Client-centered & Evidence-Based Practice
In occupational therapy, client-centered and evidence-based practice are two important themes.
Client-Centered Practice
Occupational therapy is a client-centered practice that focuses on commitment to the individual person. With this in mind, the therapist creates a specifically tailored intervention plan in collaboration with each and every client. In order to be client-centered " practitioners must be willing to enter the client's world to create a relationship that encourages the other to enhance his or her life in ways that are most meaningful to that person" (Crepeau, Cohn, Boyt-Schnell, 2009). Practitioners must view their client as a person and must aim to understand them at a personal level, keeping their motivations, goals, and ideas in mind.
Evidence-Based Practice
Occupational therapy uses research to guide its practice. Research is essential in providing clients with the most up to date and effective intervention techniques available. Evidence-based practice "entails being able to integrate research evidence into the clinical-reasoning process to explain the rationale behind interventions and predict probable outcomes (Crepeau, Cohn, Boyt-Schnell, 2009, p 219). After this research is obtain, OT's must be able to communicate findings to clients in a way in which they understand.
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