Occupational Adaptation in Practice Concepts and Cases

by Schkade, Janette; McClung, Melissa

• ISBN13: 9781556425530
• ISBN10: 1556425538
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-11-02
• Publisher: Slack Incorporated

Summary

Who says theory can't be fun, practical, and understandable?Occupational Adaptation in Practice: Concepts and Casesis a user-friendly text that clearly describes the theory of occupational adaptation.This new text describes one approach to occupation-based, client-centered practice. The purpose of this guide is to make occupational adaptation easily understood and applied. This exceptional guide leads the reader through the flow and understanding of this theory. Practical examples help demonstrate how theory can be implemented in practice. It breaks the components of the theory into smaller, more manageable units. Included in the text are cases in which practitioners have used occupational adaptation in various practice settings. Features: Conversational style promotes reader understanding of the ideas in occupational adaptation. "Try It On" feature gives the reader an opportunity to apply the concepts to a personal everyday life situation. The guide provides the practitioner with suggestions about how to apply occupational adaptation to practice.

Author Biography

Janette Schkade, PhD, OTR, FAOTA, after graduating with a PhD in psychology, practiced a psychologist in a state school for the mentally challenged, working with clients who had multiple physical as well as mental disabilities. It was in this environment that she learned about occupational therapy and what it could do for this population. She then obtained her education in occupational therapy from Texas Woman’s University. She is a co-author of the Occupational Adaptation Theoretical Framework. She has presented at national and regional conferences on this framework, both as theory and as a vehicle to guide practice. She is the author or co-author of numerous publications regarding occupational adaption, both in scholarly journals and book chapters.      

Melissa McClung, OTR has been practicing with the occupational adaption theoretical perspective for 10 years. She has had the opportunity to use the theory in practice with patients, in redesigning existing occupational therapy programs, and in student programs in clinic settings-most currently in classroom curriculum design/implementation as a faculty member at Texas Woman’s University, Denton. She has presented her approach to occupational adaptation at national and regional conferences. Prior to becoming an occupational therapist, she practiced as a music therapist for 8 years.

Table of Contents

Dedication	v
About the Authors	ix
Preface	xi
Before You Begin	xv
What is Occupational Adaptation?	1	(12)
Concept: overview of occupational adaptation theory
Case: Jill	3	(10)
How Do the Person and Environment Relate?	13	(8)
Concepts: desire for mastery, demand for mastery, and press for mastery
Case: The Afghan Maker	17	(2)
Try it On	19	(2)
How Do Occupational Role Expectations Fit in?	21	(10)
Concepts: occupational challenge, internal and external expectations, person and occupational environment
Case: The Water Skier	27	(1)
Try it On	28	(3)
How Does the Person Begin to Produce the Response?	31	(20)
Concept: the adaptive response generation subprocess (adaptive response mechanism)
Case: The Preacher	38	(2)
Case: The Researcher	40	(3)
Case: The Chess Player	43	(4)
Try it On	47	(4)
What's the Plan to Carry Out the Response?	51	(10)
Concept: the adaptive response generation subprocess (adaptation gestalt)
Case: The Husband Caregiver	54	(3)
Try it On	57	(4)
What's Right or Wrong With This Picture?	61	(8)
Concept: the adaptive response evaluation subprocess (relative mastery)
Case: The Florist	64	(2)
Try it On	66	(3)
How Has the Person Changed or Adapted?	69	(8)
Concept: the adaptive response integration subprocess
Case: The Elder Homemaker	72	(2)
Try it On	74	(3)
How Does the Environment Respond?	77	(8)
Concepts: assessment by the occupational environment and incorporation by the occupational environment
Try it On	82	(3)
What Does the Therapist Do?	85	(8)
Case: The Pianist	88	(2)
Case: The Woodworker	90	(3)
How Do You Describe Occupational Adaptation to Others?	93	(8)
Index	101