence

• controlling action within unique environments

Theory of Reasoned Action

Motivation al intent of behavior

Two Part Analysis

• Client attitude toward behavior

• Subjective Norm of Behavior

Transtheoretical Model of change

Way to analyze and predict change behavior

Stages of Change

• Pre-contemplative

• contemplative

• preparation

• action

• maintenance

Health Belief shared themes

education beliefs

perceived self-efficacy

Attribution shared themes

self-efficacy in internal/ external environment control

social cognitive shared themes

conductive environment

effective performance

theory of reasoned action

attitudes

social norms

transtheoretical model of change shared themes

stages of change

self- efficacy via confidence and temptation

Specificity

Learn exactly what have been taught

Transfer and generalization of learning

transfer of training

generalization

procedural and declarative knowledge

how to do something

knowing about something

implicit and explicit learning

implicit- skilled based learning that can only be demonstrated by the learner

explicit- knowledge that can be found, named, recited