Occupation-Based Activity Analysis / Edition 1

by Heather Thomas

Overview

The ability to analyze activities is a skill essential to occupational therapy. Students and practitioners need not only an understanding of what activity analysis is and how to break down the steps of a task, but also understand how each aspect of an activity influences participation in occupations. Occupation-Based Activity Analysis is a definitive text that effectively progresses the reader toward understanding the differences between occupations and activities, and the interaction of all of the components of activities and occupations, such as performance skills, client factors, activity demands, and contexts.

Occupation-Based Activity Analysis by Heather Thomas instructs students to analyze activities using the domain components as outlined in the Occupational Therapy Practice Framework: Domain and Process, 2nd Edition. This timely text guides the reader through understanding the process of activity analysis from the perspective of examining typical activity demands. Learning of key concepts is reinforced through case examples, worksheets, exercises, and sample analyses.

Beginning with defining the domain of practice through the areas of occupation, students will learn to identify occupations and activities, while learning to understand the importance of analysis to their domain of practice. Students and practitioners will also discover how to analyze the demands inherent to the activity itself, and the context which surround the activity and the people engaged in it. The component steps to analyzing activities or occupations are uncovered in separate chapters, each aspect reinforces concepts that are foundational to occupational therapy practice.

A Glance at What Is Covered:
• Activity versus occupation versus tasks
• Areas of occupation defined
• Details of how social and space demands, as well as objects influence performance
• Client factors and body functions and structures defined as they relate to performance in occupations
• The influence of the client’s contexts
• Performance patterns and how their influence on occupations
• How to grade and adapt an activity

Instructors in educational settings can visit www.efacultylounge.com for additional material to be used for teaching in the classroom.

Occupation-Based Activity Analysis is an excellent text for students and for practitioners looking to further their understanding of activity analysis.

 

 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781556429460
Publisher:	SLACK, Incorporated
Publication date:	07/01/2011
Edition description:	Older Edition
Pages:	216
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 11.00(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Heather Thomas, PhD, OTR/L is an associate professor at West Coast University in Los Angeles, California. She began teaching activity analysis in 2004 at Loma Linda University. After obtaining her master’s degree in occupational therapy from the University of Southern California in 1998, she studied health care administration at Touro University International in Cypress, California, and gained her PhD in health science in 2011. Thomas’s clinical work focuses on the adult acute and acute rehabilitation settings. From 2000 to 2002, she was director of the Casa Colina Assistive Technology Center, and from 2007 to 2008, she served as director of Occupational Therapy Services at Casa Colina Centers for Rehabilitation in Pomona, California. She has served in multiple leadership roles within the Occupational Therapy Association of California and has presented at conferences of the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA). She currently serves as the California representative on the AOTA Representative Assembly. She has also served several terms as the chair of the Los Angeles Occupational Therapy Leadership Forum. Expanding occupational therapy’s reach into underserved areas, she has volunteered in Haiti to work with those who were injured during the earthquake of 2010 and then helped develop a rehabilitation technician program in that country. A yoga instructor for many years, she now enjoys practicing yoga at home in Los Angeles, snow skiing, gardening, teaching, and learning new occupations.

Table of Contents

Dedication

Acknowledgments

About the Author

Introduction

 

Section I        Activity Analysis

 

Chapter 1             What Is Activity Analysis?

 

Chapter 2             What Are We Analyzing?

 

Chapter 3             Sequence and Timing

 

Chapter 4             Objects, Space, and Social Demands

Chapter 5             Required Body Functions

 

Chapter 6             Required Body Structures

 

Chapter 7             Required Actions/Performance Skills

 

Section II      Occupation-Based Activity Analysis

 

Chapter 8             The Client: The Key to Conducting an Occupation-Based Activity Analysis

Chapter 9             Grading and Adapting

 

Appendix A: Blank Forms and Activities

Appendix B: Blank Activity Analysis Forms

Appendix C: Completed Activity Analysis Form

 

Index

Editorial Reviews

Reviewer: Shannon Martin, OTD (Touro University Nevada)
Description: This is a detailed overview of the foundational skills for conducting an activity and occupational analysis. It is a much needed update to the first edition published in 2012.
Purpose: The purpose is to provide occupational therapy students with a resource for understanding and learning the process of analyzing activities and occupations. The material is presented in a way to chronologically guide readers through the steps of conducting a thorough activity analysis. The information is consistent with the language and format of the newly revised Occupational Therapy Practice Framework: Domain and Process, 3rd edition.
Audience: This book is intended primarily for occupational therapy students and possibly entry-level clinicians wishing to improve their skills in activity and occupational analysis.
Features: The book focuses on the fundamentals of activity and occupational analysis. Topics include the differences between activities and occupations, how to conduct an activity or occupational analysis, and how to use these throughout the occupational therapy process. In-depth chapters on required body functions, body structures, and performance skills are included. A key feature is the inclusion of comprehensive definitions and examples of concepts in each of these areas, which is helpful for students learning this new language of occupational therapy. Each chapter includes helpful boxes and tables to highlight concepts. Each section provides a variety of learning activities that students or instructors can use to apply the concepts. Another helpful feature is a template for conducting activity and occupational analysis.
Assessment: This is an excellent reference for all occupational therapy students beginning to learn about foundational skills and concepts in occupational therapy practice. It is one of the few resources available that provides an extensive outline for understanding and conducting an activity analysis. This much-needed updated edition reflects new language and changes in the third edition of the Occupational Therapy Practice Framework.

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