1, 2028.) The practice of occupational therapy includes the following processes and services: A. evaluation of factors affecting all areas of occupation, including activities of daily living, instrumental activities of daily living, rest and sleep, education, work, productivity, play, leisure and social participation; including:
(1)client factors, including neuromuscular, sensory, visual, mental, cognitive and pain factors and body structures, including cardiovascular, digestive, integumentary and genitourinary systems and structures related to movement;
(2)habits, routines, roles and behavior patterns;
(3)cultural, physical, environmental, social and spiritual contexts and activity demands that affect performance; and (4) performance skills, including motor process and communication an
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1, 2028.) The practice of occupational therapy includes the following processes and services: A. evaluation of factors affecting all areas of occupation, including activities of daily living, instrumental activities of daily living, rest and sleep, education, work, productivity, play, leisure and social participation; including: (1) client factors, including neuromuscular, sensory, visual, mental, cognitive and pain factors and body structures, including cardiovascular, digestive, integumentary and genitourinary systems and structures related to movement; (2) habits, routines, roles and behavior patterns; (3) cultural, physical, environmental, social and spiritual contexts and activity demands that affect performance; and (4) performance skills, including motor process and communication and interaction skills; B. activity analysis to determine activity demands of occupations performed; C. design, implementation and modification of therapeutic interventions, including the following activities related to selection of intervention strategies to direct the process of interventions: (1) establishment, remediation or restoration of a skill or ability that has not yet developed, is impaired or is in decline; (2) compensation, modification or adaptation of activity or environment to enhance performance or to prevent injuries, disorders or other conditions; (3) retention, maintenance and enhancement of skills and capabilities without which performance in everyday life activities would decline; (4) promotion of health and wellness, including the use of self-management strategies to enable or enhance performance in everyday life activities; (5) prevention of barriers to performance, including injury and disability prevention; and (6) interventions and procedures to promote or enhance safety and performance in areas of occupation, including: (a) therapeutic use of occupations, exercises and activities; (b) training in self-care, self-management, health management and maintenance, home management, community-work reintegration, school activities and work performance; (c) development, remediation or compensation of neuromusculoskeletal, sensory-perceptual, sensory-integrative and modulation, visual, mental and cognitive functions, pain tolerance and management, developmental skills and behavioral skills; (d) therapeutic use of self, including one's personality, insights, perceptions and judgments, as part of the therapeutic process; (e) education and training of persons, including family members, caregivers, groups, populations and others; (f) care coordination, case management and transition services; (g) consultative services to groups, programs, organizations or communities; (h) modification of home, work, school and community environments and adaptation of processes, including the application of ergonomic principles; (i) assessment, design, fabrication, application, fitting and training in seating and positioning, assistive technology, adaptive devices and orthotic devices and training in the use of prosthetic devices; (j) assessment, recommendation and training in techniques to enhance functional mobility, including management of wheelchairs and other mobility devices; (k) low-vision rehabilitation; (l) driver rehabilitation and community mobility; (m)management of feeding, eating and swallowing; (n) application of physical agent modalities and use of a range of specific therapeutic procedures such as wound care management; techniques to enhance sensory, perceptual and cognitive processing; and manual therapy techniques to enhance performance skills; (o) facilitating the occupational performance of groups, populations or organizations; and (p) management of a client's mental health, functioning and performance; and D. use of means to measure the outcomes and effects of interventions to reflect the attainment of treatment goals, including: (1) improved quality of life; (2) the degree of participation; (3) role competence; (4) well-being; (5) improved life function; (6) enhanced performance; and (7) prevention criteria.