Optimizing Performance Through Task and Environment Modification

Vocabulary flashcards on optimizing performance.

ICF Model (International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health)

A framework for describing and organising information on functioning and disability. It provided a standard language and a conceptual basis for the definition and measurement of health and disability.

Functioning

An umbrella term for body function, body structures, activities and participation. It denotes the positive or neutral aspects of the interaction between a person’s health condition(s) and that individual’s contextual factors (environmental and personal factors)

Disability

An umbrella term for impairments, activity limitations and participation restriction. It denotes the negative aspects of interaction between a person’s health condition(s) and that individual’s contextual factors (environmental and personal factors)

Body Functions

The physiological functions of body systems (including psychological functions).

Body Structure

Anatomical parts of the body such as organs, limbs and their components.

Impairments

Problems in body function and structure such as significant deviation or loss.

Activity

The execution of task or action by an individual.

Activity Limitations

Difficulties an individual may have in executing activities.

Participation Restrictions

Problems an individual may experience in involvement in life situations.

Environmental Factors

The physical, social and attitudinal environment in which people live and conduct their loves. These are either barriers to or facilitators of the person's functioning.

Personal Factors

Sex, age, coping styles or characteristics that may influence how an individual experiences variances disability.

Environmental factors

All external factors that influence participation either as barriers or facilitators.

Built objects

Buildings and structures created by humans.

Natural objects

Other humans and geographical objects, vegetation, mountains, rivers, uneven terrain, etc.

Environment

Range of components that affect human function, including home, neighborhood, community, methods of transportation, and individual, educational, workplace, entertainment, commercial, and natural settings.

Participation

Occurs at the intersection of what the person can do, wants to do, has the opportunity to do, and is not prevented from doing by the world in which the person lives. A transaction that occurs at the nexus of the person, task, and environment.

Socio-Ecological Model

Examines how individuals and their environment interact, influencing behavior and well-being. It recognizes that multiple levels of influence, from individual factors to broader societal context, shape human actions.

Accessible Design

Refer to the structures that meet prescribed standards for accessibility.

Barriers

Through their presence or absence, prevent optimal function and create disability, such as diminished access to home, school, work, or community.

Accessibility

The degree to which an environment affords use of its resources with respect to an individual's level of function.

Universal Design

This design concept emphasizes social inclusion by creating products and environments that are usable by a wide range of individuals of different ages, statures, sizes, and abilities. It also addresses the changing needs of human beings across the lifespan.

Evidence-based design (EBD)

Supports and informs or enhances the universal design concept, emphasizes use of research to influence the design process and evaluate design innovations. Traditionally associated with healthcare architecture, supports design decisions for many structures in the built environment, including schools, office spaces, performance centers, restaurants, museums, and prisons.

Equitable use

The design is useful and marketable in people with diverse abilities.

Flexibility in use

The design accommodates a wide range of individual preferences and abilities.

Simple and intuitive

Use of design is easy to understand regardless of the user's experience, knowledge, language skills, or current concentration levels.

Perceptible information

The design communicates necessary information effectively to the user regardless of ambient conditions and the user's sensory abilities.

Tolerance for error

Design minimizes hazards and the adverse consequences of accidental or unintended actions.

Low physical effort

The design can be used efficiently, comfortably, and with a minimum of fatigue.

Size and space for approach and use

An appropriate size and space provided for approach, reach, manipulation, and use regardless of the user's body size, posture, and mobility.

Wheelchair symbol

Buildings accessible to individuals with a disability. Symbol used to identify the availability of assistive listening devices, telephones with interactive text capabilities, volume-controlled telephones, availability of sign language interpretation, and so on and so forth.

Task Analysis

Involves breaking down a task into smaller manageable steps to better understand where the difficulties or the challenges arise. We identify the goal, then list each step and observe where someone might get stuck or the most difficult for the client or the patient is.

Job Analysis

A detailed description that identifies and describes the specific requirements of a job. It typically includes the essential functions of a job, the physical environment, the physical requirements, the skills needed, and the social context of the job.

FCEs (Functional Capacity Evaluation)

A series of performance-based tests designed to determine the current physical capacity to perform work-related activities.

Special Population

Groups of individuals who may have unique needs due to physical, cognitive, or social factors. These groups often require workplace accommodations to ensure safety, accessibility, and inclusion.

Gender occupational segregation

Pattern in which one gender is under-represented in some jobs and over-represented in others, relative to their percentage share of total employment

Persons With Disabilities (PWDs)

Physical impairments due to congenital conditions, accidents, or illnesses.

BIWAKO MILLENNIUM FRAMEWORK

Promote the goals of an inclusive, barrier free and right-based society.

RA 7277 (Magna Carta for Disabled Persons)

Philippine law that ensures equal opportunities and rights for PWDs.