Activity & Occupation Demands/ Objects/ Social Demands

Activity demands

What is typically required to carry out the activity regardless of client and context

Occupation demands

What is required by the specific client to carry out an occupation

Objects

• Tools

• Supplies

• Equipment

• Properties

Tools

Something that helps you complete an activity; reusable

Supplies

Physical articles needed to make or do something; depleted

Equipment

Instruments or appliances that serve to equip someone to complete an activity; typically larger and more mechanical than a tool

Properties

Essential quality or distinctive traits of an object

Social demands

when an activity is engaged in with other people, in the presence of others, or has an influence on others, social rules and expectations become a part of the demands

Social demands required in

• social environments

• virtual environments

• cultural context