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Background & Introduction
Background & Introduction
This toolbox is part of a doctoral capstone experience in the Spring of 2022, and represents a collaborative relationship between Angie Williamson, OTS, and a contract therapy company in Oregon.
The concept of “client” as a group of people, as described in the Occupational Therapy Practice Framework version 4 (OTPF-4), is applied to guide the development of resources found in this toolbox, as such the tools provided in this document are most similar to educational interventions provided to group clients. The process for identifying and designing the tool kit also aligns with the group process outlined in the OTPF-4.
After conducting a needs assessment common themes of perceived needs emerged. Chiefly among themes were a desire to integrate occupational therapy models of practice into medical model settings, and training in assessments that address psychosocial wellbeing as well as functional abilities. The need for advocacy consistently emerged as the prevailing theme in all discussions and included advocacy for the role and scope of occupational therapy within medical model settings both with clients and at individual sites. This tool box aims to provide resources appropriate for use in medical model settings that augment current occupational therapy (OT) practice.
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Author Biography
Author Biography
Angie is a member of Pacific University's Doctorate of Occupational Therapy (OTD) class of 2022. She comes to occupational therapy with a background in disability services and coaching. She has worked with individuals across the lifespan, but has a special fondness for working with people in their twilight years. She is passionate about occupational therapy rooted in evidence based practice (EBP), and guided by occupational therapy’s theoretical base. During clinical fieldwork she excelled at applying EBP and OT theory to create occupation based interventions for individual and group clients at an inpatient geriatric psychiatric facility and in home health. This project is her first time using her skillset as a consultant outside of didactic OTD coursework.
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