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Overview
Overview
views occupation as an important component that leads to a meaningful life and satisfying human relationships
Looks beyond the purpose of activities & focuses on the symbolic or metaphorical meaning
Areas of Importance for OT:
Unconscious
Symbolic meaning of activities & occupations
Functions of the Ego to Assess:
Defense mechanisms: ways to cope and reduce anxiety (i.e., coping skills), strengthen healthy defenses
Competence mastery motivation: interacting and adapting to the environment when engaging in occupations and in relationships. Being motivated to find new ways and trying to compensate for lost functions.
Reality testing: One’s perceptions, views, and beliefs validated with what others believe to be true, personal experience, and interactions with the environment
Impulse control: one’s control of their instinctual drives.
Thought processes: cognitive functions of the ego: Attention, Memory, Learning and logical thought, Compromise, Problem Solving
Judgment: Weighing behaviors with consequences, accurate and realistic perception of a situation, prediction of consequences, control of responses
Self-concept: Body Image, Self-Esteem, & Self-Perception
Assessment
Assessment
Assists clients with emotional & motivational issues through exploring the symbolic meaning of their occupations
Assess all skills required for successful adaptation during daily function - adapting ego concepts to mediate better
Observation & Interview are key tools
Goodenough Draw a Person (1).docThe Good Enough Draw a Person Test - A skill test to measure a child's mental age through a figure drawing task. It estimates the progress of learning visual, cognitive, and motor skills by having the candidate draw a human figure, scoring the drawing for presence and quality of figure features, and comparing the score to children's typical rate of acquisition of figure features.
COTE Scale (1) (1).pdfThe Comprehensive Occupational Therapy Evaluation - a scale defines 25 behaviors that occur in and are particularly relevant to the practice of occupational therapy. The scale is used as an initial evaluation, as a record of patient progress, and as a means of communicating the evaluation, progress, and treatment to other hospital departments.
Kinetic-House-Tree-Person.pdfKinetic-House-Tree- Person Drawings - provides a larger visual metaphor that greatly expands the understanding of individuals and their feelings, self-concepts, and relationships to other persons and things. Identifies pathology, emotional disturbances, and developmental stages in a person's life that are expressed through the styles, symbols, and actions depicted in the drawings.
Others
Others
Self-assessment of Occupational Functioning
Role Checklist
Build a City
Goodman Battery
Fidler Battery
Azima Battery
Magazine Picture Collage - is a simple, client-centered activity that involves creating a collage to ease distress during initial interviews. It allows therapists to observe the client’s motor skills, organization, memory, and emotional responses while discussing the personal meaning of their choices. Though scoring is available, the focus is on the process rather than the outcome.
Intervention
Intervention
Cole, M. B., & Tufano, R. (2020). Applied theories in occupational therapy: A practical approach. SLACK Inc.
Morin, A. (2025). Common assessments: Psychodynamic & developmental FORs. [PowerPoint slides]. Microsoft PowerPoint. https://kodiak.wne.edu/d2l/le/content/118453/viewContent/1740322/View
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