Social Participation Frame Of Reference (FOR)

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Social participation frame of reference (FOR), focuses on the abilities needed to support children with typical to mild cognition functioning to engage in social participation in a socially acceptable manner. Without the proper way of communication socially amongst their peers, or caregivers, children with social participation dysfunction tend to have a difficult time forming meaningful relationships. This is not the only problem these children may face, it can also affect their family relationships as well as their academics. This issue needs to be addressed while the child is still young to prevent them from growing up into adulthood with the problem which can further disable their daily occupational functioning. The author
The book stated the need for children with disabilities to gain social competence. It also stated that this skill will help children with disabilities to gain acceptance from their peers which will further allow them to develop friendships. This concept to me is not stated correctly, in that I find it a little insulting. I think society need to shift their focus from doing whatever it take to “fix” people with disabilities to the focus of also teaching typical children without disabilities to learn to accept and socialize with other children unlike themselves. I truly believe that as a society we can benefit from interacting with people who are different from us. The book also stated the important of the problem I mentioned above , which is the integration of children with or without disabilities to engage in the classroom together and to learn about the different disabilities. By so doing, I believe that society can slowly but surely change all the ugly perceptions about children with disabilities and kill all the misconceptions and stereotypes. As a future Occupation therapist, I can help advocate on this matter by educating my clients, running a group about the topic or make brochures to bring attention to the
It gave a visual perception of the theory discussed; especially for readers who may be visual learners. It also had a guide to evaluation, which is extremely helpful to the novice occupational therapy student as we can learn about different ways to assess a client who may be dealing with a deficit in social participation and treatment ideas to help enhance social participation. The application to practice section is another favorite of mine as it shows how the FOR is applied. Additionally, I appreciated the last section of case studies which helps to tie everything together and to make sure the reader has gained further understanding of the