Occupational Adaptation

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Occupational Adaptation

• Emily K. Schulz, Ph.D., Ph.D., OTR/L, CFLE
• OT 606

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Occupational Adaptation Schematic
OCCUPATIONAL ENVIRONMENT Element
PERSON Element
INTERACTION Element
Demand for Mastery
Desire for Mastery
Press for Mastery
Occupational Challenge
Occupational Environment
Person
Occupational Role Expectations
Adaptive Response Generation Subprocess
Incorporation into Occupational Environment
Occupational Response
Adaptive Response Integration Subprocess
Adaptive Response Evaluation Subprocess
Assessment of Response Outcome
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The Person System and the Adaptive Response
Generation Subprocess
Person
Adaptive Response Generation Subprocess
Adaptive Response Mechanism
Adaptation Gestalt
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The Person - Adaptive Response
Generation Subprocess
Adaptive Response mechanism
Adaptation Gestalt
Adaptive Response Modes
Adaptive Response behaviors
Adaptation Energy Primary Energy Secondary Energy
Cognitive
Psychosocial
Hyperstable Hypermobile Blended
Existing Modified New
Sensorimotor
Rate Christy Brown from My Left Foot
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Occupational Adaptation

• Constructs

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Adaptive Response Generation Subprocess

• Adaptive Response Modes
• Patterns of responding to environmental cues that
  the individual develops.
• Existing - those already in our repertoire
• Modified - those in which we make changes in an
  existing mode
• New - those that come about because our existing
  or modified are not working for a particular need.

• Adaptive Response Behaviors
• Are types of behavior we use in attempting to
  respond adaptively and masterfully.
• Primitive (hyperstable) - presents as a kind of
  stuckness
• Transitional (hypermobile) - highly variable, not
  well-modulated, very active, often random, and
  without clear goal direction.
• Mature (blended) - modulated, goal directed,
  logical or insightful, and solution oriented.

• Adaptation Energy
• is the fuel that drives the occupational
  adaptation process.
• Primary Energy -
• Is active when there is intentional and focused
  attention directed to the occupational challenge
  at hand
• Secondary Energy -
• is active when there is intentional and focused
  attention directed away from the occupational
  challenge at hand

• Adaptation Gestalt
• Every person system (psychosocial, cognitive,
  sensorimotor) is present in every response. The
  three person systems then must be configured into
  a plan for the occupational response. This plan
  is called the adaptation gestalt.

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Adaptive Response Evaluation Subprocess

• Relative Mastery - Is measured by
• Efficiency
• Effectiveness
• Satisfaction to Self
• Satisfaction to Others/Society

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Occupational Adaptation

• Activity 1

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Instructions

• 1. Take the Pre -Test and hand it in as soon as
  you are finished with it. Be sure to write your
  pseudonym and the date on it.
• 2. When the instructor tells you to do so, Turn
  your Picture Riddles handout over and look
  through all 16 of the 16 Picture Riddles
• 3. Write down as many answers as you can to the
  Picture Riddles for the next 2 minutes.
• 4. Mark down the number of Picture Riddles you
  have completed at the end of 2 minutes.
• 5. Put the Picture Riddles aside and come sit on
  the floor in a semi circle in the front of the
  room.

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Pre - Test

• QUESTIONS
• (Circle your response)
• 1. How alert do you feel?
• 2. How bored do you feel?
• 3. How relaxed do you feel?
• 4. How energetic do you feel?
• 5. How anxious do you feel?
• 6. How rested do you feel?
• 7. How stressed do you feel?
• 8. How happy do you feel?
• 9. How calm do you feel?
• 10. How awake do you feel?

• RATING SCALE
• Not at all / Moderately /A great deal
• 1 / 2 / 3
• 1 / 2 / 3
• 1 / 2 / 3
• 1 / 2 / 3
• 1 / 2 / 3
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Pseudonym Date

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Instructions

• 1. Listen to the story The Frog Prince,
  Continued, by Jon Scieszka, read to you by the
  instructor.
• 2. Take the Post-Test and hand it in as soon as
  you are finished with it. Be sure to write your
  pseudonym and the date on it.
• 3. Work on the Picture Riddles for 2 more
  minutes.
• Mark down the number of Picture Riddles you have
  completed at the end of 2 minutes and hand it in
  to the instructor. Be sure to put your pseudonym
  and the date on the piece of paper.

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Picture Riddles

• 1. Number completed on first attempt ____________
• 2. Number completed on second attempt ________
• 3. Total Number completed ____________________

Pseudonym Date

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Instructions Try to guess what message the
picture is trying to get across. Write down your
answer.
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Instructions Try to guess what message the
picture is trying to get across. Write down your
answer.
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Instructions Try to guess what message the
picture is trying to get across. Write down your
answer.
http//www.bogglers.com/
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Instructions Try to guess what message the
picture is trying to get across. Write down your
answer.
http//www.bogglers.com/
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Post - Test

• QUESTIONS
• (Circle your response)
• 1. How alert do you feel?
• 2. How bored do you feel?
• 3. How relaxed do you feel?
• 4. How energetic do you feel?
• 5. How anxious do you feel?
• 6. How rested do you feel?
• 7. How stressed do you feel?
• 8. How happy do you feel?
• 9. How calm do you feel?
• 10. How awake do you feel?

• RATING SCALE
• Not at all / Moderately /A great deal
• 1 / 2 / 3
• 1 / 2 / 3
• 1 / 2 / 3
• 1 / 2 / 3
• 1 / 2 / 3
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Pseudonym Date

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Occupational Adaptation

• Activity 2

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Instructions

• 1. Watch the Winnie The Pooh Movie.
• 2. Write down 3 ways in which Eeyore, Tigger and
  Pooh are different than each other. Give examples
  and be specific.
• Eeyore Tigger
  Pooh
• 1.
• 2.
• 3.

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Occupational Adaptation

• Activity 3

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Instructions

• 1. Read the list of occupational challenges.
• 2. For each occupational challenge, write down
  what Sensorimotor, Cognitive, and Psychosocial
  aspects of yourself are used.
• 3. Remember that the total for the person system
  as it relates to each occupational challenge
  needs to add up to 100.

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Occupational Challenges and the Person System

• Occupational Challenge
• Getting Dressed in the Morning
• Attending a Class
• Eating a Meal
• Socializing with a Friend
• Working at a job
• Taking care of a sick family member

• Sensorimotor/Cognitive/Psychosocial

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Occupational Challenges and the Person System

• Getting Dressed in the Morning
  Attending a Class

Eating a Meal
Cog___
SM __
Cog___
Cog___
SM __
SM __
Psy___
Psy___
Psy___
Socializing with a Friend
Working at a job
Taking care of a sick family member
SM __
Cog___
Cog___
SM __
SM __
Cog___
Psy___
Psy___
Psy___
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Occupational Adaptation

• Activity 4

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Instructions

• 1. Think of your favorite thing to do.
• 2. Draw a picture of yourself doing that
  activity.
• 3. When you are finished, share and explain your
  drawing with your neighbor.
• 4. Write down your response to doing the activity
  and your neighbors response to your drawing and
  explanation.

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A Drawing of My Favorite Thing to Do
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My Response and My Neighbors Response to My
Drawing of My Favorite Thing to Do
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Instructions

• 1. Rate yourself on your efficiency,
  effectiveness and satisfaction on your completion
  of the task.
• 2. Also, rate how satisfied you think your
  neighbor was with your completion of the task.
• High Moderate Low
• Efficiency 1 2 3
• Effectiveness 1 2 3
• Satisfaction to Self 1 2 3
• Satisfaction to Neighbor 1 2
  3

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Occupational Adaptation

• Activity 5

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Instructions

• 1. Divide into 2 Groups.
• 2. Both groups practice singing together When
  the Saints Go Marching In and Swing Low, Sweet
  Chariot.
• 3. Both Groups practice humming together When
  the Saints Go Marching In and Swing Low, Sweet
  Chariot.
• 4. Both Groups practice clapping together When
  the Saints Go Marching In and Swing Low, Sweet
  Chariot.

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Instructions

• 1. Now, one group sings When the Saints Go
  Marching In while the other singsSwing Low,
  Sweet Chariot, simultaneously, then the groups
  switch.
• 2. Next, one group hums When the Saints Go
  Marching In while the other hums Swing Low,
  Sweet Chariot, simultaneously, then the groups
  switch.
• 3. Next, one group claps When the Saints Go
  Marching In while the other claps Swing Low,
  Sweet Chariot, simultaneously, then the groups
  switch.

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Lyrics

• Oh, when the saints go marching in
• Oh, when the saints go marching in
• Lord how I want to be in that number
• When the saints go marching in

• Swing low, sweet chariot
• Comin' for to carry me home
• Swing low, sweet chariot
• Comin' for to carry me home

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Instructions

• Write down the strategies you used to stay on
  task during the musical activity.
• ACTIVITY STRATEGIES
  USED
• Singing 1.
  
• Humming 2.
  
• Clapping 3.
  

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Occupational Adaptation

• Activity 6

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Instructions

• 1. Watch the first 10-15 minutes of the movie My
  Left Foot.
• 2. Analyze it using the OA model - which
  occurrence goes under which heading/construct
  (other than Relative Mastery?
• 3. Be prepared to share your responses with the
  rest of the class.

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Relative Mastery - Rate Christy Brown from My
Left Foot
Efficiency High
Moderate Low Effectiveness
High Moderate Low Satisfaction to Self
High Moderate Low Satisfaction to Others
High Moderate Low
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Occupational Adaptation

• Activity 7

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Instructions

• 1. Complete the following quiz
• 2. Be prepared to share your responses with the
  rest of the group.

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Quiz - Match the Activity done in class today to
the Corresponding Occupational Adaptation
Construct

• ACTIVITY
• 1. Singing
• 2. Drawing favorite activity
• 3. Occupational Challenges
• 4. Winnie the Pooh
• 5. Picture Puzzles
• 6. My Left Foot Clip

• OA CONSTRUCT
• a. Adaptation Gestalt
• b. Adaptation Energy
• c. Relative Mastery
• d. Adaptive Response Modes
• e. Adaptive Response Behaviors
• f. Press for Mastery

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Quiz - Fill in the Blank

• 1. The ________________ Activity done in class
  today corresponds to the Adaptation Gestalt
  because___________________________________________
  ______________
• 2. The ________________ Activity done in class
  today corresponds to Adaptation Energy because
  __________________________________________________
  ________________
• 3. The ________________ Activity done in class
  today corresponds to Relative Mastery because
  __________________________________________________
  ________________
• 4. The ________________ Activity done in class
  today corresponds to Adaptive Response Modes
  because __________________________________________
  __________________
• 5. The ________________ Activity done in class
  today corresponds to Adaptive Response Behaviors
  because __________________________________________
  _______________
• 6. The ________________ Activity done in class
  today corresponds to Press for Mastery because
  __________________________________________________
  ________________

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Occupational Adaptation

• Answers to Picture Riddles

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Answers to Picture Riddles

• 1 Answer Upside Down
• 2 Answer Nothing Between the Ears
• 3 Answer Tennis
• 4 Answer Tea Time
• 5 Answer Splitting Headache
• 6 Answer Bending the Rules
• 7 Answer Encircle
• 8 Answer Despair

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Answers to Picture Riddles

• 9 Answer The price is right.
• 10 Answer Midnight
• 11 Answer Adding Machines
• 12 Answer Fatso
• 13 Answer I Forgot to Call
• 14 Answer The Lesser of Two Evils
• 15 Answer Double Cross
• 16 Answer Whats the Bottom Line?