Wisconsin Administrative Code › Occupational Therapists Affiliated Credentialing Board › Chapter OT 1 - Definitions › Section OT 1.02 - Definitions

Current through June 24, 2024
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.