Personal Environmental Occupational Model

The Model of Human Occupation is an occupation-focused theoretical model that is categorized into concepts that examine the person’s volition, habituation, and performance capacity when participating in an occupation (Forsyth et al, 2014, p. 506). By applying MOHO to my community partner Sunshine, the dynamics of how his personal factors and environmental factors influence his overall occupational participation are analyzed.

To be able to participate in one 's own life, to do the things we want to do, and to competently perform the activities that form part of our daily, weekly or monthly routines, is a common goal for most people.  This not only includes taking part in the basic activities of self-care, such as grooming and dressing, but also extends to our work and leisure activities.  It is through doing things that we learn and develop as human beings.  The occupational therapy profession believes that being prevented or hindered in some way from participating in the activities that are important to us could adversely affect our health and wellbeing.

Occupational therapists work with clients to restore independence that has been lost or disrupted due to illness, injury, or disease. Occupational therapy practice involves assessing and determining an appropriate treatment approach based on the client’s disability and individual needs. There are various occupation-based models, each client-centered and grounded in theory, that guide the clinical treatment process. In addition, the Occupational Therapy Practice Framework: Domain and Process (3rd ed.; AOTA, 2014) denotes various frames of reference to guide therapists when choosing specific intervention strategies based on the client’s needs (Cole & Tufano, 2018). This paper focuses on the application of the Occupation Adaption model,

This papers purpose is to describe to the reader an Occupational therapy treatment plan and therapy session using the OTPF as its base to describe client’s performance. It is based off a case study of a 26 year old male racecar driver who suffered a traumatic brain injury and is now admitted into the hospitals ICU unit under a coma. The paper begins with a brief overview of the clients Injuries and occupational profile. It continues with goals that the therapist has set for the client and caregivers and concludes with the client’s treatment plan, along with a SOAP note which explains the client’s treatment and gives other healthcare workers information about the therapists goals and progress of the client

As learned in Occupations, completing a developmental profile can be beneficial in both, learning about a client and identifying their needs. Through identifying a client’s needs, occupational therapists can create appropriate interventions to assist the client with those needs. These interventions can be beneficial in improving a clients well-being and life balance.

Furthermore, a multidisciplinary team meeting will be presented to identify the impact of different health care professionals such as a physiotherapist, an occupational therapist and a nurse have on a patient with complex need and how the patient receives the care needed due to the collaborative practice. In addition, a comparison between physiotherapy, occupational therapy and nursing practice will be outlined

Occupation based interventions benefits the clients but there are various barriers that many occupational therapists face when working in medically-oriented facilities. According to Colaianni and Provident (2010), one of the barriers of (OBI) is the dominance of the biomedical model in health care practice. The mechanistic paradigm that was derived from biomedical model has diverted the professional role of concentrating on health restoring measure to remediation of body functions and impairments. According to Gray (1998), biomedical model cure disease by eliminating symptoms, reducing impairment but occupational therapy results in impairment-based treatment where the impairment and body functions become the intervention outcome. It is difficult within the medical paradigm of care to incorporate health and wellness and to fit occupations such as cooking, playing, and other pleasurable activities, which resulted in the occupational therapist struggling with professional identity.

One of the most common models utilized at Glens Falls Outpatient Rehab was the PEO model. During the initial evaluation, we would ask their basic medical history and then further questions lead into the changes in their functional abilities to engage in everyday occupations. We would inquire about their living environment and if they have found anything throughout their day that is easier or difficult. This area was explored when going over home exercise plans and adaptive ways to engage in their desired occupation while healing. Many patients reported doing their tendon glides while waiting at a red light during their driving occupation. In addition, the facility used a form called the LIFEware System that is used as an outcome-tracking

The Model of Human Occupation (MOHO) is a breakdown of how a person engages in their daily activities from their disability or illness. It gives an occupational therapist a guide to understand and specify the client’s inadequacy of engagement. “The clients thinking, feeling, and doing are central to therapy and the model takes into account both mind and body. In MOHO the environment can demand and offer opportunities for occupational performance (Ramafikeng, 2009).” This model helps the therapist to find reasoning through their client`s behaviors and be able to promote health and recovery in their daily occupations. By looking into the client`s volition, habituation, and performance capacity this specifies the therapist of their client`s abilities and incapability’s they have while engaging in an occupation. Then analyzing what environmental contexts ables or disables the client`s behavior.

Occupational therapy has been in the process of continued development since the 1900’s. With several contributors helping to build the groundwork for creating the awareness needed to bring occupational therapy into the field of health care. Continued research is contributing to the ongoing significance of how occupational therapy is a vital aspect in promoting increased independences in all aspects of healthcare. (Willard, Schell, 2014) With the incorporation of “Occupational Therapy Practice Framework Domain and Process (3rd ed.)” helps creates the foundation for occupational therapy clinicians as well as other health care providers in facilitating the core believe of occupational and the relationship of health and occupation. (AOTA 2014) Therefore, providing a uniform outline of the various aspects of each individual and how they are interconnected to create the foundation of each individual. With a greater understanding of the foundations of that induvial, the clinician can then facilitate the best therapeutic treatment plan for that individual to achieve their personal goals with unified foundations of care.

Throughout this assignment various models will be looked at and one of those models will be applied to a case study detailing the occupational circumstances of an individual. The models described will be person-environment-occupational performance models, focusing on those three subject areas, to detail what the client does in their daily life, the environments in which the activities are done, their personal goals and attributes, and how all these factors affect the individual’s occupational performance. (Christiansen & Baum, 1997) Models are significant theory which helps to guide and inform occupational therapy practice, the

My educational and occupational experiences at Berea College prepare me well for summer undergraduate research at the NSF funded institutions the College of Wooster, Kenyon College and Earlham College. I have completed the following courses with grades of A: (1) Behavioral Neuroscience, (2) Modern Biology, and (3) General Chemistry. Furthermore, I am currently enrolled in Organic Chemistry I, Experimental Zoology and two psychology lab courses. Techniques I have mastered in these labs, along with my labor position, include titrations, UV-visable spectroscopy, sterilization, measurements, GSR, and basic EEG and sleep brainwave monitoring. Additionally, I have a strong grasp on the statistic software SPSS and analyzing statistics.

The overall purpose of the event was to work with other health professions to better care for a patient. Each profession had different ideas on how they could contribute to the comfort and needs of the case study patient. the main objective was to review the case study, identify health issues, and create a care plan to improve the patient’s comfort, health, and social needs. The patient in the study had many health complications, was isolated from the others, and had dementia. Therefore, the care plan created among team members was based on those factors.

The third sustainable development goal is to “ensure healthy lives and promote well -being for all at all ages” which includes a focus on children (UN, 2015). The top six global causes that account for 73% of yearly deaths in children younger than 5 years of age are pneumonia, diarrhoea, malaria, neonatal pneumonia or sepsis, preterm delivery, and asphyxia at birth (Bryce et al., 2005). Each year diseases that are both preventable and treatable cause the deaths of millions of people (CIRH, 2013). Childhood non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are on the rise and, childhood is a crucial time for prevention of modifiable risk factors for

According to Black (2014), the occupational environment can be difined as “the workplace surroundings that encompass the physical and social environment,”. The social environment can be seen as social relationships, immediate physical surroundings and cultural setting in which groups of people function and interact. It includes the industrial and occupational structure, the social and economic processes and labour markets among others. Social environments also include the social, historical and power relations that have become institutionalized over time. Social environments are dynamic and change over time as the result of both internal and external forces. ( Barnett & Casper, 2001).