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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"occupation-centered"”.
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Environmental Values and Technological Specialization
… strength of environmental values, and tested the occupation-centered alienation from technology hypothesis. The sample consisted of 300 workers employed with small machine-tool companies in western Pennsylvania. The data were collected using a survey questionnaire that was distributed to workers …
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Impact of Assistive Technology Applications in Higher Education for Students With and Without Disabilities, Continued
… new research has examined the impact of AT on occupational engagement for individuals with disabilities, and AT in higher education with varying supports (Camarena et al., 2020; Gameuda et al., 2018; Malcolm & Roll, 2017). Due to the COVID pandemic, distance teaching/learning technology has …
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Examining the Impact of a Model of Human Occupation Training on Occupational Therapy Students’ Professional Reasoning
… evaluation and intervention process, entry-level occupational therapists and students report difficulty in applying theory within daily practice and a lack of perceived competence and confidence in implementing professional reasoning within their professional practice (Nicola-Richmond et al., …
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Living with Fragile X Syndrome: Occupations as an Outcome Measure in a Clinical Trial
… of this research was to assess differences in occupational functioning in the sertraline group and placebo group, that may not have been detected with the use quantitative outcome measures alone. Results showed greater improvements in the sertraline group in areas of behavior, social …
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Effects of Sertraline Treatment for Young Children with Fragile X Syndrome: Family Perspectives via Case Studies
… of qualitative outcomes on the child’s daily occupational performance. Standardized measurements are frequently utilized and provide useful information, however, can be less sensitive to change (Berry Kravis et al., 2013) and miss capturing family perspectives and improvements within …
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Developing a Website of Occupation-Based Resources for Healthy Aging at Dominican University of California
… of California’s activities and programs centered around healthy aging. The design of this thesis is a virtual context project that focuses on occupation based resources for healthy aging and highlights the role of occupational therapy in health aging. The healthy aging website is …
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Life After Brain Injury - Survivor and Family Perspectives
… year post injury. Yet, ABI can have lifelong occupational engagement impacts and there is limited research focused on the brain injury survivor’s (BIS) return to home, work, community and the impact to family life over time.</p> <p>Purpose: The purpose of this research was to understand the …
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Occupation-Based CNA Program to Build Caregiver Knowledge and Self-Efficacy in Dementia Care
… are also expected to know how to provide person-centered and occupation-based care while managing challenging behaviors of IwD without formal training which become sources of strain and stress for CNAs and often leads to feelings of uncertainty and inadequacy (Pelissier et al., 2015). Further …
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The silk weavers of Kanchipuram: a case study of the Indian co-operative movement
… of life; (2) how, or to what extent, does the occupation itself structure the social relations of those involved in it; in particular, what kind of relationship exists between caste as a basic unit in Indian society and weaving as an occupation; (3) how did the introduction of co-operatives as …
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Elements of a subject-centered education model in occupational therapy education
For two decades, scholars have urged the occupational therapy profession to prioritize placing occupation at the center of curricular designs and educational activities in order to advance occupational science and therapy (e.g., Yerxa, 1998; Whiteford & Wilcock, 2001). Subject-centered education …
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Assistive Technology and the Impact of Occupations
… of this research was to empirically examine the occupational impact of assistive technology - AT (with a specific focus on word prediction, text to speech and speech recognition) from the perspectives of the end user, family and school personnel (e.g. teachers, therapists & specialists) across …
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Comparing occupational adaptation-based and traditional educational programs for dementia care teams: An embedded mixed methods study
… teams implement knowledge in practice. Occupational Adaptation (OA) is a theoretical framework used by occupational therapists to support clients’ ability to respond to real-world challenges through an active problem-solving process (Schkade & Schultz, 1992). Applied in educational …
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Comparing occupational adaptation-based and traditional educational programs for dementia care teams: An embedded mixed methods study
… teams implement knowledge in practice. Occupational Adaptation (OA) is a theoretical framework used by occupational therapists to support clients’ ability to respond to real-world challenges through an active problem-solving process (Schkade & Schultz, 1992). Applied in educational …