Occupational Functioning Model (OFM) | Rosalin Child Development
The foundation of the occupational functioning model (OFM) is based on self-efficacy & self-esteem. Self-efficacy refers to the perceived ability to accomplish own tasks related to life roles. Whereas self-esteem refers to one’s own value & worth. Due to any developmental disability or acquired disability in adulthood, affects our self-esteem & self-efficacy in different ways. Evaluation of both areas is crucial for occupational therapy practice. In the case of developmental disability children have difficulty in the development of self-worth, which leads to difficulty in occupational performance. In this phase of development, infants don’t get sensory stimulation in a normal way due to underlying medical & neuropsychiatric conditions. That affects the development of motor & cognitive behaviour of infants. In the case of adolescence & adulthood disability may be progressive or self-limiting.
In this phase, an individual has already achieved some kind of self-worth due to their occupational performance. However, due to physical, sensorimotor, mental, perceptual, behavioural & cognitive disability, they cannot accomplish their life role. That develops worthlessness in their life, which hampers their role in society as an individual.
The occupational therapy model is a conceptual model that
guides occupational therapy evaluation & treatment of a person with a disability. The paradigm of OFM is based on activities & habits, competence in
tasks of life roles, satisfaction with life roles, self-maintenance,
self-advancement & self-enhancement.
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