(1) "Occupational therapy," as defined at s.
448.96(5),
Stats., may include the following interventions:
(a) Remediation or restitution of performance
abilities that are limited due to impairment in biological, physiological,
psychological or neurological processes.
(b) Adaptation of task, process or
environment, or the teaching of compensatory techniques, in order to enhance
performance.
(c) Disability
prevention methods and techniques which facilitate the development or safe
application of performance skills.
(d) Health promotion strategies and practices
which enhance performance abilities.
(2) Occupational therapy interventions
include the following:
Note: A comprehensive list of occupational therapy
interventions can be found in the Model Practice Act of the American
Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA). The AOTA may be contacted on the web
at www.aota.org or by mail at American occupational therapy association, P.O.
Box 31220, Bethesda, MD 20824-1220.
(a)
Screening, evaluating, developing, improving, sustaining, or restoring skills
in activities of daily living, work or productive activities, instrumental
activities of daily living, play, leisure activities, rest and sleep, education
and social participation.
(b)
Evaluating, developing, remediating, or restoring sensorimotor,
sensoriperceptual neuromusculoskeletal, emotional regulation, cognition,
communication, social skills, or psychosocial components of
performance.
(c) Designing,
fabricating or training in the use of assistive technology, upper extremity
orthotic devices and lower extremity positioning orthotic devices.
(d) Training in the use of prosthetic
devices, excluding gait training.
(e) Adaptation of environments and processes,
including the application of ergonomic principles, to enhance performance and
safety in daily life roles.
(f)
Application of physical agent modalities. Application is performed by an
experienced therapist with demonstrated and documented evidence of theoretical
background, technical skill and competence.
Note: An example of standards for evaluating
theoretical background, technical skill and competence is the position paper on
physical agent modalities issued by the American occupational therapy
association (AOTA). AOTA may be contacted on the web at
www.aota.org, and by mail at American occupational therapy
association, P.O. Box 31220, Bethesda, MD 20824-1220.
(g) Evaluating and providing intervention and
case management in collaboration with the client, family, caregiver or other
involved individuals or professionals.
(h) Educating the client, family, caregiver,
or others in carrying out appropriate nonskilled interventions.
(i) Consulting with groups, programs,
organizations, or communities to provide population-based services.
(j) Therapeutic use of occupations,
exercises, and activities.
(k)
Training in self-care, self-management, health management and maintenance, home
management, community work reintegration, and school activities and work
performance.
(l) Therapeutic use of
self, including one's personality, insights, perceptions and judgments, as part
of the therapeutic process.
(m)
Assessment, recommendation, and training in techniques to enhance functional
mobility, including management of wheelchair and other mobility
devices.
(n) Vision and low vision
rehabilitation.
(o) Driver
rehabilitation and community mobility.
(p) Management of feeding, eating, and
swallowing to enable eating and feeding performance.
(q) Facilitating the occupational performance
of groups, populations, or organizations through the modification of
environments and adaptation processes.
(r) Use of a range of specific therapeutic
procedures, including wound care management; techniques to enhance sensory,
perceptual, and cognitive processing; and pain management, lymphedema
management, and manual therapy techniques, to enhance performance
skills.
