scholarly journals “Vamos te levar no ponto mais alto daqui”: conhecendo ações da terapia ocupacional com crianças/"We'll take you to the highest point here": knowing occupational therapy actions with children

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 475-483
Author(s):  
Marina Di Napoli Pastore
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Therapy ◽  
Urban Community ◽  
Occupational Therapist ◽  
The Other ◽  
Image Description ◽  
Photo Essay

Objetivo: Este ensaio fotográfico propõe pensarmos as práticas com as crianças nos mais diversos territórios, em diálogos constantes com suas realidades e contextos. Descrição da imagem: é trazida uma imagem de duas crianças numa comunidade urbana e a interlocução com a terapeuta ocupacional, em que mostram seus espaços de significado e de sentidos, em meio ao território, e nos fazem repensar, juntamente com as demais imagens ao longo do texto, as ações territoriais e práticas com crianças a partir e em diálogo com suas realidades e a produção das imagens por elas como apropriação do espaço.Palavras-chave: Criança. Fotografia. Terapia Ocupacional AbstractObjective: this photo essay proposes to think about the practices with children in the most diverse territories, in constant dialogues with their realities and contexts. Image description: An image of two children in an urban community is brought and the dialogue with the occupational therapist, in which they show their spaces of meaning and meanings in the middle of the territory and make us rethink, together with the other images throughout the text, the territorial and practical actions with children from and in dialogue with their realities and the production of images by them as appropriation of space.Keywords: Children. Photography. Occupational Therapy ResumenObjetivo: este ensayo fotográfico propone pensar las prácticas con los niños en los más diversos territorios, en diálogos constantes con sus realidades y contextos. Descripción de la imagen: se trae una imagen de dos niños en una comunidad urbana y el diálogo con el terapeuta ocupacional, en el que muestran sus espacios de significado y significados en medio del territorio y nos hacen repensar, junto con las otras imágenes a lo largo del texto, las acciones territoriales y prácticas con los niños desde y en diálogo con sus realidades y la producción de imágenes por ellos como apropiación del espacio.Palavras Clave: Niños y Niñas. Fotografía. Terapia Ocupacional 

Occupational Therapy in the Market Place

1983 ◽  
Vol 46 (7) ◽  
pp. 200-201
Author(s):  
Marian Hemsworth
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Therapy ◽  
Sales Force ◽  
Occupational Therapist ◽  
The Other ◽  
Market Place ◽  
Disabled People ◽  
Self Interest ◽  
Definition Of

Occupational Therapy and the marketing of equipment for disabled people may seem unlikely allies. Yet each has something to contribute to the other, and their skills can be mutually enriching. Certainly this has been the experience of the company for which I work, whose range of products includes stairlifts and homelifts for disabled people. One definition of marketing speaks of ‘identifying and satisfying consumer needs’, and there is truth in the maxim that a satisfied customer is the best advertisement for any manufacturer. In pursuit of a policy of enlightened self-interest, my company about eighteen months ago, advertised for an occupational therapist to fill a vacancy in the technical sales force. An unusual step to take perhaps but it could be reasoned that an OT would be able to help towards ensuring that every stairlift sold would really be what the client needed.

scholarly journals Beyond Calculus: Apple-apple-apple-ike and Other Embodied Pleasures for a Child Diagnosed with Autism in a Sensory Integration Based Clinic

2009 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Melissa Park
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Occupational Therapy ◽  
Clinical Reasoning ◽  
Sensory Integration ◽  
Occupational Therapist ◽  
The Other ◽  
Font Size ◽  
Diagnostic Categories ◽  
Rehabilitation Research ◽  
Models Of Disability

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 0in;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Arial;">Models of disability shift attention to how institutionalized forms of misrecognition are as debilitating as disease processes or diagnostic categories. Drawing from an ethnography of clinical practice, this article focuses on the poetic process—visible in fleeting, bodily-sensing images, gestures or nonsensical utterances like “apple-apple-ike”—that structures the interactions between a child diagnosed with autism and an occupational therapist. Microanalysis of moments of bodily attunement reveal how the emergence of <em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">embodied pleasures</em> leads to a <em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">mutual healing of regard</em>; that is, how techniques of bodily-sensing interventions work equally to restore the health of social relatedness. The tight entanglement between intercorporeality and intersubjectivity—embodied pleasure and recognition of the Other—foregrounds that the <em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">healing of regard must be mutual. </em>Reframing rehabilitation research in terms of <em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">aesthetics </em>and <em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">folk neurology </em>considers what is at stake in developing a language to grasp what constitutes evidence of healing beyond a calculus of discrete, measureable outcomes. </span></p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">[Keywords: aesthetics, clinical reasoning, intersubjectivity, occupational therapy, recognition]</span>

scholarly journals Patient functional independence and occupational therapist time-use in inpatient services: Patient demographic and clinical correlates

2021 ◽  
pp. 156918612110187
Author(s):  
Bianca E Summers ◽  
Kate E Laver ◽  
Rebecca J Nicks ◽  
Nadine E Andrew ◽  
Christopher J Barr ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Therapy ◽  
Time Use ◽  
Health Care Expenditure ◽  
Functional Independence ◽  
Occupational Therapist ◽  
Sociodemographic Characteristics ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Patient Demographics ◽  
Therapy Services ◽  
Multivariable Modelling

Introduction Health care expenditure has rapidly increased in Australia. Effective management of occupational therapy services is required to meet clinical demand. Improving our understanding of factors which influence occupational therapy service delivery is a vital step to manage workload distribution and optimise service efficiency. This study aims to examine the influence of patient sociodemographic characteristics, diagnosis and functional independence on the utilisation of occupational therapy resources in hospital inpatients over 18 years old. Methods Prospective, cross-sectional, observational cohort study of 4549 inpatients from three hospital sites in Melbourne, Australia. Data extracted from organisational databases and included in this study were: patient demographics, diagnosis, functional level assessed using the SMAF (Functional Autonomy Measurement System) and occupational therapy time-use. Data were analysed using univariable and multivariable modelling. Results Occupational therapy time-use was significantly associated with all variables included in analysis ( p < 0.05). For each variable the amount and direction of effect differed between hospital sites. The SMAF was the only variable consistently associated with occupational therapy time-use. Higher occupational therapy time-use was associated with lower functional independence (leading to a 3.5 min increase in median occupational therapy time for every unit decrease in SMAF score). Conclusions Management of resources within busy hospitals require knowledge of factors associated with occupational therapist time-use. This study identified that time-use could in part be predicted by functional independence, diagnosis and sociodemographic characteristics. Occupational therapy managers can use this information to support decision making while acknowledging other patient and therapist level factors also influence time-use.

Thurlow House Child Abuse Assessment Programme: Residential Family Evaluation1

1988 ◽  
Vol 51 (4) ◽  
pp. 116-119 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nick Irving ◽  
Alan Carr ◽  
George Gawlinski ◽  
Dermot McDonnell
Keyword(s):  
Child Abuse ◽  
Occupational Therapy ◽  
Occupational Therapist ◽  
Health District ◽  
Family Assessment ◽  
The West ◽  
Abused Children ◽  
Physically Abused ◽  
Assessment Programme ◽  
Physically Abused Children

This paper describes the contribution of an occupational therapist to a comprehensive assessment programme for families with physically abused children. Initially, a brief outline of the entire programme is set out. In the light of this, an approach to residential family assessment, pioneered by occupational therapy in the West Norfolk and Wisbech health district, is described in detail.

scholarly journals Atuação do terapeuta ocupacional no NASF: reflexões sobre a prática/Occupational therapist at the NASF: reflections on practice

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 569-583
Author(s):  
Míriam De França Chagas ◽  
Magda Fernanda Lopes de Oliveira Andrade
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Occupational Therapy ◽  
Family Health ◽  
Occupational Therapists ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Physical Structure ◽  
Occupational Therapist ◽  
Health Networks ◽  
Unified Health System ◽  
The Family

Em 2008, foi criado, pelo Ministério da Saúde, o Núcleo de Apoio à Saúde da Família (NASF), com o intuito de apoiar as equipes da Estratégia de Saúde da Família (ESF) nas redes de saúde e ampliar a ação da Atenção Básica da Saúde. O NASF é composto por uma equipe multidisciplinar e o terapeuta ocupacional é um dos integrantes desta equipe. O objetivo deste trabalho é o de conhecer a atuação dos terapeutas ocupacionais nos NASFs do município de Maceió, Alagoas, e suas reflexões sobre o trabalho desempenhado. Trata-se de uma pesquisa qualitativa, sendo a coleta de dados realizada por meio de entrevista semiestruturada. Como resultados, foram elencadas três categorias temáticas: A atuação do terapeuta ocupacional no NASF: ações e atividades efetuadas; Os principais obstáculos encontrados pelo terapeuta ocupacional no NASF e As ferramentas tecnológicas utilizadas para a realização do trabalho no NASF. A Terapia Ocupacional ainda é uma profissão que busca seu reconhecimento no NASF. Visitas domiciliares, salas de espera e atividades em grupo foram identificadas como ações desempenhadas pelos profissionais, apesar das dificuldades como falta de recursos materiais e de uma estrutura física melhor. Este estudo serviu para enfatizar a importância do trabalho do terapeuta ocupacional no serviço, bem como as dificuldades encontradas por eles, citando assim a falta de reconhecimento/conhecimento da profissão, recursos e espaço. Apesar das dificuldades mencionadas, os mesmos sempre buscam realizar um atendimento humanizado, preocupando-se com os usuários, minimizando os riscos e promovendo a saúde. AbstractIn 2008, the Family Health Support Center (NASF) was created by the Ministry of Health to support the Family Health Strategy (ESF) teams in health networks and expand the action of Primary Care of health. The NASF is composed of a multidisciplinary team and the occupational therapist is one of the members of this team. The objective of this work is to know the performance of occupational therapists in the NASFs of the city of Maceió-AL, and their reflections on the work performed. This is qualitative research, and the data collection is done through a semi-structured interview with occupational therapists of the NASFs in the municipality of Maceió-AL. As a result, three thematic categories were listed: The work of the occupational therapist in the NASF: actions and activities carried out; the main obstacles encountered by the occupational therapist in NASF; at technological tools used to perform work in the NASF. Occupational Therapy is still a profession that seeks recognition in the NASF. Home visits, waiting rooms and group activities were identified as actions performed by professionals, despite difficulties such as lack of material resources and a better physical structure. This study contributed to emphasize the practice of the work of the occupational therapist in the service, as well as the difficulties encountered to know: citing the lack of recognition/knowledge of the profession, resources and space. Despite the mentioned difficulties, they seek to perform a humanized care, reaffirming principles and guidelines of the Unified Health System - SUS, to minimize risks and promote health care. Keywords: Occupational Therapy, Primary Health Care, Family Health. Resumen En 2008, fue creado por el Ministerio de Salud, el Núcleo de Apoyo a la Salud de la Familia (NASF), con el propósito de apoyar a los equipos de la Estrategia de Salud de la Familia (ESF) en las redes de salud y ampliar la acción de la Atención Básica de la Salud. El NASF está compuesto por un equipo multidisciplinario y el terapeuta ocupacional es uno de los integrantes de este equipo. El objetivo de este trabajo es el de conocer la actuación de los terapeutas ocupacionales en los NASF del municipio de Maceió-AL, y sus reflexiones sobre el trabajo desempeñado. Se trata de una investigación cualitativa, siendo la recolección de datos realizada por medio de una entrevista semiestructurada con terapeutas ocupacionales de NASF en el municipio de Maceió-AL. Como resultados, se enumeraron tres categorías temáticas: La actuación del terapeuta ocupacional en el NASF: acciones y actividades efectuadas; los principales obstáculos encontrados por el terapeuta ocupacional en el NASF; las herramientas tecnológicas utilizadas para la realización del trabajo en el NASF. La Terapia Ocupacional sigue siendo una profesión que busca su reconocimiento en el NASF. Las visitas domiciliarias, salas de espera y actividades en grupo fueron identificadas como acciones realizadas por los profesionales, a pesar de las dificultades como falta de recursos materiales y de una estructura física mejor. Este estudio contribuido para enfatizar la práctica del terapeuta ocupacional en el servicio, así como las dificultades a saber:la falta de reconocimiento / conocimiento de la profesión, recursos y espacio. A pesar de las dificultades mencionadas, buscan realizar una atención humanizada, reafirmando los principios y lineamientos del Sistema Único de Salud - SUS, para minimizar los riesgos y promover la atención médica.Palabras clave: Terapia Ocupacional, Atención Primaria de Salud, Salud Familiar. 

Occupational therapy in palliative care

2021 ◽  
pp. 206-212
Author(s):  
Maria Denise Pessoa Silva ◽  
Fiona Rolls ◽  
Lynne White ◽  
Tamsin Longley ◽  
Jane Murphy ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Palliative Care ◽  
Occupational Therapy ◽  
Occupational Therapist ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Shortness Of Breath ◽  
Functional Impairments ◽  
Functional Difficulties ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Care At Home

Occupational therapy in palliative care aims to help patients achieve their optimum independence for as long as possible in activities that are important to them. There is a wide range of difficulties and symptoms experienced by palliative patients with which occupational therapy can intervene, which may include physical disabilities and functional impairments, extreme fatigue, anxiety, shortness of breath, and cognitive deficits. This chapter describes the broad range of areas in which the occupational therapist works in palliative care together with the multidisciplinary team. They take a key role in assessing and treating functional difficulties, organizing and facilitating safe discharge and care at home, with the aim of achieving best quality of life and avoiding admission to hospital whenever possible. The occupational therapist analyses and assesses specific problems and provides a treatment programme or solution to help the patient remain as independent as possible, using clinical reasoning and evidence-based practice.

Occupational Therapy and the Elderly

1976 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-27 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cheryl Thompson ◽  
S. E. Goldstein
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Therapy ◽  
Elderly Patients ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Occupational Therapist ◽  
Vital Part ◽  
Therapeutic Tools

Occupational Therapy has an important role to play in promoting maximum functioning in the elderly. Activities should be more than “busy work”. They are important therapeutic tools which, when properly used, promote self-esteem and a feeling of usefulness. This is of Particular significance in working with the elderly. The authors have attempted to describe the application of these principles in treating elderly patients on a fourteen-bed psychogeriatric unit. The occupational therapist functioned as a vital part of the rehabilitative team for both in-patients and those outside of hospital.

Field Test Analysis and Reliability of the Fieldwork Evaluation for the Occupational Therapist

1988 ◽  
Vol 8 (6) ◽  
pp. 369-379 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard G. Cooper ◽  
Patricia A. Hickerson Crist
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Therapy ◽  
Field Test ◽  
Internal Consistency ◽  
Clinical Performance ◽  
Occupational Therapist ◽  
Test Analysis ◽  
Occupational Therapy Students ◽  
History Of

The American Occupational Therapy Association has adopted the Fieldwork Evaluation for the Occupational Therapist for measuring clinical performance. The Fieldwork Evaluation was designed to measure the performance, judgment, and attitude of occupational therapy students on tasks related to the profession. This article discusses the history of this self-contained instrument and reports on its field test. The nationwide sample comprised 597 students Raters received no training. The data demonstrated that the Fieldwork Evaluation has strong reliability for discriminating students' clinical performance and that the tasks have internal consistency (homogeneity).

Improving the Communication Skills of Mentally Handicapped Adults

1986 ◽  
Vol 49 (4) ◽  
pp. 130-132
Author(s):  
Sarah Allen ◽  
Nicola Willett
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Therapy ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
Social Communication ◽  
The Other ◽  
Mentally Handicapped ◽  
Social Communication Skills ◽  
Basic Communication Skills ◽  
Therapy Department ◽  
Basic Communication

This article discusses the setting up and format of two very different communication groups run in the occupational therapy department at Turner Village Hospital for mentally handicapped adults. One of the groups emphasizes basic communication skills and the other emphasizes social communication skills.

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