What is the OTPF and what is its purpose?

The OTPF is the framework for the profession of occupational therapy. It first describes what occupations are. These include activities of daily living (ADLs), instrumental activities of daily living (iADLs), play and leisure, work, education, rest and sleep, and social interaction. Additionally it is broken down into subsections. The first includes client factors which are things that are really important to the client including spirituality, beliefs, body functions, and body structures. Next is the performance skills which include social participation, motor and cognitive skills. After that is the performance patterns which are the habits, rituals, roles, and routines that we participate in on a daily basis. The final subcategory is the context and environment. This essentially means where our occupations take place and the context that they occur (which includes cultural, personal, physical, social, temporal and virtual aspects surrounding our occupations).
By examining all of the aspects listed above, the framework helps guide occupational therapists in selecting and administering appropriate assessments as well as providing interventions to the client that are sensitive to their needs and desires.

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