Therapy Ed Chapter 3: Groups

Front 1

What is Activity Synthesis?

Back 1

- the process of designing an activity for OT evaluation or intervention
- combines information obtained from the activity analysis with assessment information about the individual to ensure that a suitable match is made between the activity requirements and the person's needs and abilities

Front 2

What is the Teaching-Learning Process?

Back 2

The process by which the OT practitioner designs experiences to facilitate the individual's acquisition of the knowledge and skills needed for living

Front 3

What is Clinical Reasoning?

Back 3

The complex mental processes the therapist uses when thinking about the individual, the disability, and the personal, social, and cultural meanings the individual gives to the disability, the uniqueness of the situation, and him/herself

Front 4

What is Procedural reasoning/scientific reasoning?

Back 4

- identifying OT problems, goal setting, and treatment planning
- implementing strategies via systematic gathering and interpreting of client data
- the actual technical "doing" of practice

Front 5

What is Interactive reasoning?

Back 5

- how the disability or disease affects the person (focus is on the client as a person)
- involves the therapeutic relationship
- facilitates effective treatment, as it focuses on the personal meaning of illness and disability which can influence how a person engages in treatment

Front 6

What is Narrative reasoning?

Back 6

- identifies what activities/roles were important to the client prior to illness/injury
- analyzes what activities/roles are important to the client that they can perform now and what they may be able to do in the future

Front 7

What is Pragmatic reasoning?

Back 7

- considers the context in which the OT is thinking
- considers the treatment environment and OT's personal values, knowledge, abilities, and experiences
- focuses on the treatment possibilities within a given treatment session

Front 8

What is Conditional reasoning?

Back 8

- ongoing revision of treatment
- current and possible future social contexts
- integration of interactive, procedural, and pragmatic reasoning
- requires multidimensional thinking

Front 9

What is Therapeutic Use of Self?

Back 9

- the practitioner's conscious, planned interaction with the individual, family members, significant others, and/or caregivers
- the conscious, planned use of one's personality, unique characteristics, perceptions and insights during the therapeutic process

Front 10

What is Transference?

Back 10

An unconscious response to an individual that is similiar to the way one has responded to a significant person (e.g., the therapist is responded to as a parent)

Front 11

What is Countertransference?

Back 11

An unconscious response to transference in which the individual responds in a manner that is expected and desired by the person who has transference towards him/her (e.g., the therapist assumes a parental role towards a client)

Front 12

What is Group Development?

Back 12

The stages groups typically go through from their initial beginnings to their termination.

Front 13

What is the Origin phase of group development?

Back 13

Involves the leader composing the group protocol and planning for the group (e.g., size of the group, member characteristics, location of meetings).

Front 14

What is the Orientation phase of group development?

Back 14

Involves members learning what the group is about, making preliminary commitment to the group, and developing initial connections with other members.

Front 15

What is the Intermediate phase of group development?

Back 15

Involves members developing interpersonal bonds, group norms, and specialized member roles through involvement in goal-directed activities and clarification of group's purpose.

Front 16

What is the Conflict phase of group development?

Back 16

Involves members challenging the group's structure, purpose, and/or processes, and is characterized by dissension and disagreements among members.

Front 17

What is the Cohesion phase of group development?

Back 17

Involves members regrouping after the conflict with a clearer sense of purpose and a reaffirmation of group norms and values, leading to group stability.

Front 18

What is the Maturation phase of group development?

Back 18

Involves members using their energies and skills to be productive and to achieve group's goals.

Front 19

What is the Termination phase of group development?

Back 19

Involves dissolution of the group due to lack of engagement of members, inability to resolve conflict, administrative contraints (e.g., only 4 sessions alloted for a discharge planning group), goal attainment, or task accomplishment.

Front 20

What are Instrumental roles in a group?

Back 20

Functional and assumed to help the group select, plan, and complete the group's task (e.g., initiator, organizer).

Front 21

What are Expressive roles in a group?

Back 21

Functional and are assumed to support and maintain the overall group and to meet members' needs (e.g. encourager, compromiser).

Front 22

What is Directive leadership in a group?

Back 22

- needed when the members' cognitive, social, and verbal skills, as well as engagement, are limited (parallel or project level groups)
- selects the activities to be used
- provide clear verbal instructions and demonstration