PMID: 8947369Nov 1, 1996Paper

Therapeutic occupation: a definition

The American Journal of Occupational Therapy : Official Publication of the American Occupational Therapy Association
D L Nelson

Abstract

This article builds on prior work and defines terms basic to the profession of occupational therapy. The prior work defined occupation as the relationship between occupational form and occupational performance and defined related terms, such as meaning, purpose, developmental structure, impact, and adaptation. This article shows how these terms relate to therapeutic occupation, a special type of occupation. Therapeutic occupation through occupational synthesis is the core of occupational therapy. Occupational synthesis is the design of the occupational form by the occupational therapist in collaboration with the recipient of services to advance therapeutic evaluation or achieve a therapeutic goal. Therapeutic occupation, then, is meaningful, purposeful occupational performance leading to assessment, adaptation, and compensation, all in the context of occupational synthesis. Finally, the idea of therapeutic occupation through occupational synthesis is related to frames of reference and models of practice in occupational therapy today.

Citations

Dec 1, 2008·Australian Occupational Therapy Journal·Merrill June Turpin
Apr 17, 2015·Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy·Lisa Spang, Kajsa Holmqvist
May 21, 2015·Occupational Therapy in Health Care·Su Ren Wong, Gail Fisher
Aug 13, 2005·Disability and Rehabilitation·Gunilla IsakssonJan Lexell
Jul 2, 2016·Journal of Occupational Science·Ana L Borges da Costa, Diane L Cox
Jul 29, 2000·Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy. Revue Canadienne D'ergothérapie·M HébertD Laporte
May 3, 2002·Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences·Ann-Britt IvarssonBritt-Marie Ternestedt
Sep 17, 2019·International Journal of Rehabilitation Research. Internationale Zeitschrift Für Rehabilitationsforschung. Revue Internationale De Recherches De Réadaptation·Elisa GervasoniMarco Bove
Nov 19, 2010·Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy·Aaron M Eakman, Mona Eklund
Apr 14, 2010·Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy·Barbara HoogerdijkJette Haugboelle

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