OTPF: The 411

If you want to be an occupational therapist, it is important to know about the Occupational Therapy Practice Framework (OTPF).   The OTPF is designed to help all future and current occupational therapists understand their practice of aiding clients with building and/or restoring their most fulfilling lives.  It provides readers with appropriate language, practices, and reasoning behind the smallest to largest aspects of the profession of occupational therapy.  Essentially, it is the Bible of occupational therapy.  The OTPF is not just a supplement to carry around at one's convenience.  It is something that needs to be learned and understood gradually in order to fully understand its contents.  The OTPF breaks down life into categories such as: areas of occupation, client factors, performance skills, performance patterns, context and environment, and activity demands.  Together, all of these pieces make up how one carries out life.  The purpose of this information is for the occupational therapist to apply and relate this information towards the client in order to analyze and then provide the best client-based intervention with the end result being the reward of giving the client the ability to live their best life.