Occupational therapy

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Occupational therapyInclusive employment
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Contents

• Occupational therapy
• Occupational justice
• Social exclusion/ inclusion
• Occupational therapy in Europe
• Occupational therapy in Bulgaria (Hrisimir)
• Occupational deprivation
• Potential workfield in Bulgaria (Hrisimir)
• References
• Questions

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Occupational therapy

• Discussion
• What is occupation?
• What is therapy?
• What is the meaning of occupational therapy?
• Have you ever met occupational therapist?

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Occupational therapy

• Occupational therapy is a profession concerned
  with promoting health and well being through
  occupation.
• (World Foundation Occupational Therapy, 2008.)

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Occupational therapy

• Occupational therapy sees a person as a
  occupational being. An occupational therapist
  look to being an doing of a person. Occupation
  has a relation to health and quality of live.
  (Panayotova, 2008.)

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Number of practising occupational therapists in
Europe
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Number of practising occupational therapists per
100.000 inhabitants
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Occupational justice

• Humans has the right to participate in
  occupations.
• One of the areas of occupational performance is
  employment
• Adolescents have the right on work and leisure
• Children on education and play
• (Townsend Wilcock, 2004.)

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Social exclusion

• Social exclusion can be defined as the experience
  of social and economic inequalities. That is
  where people are excluded from some but not
  necessarily all, aspects of daily living which
  are considered normal (Combat Poverty Agency).

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Excluding from

• Production - access to employment/ education
• Consumption - unable to afford goods or services
• Social Networks - lack of access to social,
  sporting or cultural organisations
• Decision Making - being without power to change
  personal or wider circumstances

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Effects of social exclusion

• Unemployment and/ or low income
• Poor housing
• Illness
• Inadequate education
• Few recreational opportunities
• Feeling powerless and marginalized

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Social inclusion

• "Social Inclusion" can be defined as a series of
  positive actions to achieve equality of access to
  goods and services, to assist all individuals
  participate in their community and society, to
  encourage the contribution of all persons to
  social and cultural life and to be aware of, and
  to challenge all forms of discrimination (Combat
  poverty agency).

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Occupational therapy in Europe

• Examples of places where OT can work in health
  field
• Public hospitals
• Medical rehabilitation units
• Community health centers
• Private practice
• Occupational health centers
• Retirement homes
• Psychiatric clinics, hostels and hospitals

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Community-based practice settings

• Examples of places where OT can work in social
  field
• Intermediate care
• Day centers
• Schools
• Child development centers
• People's own homes, carrying out therapy and
  providing equipment and adaptations
• Implementing gradual return to work programs
  which include workplace and work station
  assessments

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What can Occupational therapy do in Bulgaria?

• Discussion
• What are the difficulties in teaching people with
  disabilities?
• What are the difficulties in transition of these
  people in labour market?
• Is it enough Employment agencies in Bulgaria?
• Do you think occupational therapists can
  participate in teaching and transition
  processes?

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Occupational therapy in Bulgaria

• Describe what occupational therapy can do in
  Bulgaria (Hrisimir)
• Contribution by the Atanas Burov school
• Gardening project Kwadrant for persons with
  learning disabilities

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Occupational therapy in Bulgaria

• Groups at risk in Bulgaria (Hrisimir)

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Gardening Project Kwadrant
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Gardening project Kwadrant
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Occupational therapy in Bulgaria

• Discussion
• What parts of society have difficulties in
  employment?
• What problems do they face?

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Conclusion

• Community (people with disability, employers,
  others) should be active in employment process.
• OT should be a facilitator of their interaction.

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References

• AOTA webpage http//www.aota.com. Visit on 24
  March 2008.
• AUSOT webpage http//www.ausot.com.au/inner.asp?p
  ageid4. Visit on March 2008.
• Combat poverty agency, http//www.cba.ie. Visit
  on March 2008.
• ENOTHE http//www.enothe.
• Holmes, J. (2007). Vocational rehabilitation.
  City Blackwell Publishing.
• ILO. http//www.ilo.org/public/english/employment/
  skills/hrdr/instr/r_99.htm. visit on March 2008.
• Kronenberg, F., Simo Algado, S. Pollard, N.
  (2005) Occupatiomal Therapy without borders.
  Chapter 13 Challenges for occupational therapy
  in community-based rehabilitation. Elsevier
  churchill livingstone.
• Ross, J. (2007). Occupational therapy and
  vocational rehabilitation. City John Wiley
  Sons Ltd.
• Townsend, E., Wilcock, A. (2004). Occupational
  Justice. Introduction to occupation. New Jersey
  Pearson Education.
• World Federation Occupational Therapy,
  http//www.wfot.com. Visit on 22 March 2008.
• Whiteford, G. (2004). When people cannot
  participate occupational deprivation.
  Introduction to occupation. New Jersey Pearson
  Education.

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Questions

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