Hey Joe: For brevity, I've snipped your message.
The below paragraph is sort of a mechanistic approach to therapy. This type of approach assumes that by fixing the person's "broken" pieces, the whole person will be restored. For example, if someone loses the ability to drive secondary to decreased balance, a mechanistic approach assumes that by resorting their balance, their ability to drive will also be restored. While for some cases, this approach may be true, for others it is just as likely to be false. Driving, like ALL occupations, is a complex phenomenon that includes physical, social, emotional, environmental and mental factors. Successful engagement in occupation is not dependent on any one factor but on the culmination of ALL the factors. A therapist that assumes a mechanistic approach may focus on only the most apparent factors, such as physical impairment, and thus may miss other factors that are preventing successful engagement in occupation. It is important to assess occupational dysfunction and then to directly document the dysfunction. If occupation is made the goal, then the therapist is much more likely to see the whole picture of occupational performance rather than seeing only the pieces that make up occupation. Ron ============================================= On 8/30/2003,[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: JW> Obviously, you realize on further interrogation one may ask- what's JW> the end result (goal) for increased tolerance, increased balance, JW> decreased pain, decreased stiffness- all would lead to the same JW> goal- increased occupational independence, whether or not that is JW> addressed directly on paper. *****************************��********************************** To remove yourself from the OTnow mail list, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message's *body*, put the following text: unsubscribe OTlist - List messages are archived at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] *****************************��***********************************
