What is apart of the complex process of developing a group protocol?
- professional reasoning
- selecting group members (commonality)
- safety concerns
- understanding specific population’s characteristics, strengths, challenges & priorites
- identify need for change
- OTPF → client-centered collab
- Use of tehory
What are professional reasoning & art of group design?
- creativity & scientific reasoning
- motivation
- investiagtion
- definition
- ideation
- idea selection
- implementation
- evalution
- convergent phases – narrow scope of group
- divergent phases – broaden scope of group
What are the components of a psychosocial group protocol in OT?
- population, setting, level of care
- theoretical model or frame of reference
- idenitfying focus for intervention
- writing group intervention outline
- planning sessions
How should a needs assessment for a community organization be done?
- Background data
- participant input through survey, interview, key informants, focus groups
- secondary data
- data analysis
- participate profile
What does the first component consist of?
Population, setting, level of care
OT identifies candidtaes for group among population of a setting at which they are employed
What does the second component consist of?
Theoretical model or Frame of reference
- view of function & dysfunction
- client physical & cognitive level of function
- change strategies
- view of motivation
- intervetnion time frame
- intervention options
What does the third component consist of?
Identifying a focus for intervention
OTPF-4: Domains: Client Factors, Occupations, Context, Performance Skills, Performance Patterns
OTPF-4 Approaches: Create, promote (health promotion); Establish, restore (remediation, restoration); Maintain; Modify (compensation, adaptation); Prevent
What does the fourth component consist of?
The group intervention outline
- group title
- author
- theoretical model & FOR
- purpose
- group membership & size
- group goals & rationale
- outcome crieteria
- methods
- time & place of meeting
- supplies & cost
- references
What does the fifth component consist of?
Planning each session
- Group Title
- Session Title
- Format (time sequence)
- Supplies
- Description
