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First published in 1997 by Occupational Performance Network
Copyright 1997 Christine Chapparo and Judy Ranka
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Occupational performance model (Australia) monograph 1
Authors:Christine Chapparo, Judy Ranka
ISBNNumber: 0909353 95 6

Occupational Performance Model (Australia)
Monograph 1 April, 1997

Edited by
ChristineChapparo, MAMacq., DipOTNSW,OTR, FAOTA
Senior Lecturer
Schoolof Occupational Therapy
Faculty of Health Sciences (C42)
The University of Sydney
Sydney,New South Wales, 2141, AUSTRALIA

JudyRanka, BScWMU, MAMacq.,OTR
Lecturer
Schoolof Occupational Therapy
Faculty of Health Sciences (C42)
The University of Sydney
Sydney,New South Wales, 2141, AUSTRALIA

Dedication:
to thememory of John Balla, PhD
who firstrealised and encouraged the idea of this monograph.

Acknowledgments:
We acknowledge the individual and collective contribution of : the contributors for giving us insight into the ways theory can be applied to practice, Associate Professor Colleen Mullavey-O’Byrne, Head of School and members of staff of the School of Occupational Therapy, The University of Sydney for their encouragement, Ev Innes for assistance with generating selected graphics, clients who allowed us to interpret their stories throughout the monograph, and our families.

Preface:

The purpose of this monograph is to introduce the Occupational Performance Model (OPM) (Australia) in its current stage of development. The structure of the model, as it is presented in this monograph, is not viewed as a new paradigmatic development but as an alternate representation of contemporary ideas about occupational performance. The inclusion of (Australia) in the title simply indicates the Model’s sociocultural derivation. It is not presented as a national model as, for example, is found in Canada. The development of this model has occurred over the last decade and isoutlined in Part 1 of this Monograph. The development of the model has been a circular theory-practice-theory process. Clinicians and clinical research have played a major part in how constructs in the model have been conceptualised. Therefore,Part 2 of this monograph contains examples of how the constructshave been applied. These examples are from a range of practiceenvironments. Occupational Performance has been applied todeveloping perspectives about the needs of various client populations, administration and education. The range of examples illustrate how occupational therapists apply theory to practice at varying levels of sophistication and complexity. Future OPM (Australia) monographs will contain more detail about each of the constructs as well as reflecting the on going work into the nature of processes within and between constructs.

Occupational Performance Model (Australia) Monograph1, April, 1997

CONTENTS

PART 1:

The Occupational Performance Model (Australia): A description of constructs and structure 1
Christine Chapparo and Judy Ranka

Towards a model of occupational performance: Model development 24
Christine Chapparo and Judy Ranka

Occupational Performance: A practice model for occupational therapy 45
Judy Ranka and Christine Chapparo

OccupationalPerformance Model (Australia): Definition of terms 58

OccupationalPerformance Model (Australia): Formal dissemination 61

PART 2:

Occupationalperformance: A guide for upper limb orthotic prescription inspinal cord injury 66
Judy Ranka

Effect of wrist immobilisation on upper limb occupational performance of elderly males 83
Winnie Yuen Yee Chan and Christine Chapparo

Wristcasting to improve control of the wrist and hand during theperformance of occupational tasks 95
Kirsty Stewart and Christine Chapparo

The Occupational Performance Model (Australia): Application to group intervention for children with handwriting problems 105
Traci-Anne Goyen, Sharon Doyle and Christine Chapparo

Occupational performance and sensory integration therapy: Preliminary findingsof a rating scale 116
Veronica Steer

The immediate effects of three occupational therapy interventions on specific play behaviours of three children with developmental disability 125
Kylie Wilkinson and Christine Chapparo

Usingthe Occupational Performance Model in practice: Developing intervention aims for a child with acute burns, and her mother 149
Roman Weigl

Socialexperiences of children with fragile X syndrome: An occupational performance perspective 155
Kristan Baker

An investigation of occupational role performance in men over sixty years of age following a stroke 164
Anne Hillman and Christine Chapparo

Time: Management of distortions of the perception of time in clients after traumatic brain impairment 175
Sharon Reynolds and Christine Chapparo

Improving performance of occupational tasks and routines in clients with extreme agitation after traumatic brain impairment 182
Jodie Nicholls and Christine Chapparo

The Perceive, Recall, Plan, Perform (PRPP) System of task analysis 189
Christine Chapparo and Judy Ranka

Usingthe Perceive, Recall, Plan and Perform System to assess cognitive deficits intraumatic brain impairment: A case study 199
Kerrie Fry and Leanne O’Brien

Usingthe Occupational Performance model to unite occupational therapy servicesin a rehabilitation setting 205
Sandra Colyer

Using the Occupational Performance Model (Australia) to structure process and outcome measures for occupational therapists working with children 209
Jill Hummell, Diana Barnett and Sharon Doyle

Occupationalperformance in productivity and prevention 223
Ev Innes

Developinga ‘postmodern’ occupational therapy curriculum model using the structure and operations of Occupational Performance 231
Judy Ranka

Occupational Performance: Curriculum theorising in occupational therapy 245
Judy Ranka and Christine Chapparo