OTPF-4 Terms 36-70

Intervention approaches

Specific strategies selected to direct the process of interventions on the basis of the client's desired outcomes, evaluation data, and evidence.

Interventions to support occupations

Methods and tasks that prepare the client for occupational performance, used as part of a treatment session in preparation for or concurrently with occupations and activities or provided to a client as a home-based engagement to support daily occupational performance

Leisure

Nonobligatory activity that is intrinsically motivated and engaged in during discretionary time, that is not committed to obligator such as work, self-care, or sleep

Motor skills

Group of performance skills that represent small, observable actions related to moving oneself or moving and interacting with tangible task objects.

Occupation

Everyday personalized activities that people do as individuals, in families, and with communities to occupy time and bring meaning and purpose to life.

Occupation-based

Characteristic of the best practice method used in occupational therapy, in which the practitioner uses an evaluation process and types of interventions that actively engage the client in occupation.

Occupational analysis

Analysis performed with an understanding of the specific situation of the client and the specific occupations the client wants or needs to do.

Occupational demands

Aspects of an activity needed to carry it out, including relevance and importance to the client, objects used and their properties, space demands, social demands, sequencing and timing, required actions and performance skills.

Occupational identity

Composite sense of who one is and wishes to become as an occupational being generated from one's history of occupational participation.

Occupational justice

Justice that recognizes occupational rights to inclusive participation in everyday occupations for all persons in society.

Occupational performance

Accomplishment of the selected occupation resulting from the dynamic transaction among the client, their context, and the occupation.

Occupational profile

Summary of the client's occupational history and experiences, patterns of daily living, interests, values, needs, and relevant contexts.

Occupational science

Way of thinking that enables an understanding of occupation, the occupational nature of humans, the relationship between occupation, health and wellbeing, and the influences that shape occupation.

Occupational therapy

Therapeutic use of everyday life occupations with persons, groups, or populations for the purpose of enhancing or enabling participation.

Organization

Entity composed of individuals with a common purpose or enterprise, such as a business, industry, or agency.

Outcome

Result clients can achieve through the occupational therapy process.

Participation

Involvement in a life situation.

Performance patterns

Habits, routines, roles, and rituals that may be associated with different lifestyles and used in the process of engaging in occupations or activities.

Performance skills

Observable, goal-directed actions that result in a client's quality of performing desired occupations.

Person

Individual, including family member, caregiver, teacher, employee, or relevant other.

Personal factors

Unique features of the person reflecting the particular background of their life and living that are not part of a health condition or health state.

Play

Active engagement in an activity that is intrinsically motivated, internally controlled, and freely chosen and that may include the suspension of reality.

Population

Aggregate of people with common attributes such as contexts, characteristics, or concerns, including health risks.

Prevention

Education or health promotion efforts designed to identify, reduce, or prevent the onset and decrease the incidence of unhealthy conditions, risk factors, diseases, or injuries.

Process

Series of steps occupational therapy practitioners use to operationalize their expertise in providing services to clients.

Process skills

Group of performance skills that represent small, observable actions related to selecting, interacting with, and using tangible task objects.

Professional reasoning

Process that practitioners use to plan, direct, perform, and reflect on client care.

Quality of life

Dynamic appraisal of life satisfaction, self-concept, health and functioning, and socioeconomic factors.

Reevaluation

Reappraisal of the client's performance and goals to determine the type and amount of change that has taken place.

Rehabilitation

Services provided to persons experiencing deficits in key areas of physical and other types of function or limitations in participation in daily life activities.

Rituals

Sets of symbolic actions with spiritual, cultural, or social meaning contributing to the client's identity and reinforcing values and beliefs.

Roles

Sets of behaviors expected by society and shaped by culture and context that may be further conceptualized and defined by the client.

Routines

Patterns of behavior that are observable, regular, and repetitive and that provide structure for daily life.

Screening

Process of reviewing available data, observing a client, or administering screening instruments to identify a person's potential strengths and limitations.

Service delivery

Set of approaches and methods for providing services to or on behalf of clients.

Skilled services

Services that require the skills of a qualified occupational therapy practitioner and must be reasonable and necessary for treatment.

Social interaction skills

Group of performance skills that represent small, observable actions related to communicating and interacting with others.

Social participation

Interweaving of occupations to support desired engagement in community and family activities.

Spirituality

Deep experience of meaning brought about by engaging in occupations that involve personal values and beliefs.

Time management

Manner in which a person, group, or population organizes, schedules, and prioritizes certain activities.

Transaction

Process that involves two or more individuals or elements that reciprocally and continually influence and affect one another.

Values

Acquired beliefs and commitments, derived from culture, about what is good, right, and important to do.

Well-being

General term encompassing the total universe of human life domains, including physical, mental, and social aspects.

Wellness

The individual's perception of and responsibility for psychological and physical well-being.

Work

Labor or exertion related to the development, production, delivery, or management of objects or services.