Models of Service Delivery (Prof Dev)

Medical Model (OT)

Focuses on health conditions, disease, acute care, and clinical rehabilitation.

Educational Model (OT)

Focuses on academic participation, school-based support, and Individualized Education Programs (IEPs).

Community Model (OT)

Focuses on community-based programs, population health, and local wellness initiatives.

Social Model (OT)

Focuses on social participation, advocacy, removing environmental/societal barriers, and occupational justice.

Private Practice Setting (OT)

Includes outpatient clinics, private consultations, and fee-for-service service models.

Emerging Practice (OT)

Innovative, non-traditional service niches designed to meet evolving societal needs.

Person-Level Direct Services

One-on-one intervention focused on individual skill development, task adaptation, or rehabilitation.

Group-Level Direct Services

Interventions targeting shared occupational goals, peer interaction, or functional skill-building.

Consultation

Collaborative problem-solving where the practitioner uses expert knowledge to help the client (or team) identify problems, generate solutions, try strategies and alter solutions as needed

Consultation Accountability

The practitioner is not directly responsible for the ultimate outcome of the intervention.

Education (OTPF-4)

Imparting knowledge to empower clients to build healthy behaviors and routines.

Education vs. Direct Intervention

Education does not result in the immediate performance of the activity during the session.

Advocacy (OTPF-4)

Promoting occupational justice and empowering clients by speaking or working on their behalf.

Case Management

Coordinating resources, services, and interprofessional care across settings.

Telehealth in OT

Utilizing telecommunication technologies to deliver occupational therapy services remotely.

Episodic Care

Targeted care provided during specific periods or transitions of client need.

Family-Centered Care

Aligning goals and interventions with the priorities, values, and routines of the family.

Multidisciplinary Team

• Professionals work independently in parallel

• each discipline conducts its own evaluation, sets independent goals, and delivers intervention with limited interaction

Interdisciplinary Team

• Professionals from different disciplines work collaboratively

• they share information, conduct formal team meetings, and establish integrated, client-centered treatment plans and goals together

Transdisciplinary Team

• Professionals share roles across disciplinary boundaries

• one primary provider delivers interventions under the direct guidance and consultation of other team specialists (role release)

Role Release

A primary provider delivers interventions under direct guidance and consultation of team specialists.

Consultation Example (ASD)

Recommending classroom environmental modifications or reviewing school curricula with educators.

Education Example (ASD)

Providing tip sheets and in-service training to support school Individualized Education Program (IEP) teams.

Advocacy Example (ASD)

Building relationships with community leaders and policymakers to expand programming for adults with ASD.

direct services

• one-on-one sensory processing or daily living skill training

• or social skills group interventions