Grounding ourselves in occupational science by

pamgretschel2 — 2025-02-18 07:56:39 UTC

Being occupied

leads to health and well being

2025-02-18 08:01:51 UTC

That occupations vary for each individual and the meaning they attach to those occupations are very individualistic. I also found that I often don't understand why people engage in certain occupations, but I know I have to respect their process of engagement. Additionally, I often see occupation as a vehicle to understand engagement, meaning, value and purpose

(Still learning everyday though)

pamgretschel2 — 2025-02-18 08:02:09 UTC

Human occupation is nested in and shaped by the context it takes place in

pamgretschel2 — 2025-02-18 08:02:25 UTC

Balance is an ideal not a reality

pamgretschel2 — 2025-02-18 08:02:45 UTC

Doing well is perceived to be the goal rather than being well doing

2025-02-18 08:03:28 UTC

I have learnt very little about human occupation in prior studies (prior to embarking on masters). Occupation was generally divided into narrow categories of self care, work and leisure with no critique and from a western perspective. This was carried over into OT practise in all my jobs.

2025-02-18 08:05:07 UTC

Its meaningful doing. Its influenced by contextual factors and its person-centered

2025-02-18 08:05:38 UTC

Its complex and has so many different values depending on the context.

2025-02-18 08:07:27 UTC

Stress/ discontentment arises when one's performance capacity (personal factors/performance components/performance range) do not match the inherent requirements of their desired occupations. That is to say, if an individual wishes to participate in certain occupations but are unable to, for any reason, it causes distress for that individual. Improving participation in occupations will improve quality of life.

2025-02-18 08:07:59 UTC

We are supposed to have balance between different daily tasks - a neat wheel that divides up our day.??????

2025-02-18 08:09:26 UTC

Human occupation it all stems from personal meaning based on your internal value system and the environment which you find yourself in influencing your participation in daily activities. It forms your identity around who are to yourself and to others shaping your health and wellbeing... but how Human Occupation has been defined for our context still remains a questionable stance for me after reading papers from yesterday.

2025-02-18 08:10:35 UTC

That it is fluid and it's meaning is influenced by contextual & personal factors. Occupations are constantly evolving in terms of how one engages in it and why they engage in it.

2025-02-18 08:12:56 UTC

Where does choice and control fit in ? can it be meaningful witholut control and choice.

2025-02-18 08:14:46 UTC

Occupational Therapy wants to push for ideal human being with an occupational balanced lifestyle which is positive to their health and well-being. Yet looking at psychology theory in terms of humans having this destructive nature which is done sub-consciously and consciously for other people. how do you navigate this understanding human occupation is such a dynamic intricate process which environment playing a huge role towards it.

2025-02-18 09:32:51 UTC

Prior exposure to human occ taught me that human occ changes across lifespans. Thinking about this contextually, the theory did not always link to reality. For example, the success of a person (adult) with a disability is the person having a job, etc. But actually, the success could also be being able to get out of bed, and make koeksisters.

2025-02-18 09:34:01 UTC

Collective occupations was something that we did not always speak about in undergrad, but in last year's Masters courses that was something that really stood out

2025-02-18 09:34:28 UTC

Occupations should be meaningful to the person.