Occupations

are various kinds of life activities in which individuals, gro

ups, or populations engage, including activities of daily living, instrumental activities of daily living, rest and sleep, education, work, play, leisure, and social participation

ADLs

IADLs

Activities to support daily life withing the home and community that often require more complex interations thatn those used in ADLs.

REST AND SPLEEP

Activities related to obtaining restorative rest and sleep to support healthy, active engagement in other occupations.

EDUCATION

Activities needed for learning and participationg in the educational environment.

WORK

Labor or exertion; to make, construct, manufacture, form, fashion, or shape objects; to organize, plan, or evaluate services or processes of living or governing; committed occupations that are performed with or without financial reword"

Play

Any spontaneous or organized activity that provides enjoyment, entertainment, amusement, or diversion

Leisure

Planning and participating in appropriate leisure activities; maintaining a balance of leisure activities with other occupations; and obtaining, and maintaining equipment and supplies as appropriate.

SOCIAL PARTICIPATION

PERFORMANCE SKILLS(Observing)

Motor Skills

Occupational performance skills observed as the person interacts with and moves task objects and self around the task environment" (e.g. activity of daily living (ADL)motor skills, school motor skills

Process Skills

Occupational performance skills (e.g., ADL process skills, school process skills) observed as a person (1)selects, interacts with, and uses task tools and materials; (2) carries out individual actions and steps; and (3) modifies performance when problems are encountered

Social Interaction Skill

Occupational performance skills observedduring the ongoing stream of a social exchange

Cultural

Customs, beliefs, activity patterns, behavioral standards, and expectations accepted by the society of which a client is a member. The cultural context influences the client's identity and activity choices.

Personal

age, gender, socioeconomic status, and educational status and can also include group membership (e.g. volunteers, employees) and pupulation membership(e.g., members of society).

Physical

Natural and built nonhuman surroundings and the objects in them. The natural environment includes geographic terrain, plants, and animals, as well as the sensory qualities of the surroundings. The built environment includes buildings,furniture, tools, and devices.

Social

includes availability and expectations of significant individuals, such as spouse, friends, and caregivers; relationships with individuals, groups, or populations; and relationships with systems (e.g., political, legal, economic, institutional)that influence norms, role expectatins, and social routines.

Temporal

The experience of time as shaped by engagement in occupations; the temporal aspects of occupation that contribute to the patterns of daily occupations include rhythm…tempo…synchronization…duration…and sequence

Consciousness/ Level of arousal

DEMONSTRATING ALERTNESS AND RESPONSIVENESS TO STIMULI, respond to questions correctly? Eye contact? Hard of hearing? Different language, sedated? - state of being aware of internal and external stimuli - are they aware of you?

Orientation

IDENTIFYING PERSON, PLACE, TIME AND SITUATION

Attention Span

FOCUSING ON A TASK OVER TIME without distraction - crucial for goal achievement

Initiation and termination of activity

BEING ABLE TO INITIATE A TASK WITHIN THE PARAMETERS GIVEN, BEING ABLE TO TERMINATE TASK WITHIN THE PA RAMETERS GIVEN …ALSO BEING ABLE TO IDENTIFY THAT THE TASK IS COMPLETE…OR THE NEED TO START SOMETHING…

Memory

RECALLING INFORMATION AFTER A BRIEF OR LONG PERIOD OF TIME, THE MENTAL PROCESS THAT INVOLVES REGISTRATION AND ENCODING, CONSOLIDATION AND STORAGE, AND RECALL AND RETRIEVAL OF INFORMATION

Sequencing

PERFORMS STEPS IN AN EFFECTIVE OR LOGICAL ORDER FOR EFFICIENT USE OF TIME AND ENERGY AND WITHIN AN ABSENCE OF RANDOMNESS IN THE ORDERING AND OR INAPPROPRIATE REPETITION OF ST EPS

Categorization

IDENTIFYING SIMILARITIES OF AND DIFFERENCES AMONG PIECES OF ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION; ABILITY TO CLASSIFY; TO DESCRIBE BY NAMING OR LABELING..

Concept Formation

ORGANIZING A VARIETY OF INFORMATION TO FORM THOUGHTS AND IDEAS

Learning

ACQUIRING NEW CONCEPTS AND BEHAVIORS - ENUDURING ABILITY OF AN INDIVIDUAL TO COMPREHEND AND/OR COMPETETENTLY RESPOND TO CHANGES IN INFORMATION FROM THE ENVIRONMENT AND/OR FROM WITHIN THE SELF. AS ONE LEARNS ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT, ALTERATIONS OCCUR IN THE DEFINITION OF THE SELF AND PPOSSIBLE BEHAVIORS.

Generalization

APPLYING PREVIOUSLY LEARNED CONCEPTS AND BEHAVIORS TO A VARIETY OF NEW SITUATIONS, SKILLS AND PERFORMANCE IN APPLYING SPECIFIC CONEPTS TO A VARIETY OF RELATED SOLUTIONS

High Order Reasoning Skills

Critical thinking - executive function skills

Emotional Stability/Social Conduct

STRATEGIES THAT FOCU ON MANAGING THE EMOTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH A STRESSFUL EPISODE/INTERACTING BY USING MANNERS, PERSONAL SPACE, EYE CONTACT, GUESTURES, ACTIVE LISTENING, SELF EXPRESSION APPROPRIATE TO ONE'S ENVIRONMENT.

Motivation

INDIVIDUAL DRIVES TOWARD THE MASTERY OF CERTAIN GOALS AN D SKILLS; MAY BE INTRINSIC OR INVOLVE INDUCEMENTS AND INCENTIVES

Impulse control/self control

ABILITY TO ACT WITH PLANNING AND REFLECTION/ MODIFYING ONE'S OWN BEHAVIOR IN RESPONSE TO ENVIRONMENTAL NEEDS, DEMANDS, CONSTRAINGS, PERSONAL ASPIRATIONS AND FEEDBACK FROM OTHERS

Visual perception

INTERPRETING STIMULI THROUGH THE EYES, INCLUDING PERIPHERAL VISION AND ACUITY AND AWARENESS OF COLOR AND PATTERN

Depth perception (3D)

ABILITY TO DETERMINE THE RELATIVE DISTANCE BETWEEN SELF AND OBJECTS AND FIGURES OBSERVED.

Figure ground (2D)

DIFFERENTIATING BETWEEN FOREGROUND AN DBACKGROUND FORMS AND OBJECTS; PERSON'S ABILITY TO DISTINGUSH SHAPES AND OBJECTS FROM THE BACKGROUND IN WHICH THEY EXIST.

Auditory

INTERPRETING AND LOCALIZING SOUNDS, AND DISCRIMINATING BACKGROUND SOUNDS; PERTAINING TO THE SENSE ORGANS OF HEARING

Gustatory

INTERPRETING TASTES

Olfactory

INTERPRETING ODORS - SENSE OF SMELL

Voice and Speech

Speaking

Stereognosis

IDENTIFYING OBJECTS THROUGH PROPRIOCEPTION, COGNITION AND THE SENSE OF TOUCH; ABILITY TO IDENTIFY SIZES, SHAPES AND WEIGHTS OF FAMILIAR OBJECTS WITHOUT TH EUSE OF VISION.

Proprioception

Kinesthesia

IDENTIFYING THE EXCURSION AND DIRECTION OF JOINT MOVEMENT; PERSON'S SENSE OF POSITION, WEIGHT AND MOVEMENT IN SPACE - THE REC EPTORS FOR KINESTHESIA ARE LOCATED IN THE MUSCLES, TENDONS AND JOINTS.

Pain Response -

ability to respond to pain

Pain
An unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage, or described in terms of such damage.

R-L Discrimination

do you need to know L from R?

Form Constancy

RECOGNIZING FORMS AND OBJECTS AS THE SAME IN VARIOUS ENVIRONMENTS, POSITIONS, AND SIZES.

Spatial awareness

RECOGNIZING FORMS AND OBJECTS AS THE SAME IN VARIOUS ENVIRONMENTS, POSITIONS, AND SIZE.

Spatial awareness is the ability to be aware of oneself in space.

Spatial relations

Spatial relationships is the ability to see two or more objects in relation to each other and to oneself.

Position in space

This perceptual ability is important to understanding directional language concepts such as in, out, up, down, in front of, behind, between, left, and right.

Topographical Orientation

DETERMINING LOCATION OF OBJECTS AND SETTINGS, AND THE ROUTE TO THE LOCATION

Range of Motion

PATH OF MOTION A JOINT CAN MOVE IN ANY ONE DIRECTION MEASURED IN DEGREES.

Muscle Tone

DEMONSTRATING A DEGREE OF TENSION OR RESISTANCE IN A MUSCLE AT REST AND IN RESPONSE TO STRETCH

Strength

THE FORCE GENREATED BY A SINGLE MAXIMAL ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION- - maximum force - no joint movement involved - little muscle lengthening

Endurance

SUSTAINING CARDIAC, PULMONARY AND MUSCULOSKELETAL EXERTION OVER TIME; ABILITY TO STUSTAIN EFFORT OVER TIME

Postural Control

USING RIGHT AND EQUILIBRIUM ADJUSTEMNTS TO MAINTAIN BALANCE DURING FUNCTIONAL MOVEMENT

Postural Alignment

MAINTAINING BIOMECHANICAL INTEGRITY AMONG BODY PARTS - proper alighnent if joints were not there

Soft Tissue Integrity

MAINTAINING ANATOMICAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL CONDITION OF INTERSTITIAL TISSUE AND SKIN

Gross Coordination

USING LARGE MUSCLE GROUPS FOR CONTROLLED, GOAL DIRECTED MOVEMENT

Fine Coordination/Dexterity

USING SMALL MUSCLE GROUPS FOR CONTROLLED MOVEMENTS, PARTICULARLY IN OBJECT MAINPULATION

Crossing the Midline

MOVING LIMBS AND EYES ACROSS THE MIDSAGITTAL PLANE OF THE BODY

Laterality

(Using one side, preferred side)

USING A PREFERRED UNILATERAL BODY PART FOR ACTIVITIES REQUIRING A HIGH LEVEL OF SKILL

Bilateral Integration

using both sides together

ABILITY TO PERFORM PURPOSEFUL MOVEMENT THAT REQUIRES INTERACTION BETWEEN BOTH SIDES OF THE BODY INA SMOOTH AND REFINED MANNER

Motor Control/Motor Plan (Praxis)

THE ABILITY TO ORGANIZE AND EXECUTE MOVEMENT PATTERNS TO ACCOMPLISH A PURPOSEFUL ACTIVITY - ORGANIZATION OF TEMPORAL SEQUENCES OF ACTIONS WITHIN THE SPATIAL CONTACT WHICH FORM MEANINGFUL OCCUPATIONS