Pub Date : 2021-10-28DOI: 10.1080/14473828.2021.1984051
Ina Roosen, Liani Austin, E. Stevens-Nafai
ABSTRACT This article highlights the experiences of three occupational therapists, working in different settings while facing the challenges of the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. Each case is an example of how to promote engagement of children and their families: in a private practice setting in South Africa, in a public school practice setting in the USA and an educational project for OT students in Germany. The three cases are the result of the professional exchange of ideas. They show creative ways of how technological tools and social media can be used professionally for virtual occupational therapy sessions, student and parent education. The challenges and benefits of virtual occupational therapy are discussed. In all three cases, virtual interventions led to a feeling of connectedness through occupation for the children, their families, occupational therapy students and practitioners themselves.
{"title":"How to make the best of it? Promoting occupational engagement of children during lockdown – case examples from South Africa, the United States of America and Germany","authors":"Ina Roosen, Liani Austin, E. Stevens-Nafai","doi":"10.1080/14473828.2021.1984051","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14473828.2021.1984051","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This article highlights the experiences of three occupational therapists, working in different settings while facing the challenges of the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. Each case is an example of how to promote engagement of children and their families: in a private practice setting in South Africa, in a public school practice setting in the USA and an educational project for OT students in Germany. The three cases are the result of the professional exchange of ideas. They show creative ways of how technological tools and social media can be used professionally for virtual occupational therapy sessions, student and parent education. The challenges and benefits of virtual occupational therapy are discussed. In all three cases, virtual interventions led to a feeling of connectedness through occupation for the children, their families, occupational therapy students and practitioners themselves.","PeriodicalId":53208,"journal":{"name":"World Federation of Occupational Therapists Bulletin","volume":"78 1","pages":"16 - 20"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2021-10-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49204284","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-10-03DOI: 10.1080/14473828.2021.1975918
M. Clarke, Rachel Rowlands, Sarah Morecroft, Samira Begum, Jennifer C. Evans, A. Ford, Jordan Morgan, Isobel Prior, Caitlin Slater
ABSTRACT The impact of COVID-19 has been harshly felt by occupational therapists in practice and students requiring practice education placements. A collaboration between Aneurin Bevan University Health Board (ABUHB) and Cardiff University enabled 10 undergraduate students to undertake their final placement by participating in a Digital Stories Project. This placement was innovatively designed to allow students to meet their learning objectives remotely, reducing clinical days in adherence to social distancing measures. The ‘Get There Together’ project was created by the national steering group after identifying the devastating impact COVID-19 had on people affected by dementia when accessing community occupations. The students collaborated with service users to identify areas that they wanted to visit, creating digital recordings explaining what to expect due to COVID-19 rules. This paper will focus on the conception and development of the Digital Stories Project, which helped increase placement capacity for occupational therapy students, during the COVID-19 pandemic.
{"title":"Adapting student practice placements in response to COVID-19: ‘Get there together’ a digital stories project for people living with dementia","authors":"M. Clarke, Rachel Rowlands, Sarah Morecroft, Samira Begum, Jennifer C. Evans, A. Ford, Jordan Morgan, Isobel Prior, Caitlin Slater","doi":"10.1080/14473828.2021.1975918","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14473828.2021.1975918","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The impact of COVID-19 has been harshly felt by occupational therapists in practice and students requiring practice education placements. A collaboration between Aneurin Bevan University Health Board (ABUHB) and Cardiff University enabled 10 undergraduate students to undertake their final placement by participating in a Digital Stories Project. This placement was innovatively designed to allow students to meet their learning objectives remotely, reducing clinical days in adherence to social distancing measures. The ‘Get There Together’ project was created by the national steering group after identifying the devastating impact COVID-19 had on people affected by dementia when accessing community occupations. The students collaborated with service users to identify areas that they wanted to visit, creating digital recordings explaining what to expect due to COVID-19 rules. This paper will focus on the conception and development of the Digital Stories Project, which helped increase placement capacity for occupational therapy students, during the COVID-19 pandemic.","PeriodicalId":53208,"journal":{"name":"World Federation of Occupational Therapists Bulletin","volume":"78 1","pages":"21 - 28"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2021-10-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44617595","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-07-10DOI: 10.1080/14473828.2021.1946997
Amy Lamont, K. Brown, K. Schoessow
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to understand the impact of COVID-19 on the experiences of occupational therapists (OTs) who switched to telehealth for clients with visual impairments during the COVID-19 pandemic. Nine semi-structured interviews were conducted over Zoom and transcriptions were analysed and narrowed down to four themes. Participants often did not identify clients’ visual impairments as the major barrier to participating in telehealth, rather addressing a combination of factors: stress of the pandemic, access to materials at home, and family support. Participants shared ways they modified their practice during telehealth visits for patients with visual impairments and suggestions to make virtual platforms more accessible.
{"title":"Experiences of occupational therapists using telehealth to continue to treat patients with low vision during the COVID-19 pandemic","authors":"Amy Lamont, K. Brown, K. Schoessow","doi":"10.1080/14473828.2021.1946997","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14473828.2021.1946997","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to understand the impact of COVID-19 on the experiences of occupational therapists (OTs) who switched to telehealth for clients with visual impairments during the COVID-19 pandemic. Nine semi-structured interviews were conducted over Zoom and transcriptions were analysed and narrowed down to four themes. Participants often did not identify clients’ visual impairments as the major barrier to participating in telehealth, rather addressing a combination of factors: stress of the pandemic, access to materials at home, and family support. Participants shared ways they modified their practice during telehealth visits for patients with visual impairments and suggestions to make virtual platforms more accessible.","PeriodicalId":53208,"journal":{"name":"World Federation of Occupational Therapists Bulletin","volume":"78 1","pages":"29 - 35"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2021-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/14473828.2021.1946997","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43863947","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-07-03DOI: 10.1080/14473828.2021.1945203
Nadja Reeck
ABSTRACT The Corona pandemic has significantly changed the everyday lives of children and adolescents. They experience restrictions in their usual occupations, as many occupations are either no longer possible or only possible in a different form. In this context, finding an occupational balance is a challenge that cannot always be successfully managed. This paper highlights the challenges children and adolescents face because of the restrictions imposed during the Corona pandemic. The role of occupational therapy in supporting this client group will be discussed. The Corona pandemic has thus brought the topic of occupational balance into focus, but even after this pandemic, knowledge about occupational balance is of high importance and should be focussed further on.
{"title":"Betätigungsbalance von Kindern und Jugendlichen in Zeiten der Corona-Pandemie/Occupational balance of children and adolescents in the times of the Corona pandemic","authors":"Nadja Reeck","doi":"10.1080/14473828.2021.1945203","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14473828.2021.1945203","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The Corona pandemic has significantly changed the everyday lives of children and adolescents. They experience restrictions in their usual occupations, as many occupations are either no longer possible or only possible in a different form. In this context, finding an occupational balance is a challenge that cannot always be successfully managed. This paper highlights the challenges children and adolescents face because of the restrictions imposed during the Corona pandemic. The role of occupational therapy in supporting this client group will be discussed. The Corona pandemic has thus brought the topic of occupational balance into focus, but even after this pandemic, knowledge about occupational balance is of high importance and should be focussed further on.","PeriodicalId":53208,"journal":{"name":"World Federation of Occupational Therapists Bulletin","volume":"77 1","pages":"124 - 130"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2021-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/14473828.2021.1945203","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47011550","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-07-03DOI: 10.1080/14473828.2021.1949897
M. Kovic, Katia Maki Omura, Jose Naum de Mesquita Chagas, Amanda Amorim de Souza, A. Enemark Larsen, Victor Augusto Cavaleiro Corrêa
ABSTRACT This study aimed to examine the occupational lives of persons served in the Basic Health Unit or employed in the National Institute of Social Security within communities in Belem, Brazil. A mixed-method design was performed with qualitative interviews and two quantitative measurements, the Canadian Occupational Performance Measure, and the Health Assessment Questionnaire. The intent was to provide occupational therapists a better understanding of the need for their service in both institutions. The two populations included were similar regarding age, gender, and race, however, although connected geopolitically, differences in educational level, income, and access to goods and services were noted. The results demonstrated that both groups experienced difficulties and unfulfilled wishes for their occupational performances and lack of occupational engagement, due to environmental circumstances, which may lead to a risk of occupational injustice. This study contributes valuable knowledge which may determine if occupational therapy services could benefit these populations.
{"title":"An exploration of how people living in Belem, a city in the Amazon region of Brazil, perceive their occupational lives: considerations to identify potential implications for occupational therapy services","authors":"M. Kovic, Katia Maki Omura, Jose Naum de Mesquita Chagas, Amanda Amorim de Souza, A. Enemark Larsen, Victor Augusto Cavaleiro Corrêa","doi":"10.1080/14473828.2021.1949897","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14473828.2021.1949897","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT\u0000 This study aimed to examine the occupational lives of persons served in the Basic Health Unit or employed in the National Institute of Social Security within communities in Belem, Brazil. A mixed-method design was performed with qualitative interviews and two quantitative measurements, the Canadian Occupational Performance Measure, and the Health Assessment Questionnaire. The intent was to provide occupational therapists a better understanding of the need for their service in both institutions. The two populations included were similar regarding age, gender, and race, however, although connected geopolitically, differences in educational level, income, and access to goods and services were noted. The results demonstrated that both groups experienced difficulties and unfulfilled wishes for their occupational performances and lack of occupational engagement, due to environmental circumstances, which may lead to a risk of occupational injustice. This study contributes valuable knowledge which may determine if occupational therapy services could benefit these populations.","PeriodicalId":53208,"journal":{"name":"World Federation of Occupational Therapists Bulletin","volume":"77 1","pages":"77 - 84"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2021-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/14473828.2021.1949897","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43654895","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-07-03DOI: 10.1080/14473828.2021.1972520
Samantha Shann
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Pub Date : 2021-06-28DOI: 10.1080/14473828.2021.1943868
T. Fletcher, Emily S. Wiskera, Lynda H. Wilbur, Natalie M. Garcia
ABSTRACT The Sensory Totes Programme is a series of COVID-19 adapted sensory-friendly events taking place in a metropolitan area of the south-central United States. It offers experiences for children with autism or sensory processing disorders who have communication, motor, sensory, or social differences. Sensory-friendly programmes aim to facilitate skill development while mitigating potentially negative impacts of sensory input. While occupational therapy professionals work in tandem with event planners to design and implement programmes throughout this metropolitan area, these events are not therapy sessions, but are instead opportunities to participate in community life. Presently, changes have led event designers to reconsider COVID-19 programming as a ‘new normal’ that oftentimes aligns with the needs of many children. This programme description explores how one urban locale made practical considerations and developed solutions in response to COVID-19, and how those responses affected best practices for sensory-friendly programming, enduring after the pandemic ends.
{"title":"The sensory totes programme: sensory-friendly autism program innovations designed to meet COVID-19 challenges","authors":"T. Fletcher, Emily S. Wiskera, Lynda H. Wilbur, Natalie M. Garcia","doi":"10.1080/14473828.2021.1943868","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14473828.2021.1943868","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The Sensory Totes Programme is a series of COVID-19 adapted sensory-friendly events taking place in a metropolitan area of the south-central United States. It offers experiences for children with autism or sensory processing disorders who have communication, motor, sensory, or social differences. Sensory-friendly programmes aim to facilitate skill development while mitigating potentially negative impacts of sensory input. While occupational therapy professionals work in tandem with event planners to design and implement programmes throughout this metropolitan area, these events are not therapy sessions, but are instead opportunities to participate in community life. Presently, changes have led event designers to reconsider COVID-19 programming as a ‘new normal’ that oftentimes aligns with the needs of many children. This programme description explores how one urban locale made practical considerations and developed solutions in response to COVID-19, and how those responses affected best practices for sensory-friendly programming, enduring after the pandemic ends.","PeriodicalId":53208,"journal":{"name":"World Federation of Occupational Therapists Bulletin","volume":"78 1","pages":"44 - 52"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2021-06-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/14473828.2021.1943868","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43555299","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-06-28DOI: 10.1080/14473828.2021.1932043
Madeleine Duncan, Kit Sinclair, J. Creek
ABSTRACT By blurring the boundaries between the physical, digital, and biological worlds the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) is poised to affect the future of planetary and human health and wellbeing in the emerging new world order being promoted by the United Nations Agenda 2030. Precipitating a paradigm crisis in the architecture of the occupational therapy profession, the implications of the 4IR and the UN Agenda 2030 warrant collective examination. A new practice paradigm suited to the new world order may be indicated. We propose two actions that the profession can take for facilitating a paradigm shift towards contextual relevance in different parts of the world; firstly, by reflecting on and debating the impact of the paradigm crisis on 15 dimensions of occupational therapy and, secondly, by confirming and adjusting the basics of the profession’s ontology, epistemology, axiology and methodology.
{"title":"Upstreaming occupational therapy: reflections on sustaining contextual relevance in a globalising world","authors":"Madeleine Duncan, Kit Sinclair, J. Creek","doi":"10.1080/14473828.2021.1932043","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14473828.2021.1932043","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT By blurring the boundaries between the physical, digital, and biological worlds the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) is poised to affect the future of planetary and human health and wellbeing in the emerging new world order being promoted by the United Nations Agenda 2030. Precipitating a paradigm crisis in the architecture of the occupational therapy profession, the implications of the 4IR and the UN Agenda 2030 warrant collective examination. A new practice paradigm suited to the new world order may be indicated. We propose two actions that the profession can take for facilitating a paradigm shift towards contextual relevance in different parts of the world; firstly, by reflecting on and debating the impact of the paradigm crisis on 15 dimensions of occupational therapy and, secondly, by confirming and adjusting the basics of the profession’s ontology, epistemology, axiology and methodology.","PeriodicalId":53208,"journal":{"name":"World Federation of Occupational Therapists Bulletin","volume":"77 1","pages":"85 - 92"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2021-06-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/14473828.2021.1932043","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42006283","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-06-18DOI: 10.1080/14473828.2021.1938862
Epiphanie Murebwayire, Odeyoyin Yusuph Abiodun
ABSTRACT The aim of this article is to describe the introduction and progress of occupational therapy in Rwanda, and the special role taken by RWOTA in advocating for the future of the profession across the continent of Africa. The tragic genocide in 1994, during the Rwandan civil war, left about one million people dead, including some health care professionals. After the genocide, the health care professions have grown tremendously, but the development of occupational therapy is still in its infancy. The Rwanda Occupational Therapy Association (RWOTA) is an officially registered nongovernmental organisation that has begun a journey to raise awareness of occupational therapy to and for the citizens of Rwanda. The occupational therapy professional body gained national recognition in Rwanda in 2015, with Occupational Therapy Africa Regional Group (OTARG) in 2015 and World Federation of Occupational Therapists (WFOT) recognition following in 2016. Between 2010 and 2017, there were no qualified occupational therapists in Rwanda but efforts are now being made to introduce a professional education programme for the whole country. The Rwanda Occupational Therapy Association has made substantial gains in raising awareness in the country of occupational therapy services, research implementation, educational development, collaboration and the sustainability of the profession. The aim of these activities is to expand the scope of occupational therapy practice in Rwanda. In conclusion, it can be said that the birth and growth of occupational therapy in Rwanda is due to the commitment of the government of Rwanda to implementing holistic health care service delivery through the Ministry of Health.
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