Occupational Therapy Process Analysis

During this process, the occupational therapy practitioner must use his or her knowledge of science and theory to create specific measurable goals, which include a time frame for achievement. The practitioner should select intervention methods which are evidence based, meaning they have been studied and are proven to support the goals the client and therapist wish to achieve. The occupational therapy practitioner will exercise the therapeutic use of self, and therapeutic use of occupations to achieve goals. The therapist will continue to evaluate skills and measure progress toward goal attainment (AOTA, 2014; Eschenfelder & Wisiewski, 2014). The practice framework describes the process of intervention review as a continuous reevaluation