PEO

MOHO, Ecological System Model, Humanists Carl Rogers & Abraham Maslow, Client-Centered Mode, Lawton’s Environmental Press Theory, Csikszentmihalyi’s Flow Theories of Occupational Engagement

foundations

person, environment & occupation

components

dynamic person w/ multiple roles and unique skills/attributes (physical, cognitive, affective)

components: Person

• Physical 

• Social 

• Cultural 

• Socioeconomic 

• Institutional context

components: environment

activities & tasks

components: occupation

occupational performance

function/dysfunction

Competence and satisfaction

(Dysfunction can occur when any part is incongruent)

function/dysfunction: occupational performance

occupational challenge, occupational enablement, client-centered, complex interaction, flexibility

intervention

Based on meaningful occupations

intervention: occupational challenge

Focus on “activity limitations or participation restrictions”

intervention: occupational enablement

Goals & solutions

intervention: client-centered

Interactions between all components

intervention: complex interaction

Reasoning that is flexible and creative to meet needs of client

intervention: flexibility