Occupational Therapy Practice Framework: Domain And Process

A way to see what makes a client unique in comparison to others is by observing what is meaningful to one client and how that client completes a certain activity or occupation. An occupation like driving, which falls into the instrumental activities of daily living category, may matter significantly to one client but may not be of interest to another client. The occupation of driving may relax and bring pleasure to a client while on the opposite side, bring stress to another client. With the idea in mind that differing occupations can bring happiness and well-being to a client, occupational therapy practitioners must keep in mind how much an occupation means to their client when establishing an intervention. A client may not be successful in the intervention set by a practitioner if it does not benefit the client’s desired occupation because the client may become irritated with the intervention and then lose the willingness to participate. Therefore, understanding how meaningful an occupation is to a client is vital in occupational therapy because if the …show more content…
S4). Occupational therapy connects seamlessly with occupations because the outcome of the therapeutic process should be creating interventions that have clients feeling satisfied with their ability to accomplish an occupation that is meaningful to them and beneficial for their life. The goal outcome for any practitioner is to have assisted in helping a client regain his or her ability to complete a meaningful occupation through adaptions made to his or her daily