1. Nancy Dusing, OTR/L Capstone Project Chatham University
The Canadian occupational performance measure and occupation-based treatment
Nancy Dusing, OTR/L
Capstone Project
Chatham University

2. Nancy Dusing Brief Biography
Over 20 years experience with adults in various settings.
Currently pursuing doctorate of Occupational Therapy at Chatham University.
Interested in helping therapists expand their knowledge of occupation-based treatment in the skilled nursing setting.

3. Capstone objectives for the occupational therapist
Develop a greater understanding of the value of occupation-based treatment.
Apply this knowledge when developing client-centered treatment programs.
Demonstrate a good understanding of the Canadian Occupational Performance Measure and its use in the skilled setting.
Will increase use of the COPM and see its benefits in developing occupation-based treatment programs.

4. What is the question?
Does the use of the Canadian Occupational Performance Measure increase the use of occupation-based treatment for therapists in the skilled nursing setting?

5. My personal experience
Is my therapy exercise-based or…

6. Occupation-based?

7. Are these My goals for the client or….

8. Are they the client’s goals?

9. “Occupation… refers to the daily life activities IN which people engage” (AOTA, 2014, p. S6) Occupational therapy values “engagement in occupation…as a primary therapeutic agent as well as the goal of intervention” (Fisher, 2013, p. 162)
“OCCUPATIONS ARE CENTRAL TO A CLIENT’S IDENTITY AND SENSE OF COMPETENCE”
(AOTA, 2014, p. S5)

10. The Canadian occupational performance measure
A client-centered outcome measure.
Assesses the client’s perception of their performance.
Self-care: personal care, functional mobility, and community management.
Productivity: household management, school, play, and paid or unpaid work.
Leisure: quiet recreation, active recreation, and socialization (Law et al., 2014).

11. Occupational Performance Problems
What are they?
“It is an occupation that a person
WANTS TO DO, NEEDS TO DO or IS EXPECTED TO DO
BUT
CAN’T DO, DOESN’T DO OR ISN’T SATISFIED WITH THE WAY THEY DO IT” (Law et al., p. 4)

12. Can you tell me the definition of an occupation?

13. What three areas does the Canadian Occupational Performance measure assess?

14. Can you give examples of each area of occupation?
Self-care
Productivity
Leisure

15. Conclusion Client-centered occupation-based treatment
Canadian Occupational Performance Measure
COPM and occupation-based treatment

16. NEXT SESSION How to utilize the COPM View an assessment
Learn how to score the outcome measure

17. Please visit my blog at https://nancydusing.wordpress.com to:
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Post questions or feedback.
Review the PowerPoint in Week One.

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19. references
American Occupational Therapy Association [AOTA]. (2014). Occupational therapy practice framework: Domain and process (3rd ed.). American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 68(Suppl. 1), S1-S48. doi: /ajot
Fisher, A. G. (2013). Occupation-centered, occupation-based, occupation- focused: Same, same or different? Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 20, doi: /
Law, M., Baptiste, S., Carswell, A., McColl, M. A., Polatajko, H., & Pollock, N. (2014). Canadian Occupational Performance Measure manual (5th ed.). Ottawa, ON: CAOT Publications ACE.