Occupational therapy was founded on the philosophical belief that occupation and health are reciprocally related and evidence supports the notion that occupation-based approaches yield better client outcomes. While many professional leaders and theories encourage practitioners to employ occupation-based approaches, there is no mechanism to determine if we have achieved the goal of occupation-centeredness. A new model, presented in this session, was created to conceptualize what occupation-based practice looks like.  The Dynamic Model of Occupation-Based Practice depicts the four main constructs of occupation-based practice, the factors influencing the use of occupation in practice, and situates therapeutic interactions along a continuum between occupation-based practice and models that are discretely different from 'health through occupation'. The model served as the foundation for the development of an assessment tool to quantify the extent of occupation infused in each therapeutic interaction with a client.  The assessment can establish baselines and capture change in practice to assist practitioners, administrators, faculty, and students facilitate the use of occupation to align with the profession's core values.Attendees will have the opportunity to view clinical scenarios to assess the sample practice and reflect on their own practice.

This virtual event will be free for DOTA members and cost $10 for non-members.