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Blog Post Challenge #1


I decided to do my first post over the theory of occupational adaptation (OA). The theory of occupational adaptation describes the integration of two global concepts that have long been present in occupational therapy thinking: occupation and adaptation. Most occupational therapy is driven by the assumption that as clients become more functional, they will be more adaptive. The theory of occupational adaptation takes the opposite point of view. Practice based on OA is driven by the assumption that if clients become more adaptive, they will become more functional. The theory is backed by six guiding assumptions about the relationship between occupational performance and human adaptation. The theory proposes that equilibrium or homeostasis can result in a state of dysadaptation. Personal adaptation is proposed in the theory as a human phenomenon that is in a continuous process of order and disorder and reorganization. I really like the approach this theory takes with the therapeutic process.

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  1. Dr. LancasterMarch 31, 2017 at 3:16 PM

    Well articulated! We'll be talking about this theory in class next week.

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