Title: 
Headings: Definition of Occupational Therapy Practice for the AOTA Model Practice Act
Definition
 
of
 
Occupational
 
Therapy
 
Practice
 
for
 
the
 
AOTA
 
Model
 
Practice
 
Act
 

Content: Interventions
 
and
 
procedures
 
to
 
promote
 
or
 
enhance
 
safety
 
and
 
performance
 
in
 
activities
 
of
 
daily
 
living
 
(ADL),
 
instrumental
 
activities
 
of
 
daily
 
living
 
(IADL),
 
rest
 
and
 
sleep,
 
education,
 
work,
 
play,
 
leisure,
 
and
 
social
 
participation,
 
including: Therapeutic
 
use
 
of
 
occupations,
 
exercises,
 
and
 
activities. Training
 
in
 
self-care,
 
self-management,
 
health
 
management
 
and
 
maintenance,
 
home
 
management,
 
community/work
 
reintegration,
 
and
 
school
 
activities
 
and
 
work
 
performance. Development,
 
remediation,
 
or
 
compensation
 
of
 
neuromusculoskeletal,
 
sensory-perceptual,
 
visual,
 
mental,
 
and
 
cognitive
 
functions,
 
pain
 
tolerance
 
and
 
management,
 
and
 
behavioral
 
skills. Therapeutic
 
use
 
of
 
self,
 
including
 
one’s
 
personality,
 
insights,
 
perceptions,
 
and
 
judgments,
 
as
 
part
 
of
 
the
 
therapeutic
 
process. Education
 
and
 
training
 
of
 
individuals,
 
including
 
family
 
members,
 
caregivers,
 
groups,
 
populations,
 
and
 
others. Care
 
coordination,
 
case
 
management,
 
and
 
transition
 
services. Consultative
 
services
 
to
 
groups,
 
programs,
 
organizations,
 
or
 
communities. Modification
 
of
 
environments
 
(home,
 
work,
 
school,
 
or
 
community)
 
and
 
adaptation
 
of
 
processes,
 
including
 
the
 
application
 
of
 
ergonomic
 
principles. Assessment,
 
design,
 
fabrication,
 
application,
 
fitting,
 
and
 
training
 
in
 
seating
 
and
 
positioning,
 
assistive
 
technology,
 
adaptive
 
devices,
 
and
 
orthotic
 
devices,
 
and
 
training
 
in
 
the
 
use
 
of
 
prosthetic
 
devices.