OTPF

The OTPF is a document that describes the major concepts within occupational therapy and provides a common understanding of the vision of the profession at the current time.
It is important to learn about the OTPF because it has all of the updated information about thigs you would need to know as an Occupational Therapist. The OTPF establishes a common language that all Occupational Therapists can use to become closer. It focuses on occupations, health and wellness. It uses a top down approach which is the main approach used in OT. The OTPF will help guide an Occupational Therapist through their journey and help with any questions that might come up in treatment/evaluation.

Role, Occupation, Activity, Task

A role that I have is that I am an occupational therapy student. An occupation that goes along with being an occupational therapy student is studying for all of my classes so I can later on successfully evaluate and treat my clients. An activity for the occupation of studying would be spreading out all of my resources for each class and finding successful study mechanisms. One task that is associated with my role as an occupational therapy student is having enough cognitive ability to understand and absorb all of the information being given to me to help me become a successful Occupational Therapist.

Knowledge Check February 12

In OT, we think a lot about using a holistic approach to therapy rather than different approaches. A holistic approach means that an occupational therapist looks at the client as a whole, rather than just looking at their illness or problem. The holistic approach has remained the same for a while and I believe that it will continue to be a big part of occupational therapy.