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Occupational Therapy in Community-Based Practice Settings 2nd Edition by Marjorie Scaffa, Maggie Reitz

Edition 2ISBN: 978-0803625808
book Occupational Therapy in Community-Based Practice Settings 2nd Edition by Marjorie Scaffa, Maggie Reitz cover

Occupational Therapy in Community-Based Practice Settings 2nd Edition by Marjorie Scaffa, Maggie Reitz

Edition 2ISBN: 978-0803625808
Exercise 1
Describe the history of community-based practice in occupational therapy.
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History of community based practice in occupational therapy:
Occupational therapy is using assessment and treatment that develops, recovers, or maintaining day to day life and work of a person with mental, physical, and cognitive disorder.
Community based practice is an age old concept of occupational therapy. GB and ECS developed programs that are community based in early 1900s. GB was disabled by tuberculosis and foot amputation establishing consolation house in NY in 1914.
The program uses occupation that enables convalescents for returning to productive living. ECS was hired in the year 1915 for program development that provides mentally disabled persons an opportunity for self-sufficient work.
This project has been funded by philanthropic contributions located at H House of settlement in C. First year of operations program served 77 persons with manual skills and received respective wage for work. The goods produced in workshop include baskets, rugs, needle work, toys, and simple cabinets (R S 1999).
B wrote regarding individuals with tuberculosis that receive residing in sanitariums. As acknowledgement of occupation therapy intervention in an institution, she emphasized the requirement that follows patience into community. The critical goal was restoring individual to the level of satisfactory in socio economical functioning.
B on 1938 believed required occupational therapists for working with person in particular community after discharge from an institution.
Professional literature of 1960s suggested that field verged expansion of services exterior traditional medical methods (L 1977). W 1969 asserted traditional role of occupational therapist reintegrating social function not as hospital service but a function best filled in community. R 1971 advocated future growth of profession predicated occupation theory hospital to community transitional services.
Focus of occupation therapy develops experience and program individual community environment enhance adaptive competencies. The broader perspectives a professional provides therapeutic programming in individual milieu, inclusive of workplace, home, and community.
Early focus of broad health requirements and services outside institution settings, which moves community based practice limited and short lived in scope. Over 1970s and 1980s outreach into community including independent living project for elderly (H K 1973). A project SF for pregnant teenage girls (L 1972) and prevention services that are elderly (K, R G, 1982)
Accordingly L (1977), three obstacles exist in the community related practices. The barrier of practical constraints historical factors in respective discipline and knowledge gaps relate to theory of community based practices.
"In 1997 elderly study has published journal of A Medical Association. The Accreditation-Council-of-Occupational-Therapy-Education (ACOTE) revised increased emphasis of health and population services. Followed by 2006 A Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) adopted 2017 centennial vision."
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