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.
For class today, we were asked to listen to a podcast before class titled The First Cow. The speaker was Abeny Kucha, a woman from southeastern Africa who has an amazing story. Her village was destroyed by war and for years she bounced from refugee camp to refugee camp walking and traveling for over eight years. Luckily she and her family made it to America. Listening to her story really opened my eyes to just how lucky I am to have the life that I have. When they first arrived they were taken to this apartment and told it was their new home… she expressed that the word home meant more to her than most could understand. Her children had never had a home, they had never been able to sleep in peace without any worry. She spoke of how they had no idea what orange soda was or what a fire alarm was, things that you never even second guess or need to think about can be completely foreign to others. She also mentioned how they had two couches in the living room and how no...
Well articulated! We'll be talking about this theory in class next week.
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