Wis. Admin. Code Occupational Therapists Affiliated Credentialing Board § OT 1.02 - Definitions
As used in chs. OT 1 to 5:
(1)
"Activity demands" means the specific features of an activity that influence
the type and amount of the effort required to perform the activity. Activity
demands include the specific objects, space demands, social demands, sequence
and timing, actions and skills, body functions, and body structures required to
carry out the activity.
(2)
"Assessment" is a component part of the evaluation process, and means the
process of determining the need for, nature of, and estimated time of treatment
at different intervals during the treatment, determining needed coordination
with or referrals to other disciplines, and documenting these
activities.
(3) "Board" means the
occupational therapists affiliated credentialing board.
(4) "Body functions" means the physiological
functions of body systems , including mental, sensory, pain,
neuromusculoskeletal, movement, cardiovascular, hematological, immunological,
respiratory, voice , speech, digestive, metabolic, endocrine, genitourinary,
reproductive, lymphatic, integumentary, and related structures.
(5) "Body structures" means anatomical parts
of the body, such as organs, limbs, and their components that support body
functions.
(6) "Client factors"
means values, beliefs, spirituality, body functions, and body structures of the
client that may affect performance of occupation and activities.
(7) "Consultation" means a work-centered,
problem-solving helping relationship in which knowledge, experience, abilities,
and skills are shared with client, family, caregivers, and other professionals,
including physicians, in the process of helping to habilitate or rehabilitate
through the use of occupational therapy.
(8) "Entry-level" means the person has no
demonstrated experience in a specific position, such as a new graduate, a
person new to the position, or a person in a new setting with no previous
experience in that area of practice.
(9) "Evaluation" means the process of
obtaining and interpreting data necessary for understanding the individual
system or situation. This includes planning for and documenting the evaluation
process, results, and recommendations, including the need for intervention and
potential change in the intervention plan.
(10) "Experienced" means demonstrated
competence in the performance of duties in a given area of practice.
(11) "Habilitation" means an occupational
therapy intervention designed for the education, training or support services
provided to individuals to assist them in acquiring and maintaining skills not
yet gained or learned, thus enabling them to learn, practice, and refine skills
needed for independent living, productive employment, activity, and community
participation.
(12) "Level I
fieldwork" means an integral part of didactic courses and includes varied
learning experiences. Students are supervised in observation and assistance
with clients during short term contacts.
(13) "Level II fieldwork" means extended
fieldwork which emphasizes the application and integration of academically
acquired knowledge and skills in the supervised delivery of occupational
therapy services to clients.
(14)
"Occupation" means the functional abilities that occupational therapy addresses
in the areas of activities of daily living, instrumental activities of daily
living, rest and sleep, education, work and vocational activities, play,
leisure, and social participation.
(15) "Occupational therapist educational
program" means an educational program and supervised internships in
occupational therapy recognized by the board and accredited by the
Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education or a program approved
by the World Federation of Occupational Therapy.
(16) "Occupational therapy assistant
educational program" means an educational program and supervised internships in
occupational therapy recognized by the board and accredited by the
Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education or a program approved
by the World Federation of Occupational Therapy.
(18) "Performance contexts and environments"
means a variety of interrelated conditions within and surrounding the client
that influence an individual's engagement in desired or required occupational
performance including: personal, cultural, temporal, physical, virtual, and
social.
(19) "Performance patterns"
means patterns of behavior related to an individual's daily life activities
that are habitual or routine.
(20)
"Performance skills" means the skills and abilities that an individual
demonstrates in the actions they perform including sensorimotor,
sensory-perceptual, emotional regulation, cognition, communication, and social
skills.
(21) "Prevention" means the
fostering of normal development, promoting health and wellness, sustaining and
protecting existing functions and abilities, preventing disability, or
supporting levels of restoration or change to enable individuals to maintain
maximum independence.
(22)
"Referral" means the practice of requesting occupational therapy
services.
(23) "Rehabilitation"
means the process of treatment and education to restore a person's ability to
live and work as independently as possible after a disabling injury or
illness.
(24) "Screening" means the
review of occupational performance skills in natural environments or
educational, or clinical settings to determine the significance of any
discrepancy between current performance and expected level of performance,
which may be done in consultation with a physician.
(25) "Service competence" means the
determination made by various methods that 2 people performing the same or
equivalent procedures will obtain the same or equivalent results.
(26) "Supervision" is a cooperative process
in which 2 or more people participate in a joint effort to establish, maintain,
and elevate a level of competence and performance. One of the participants, the
supervisor, possesses skill, competence, experience, education, credentials, or
authority in excess of those possessed by the other participant, the
supervisee.
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