LITERATIVE REVIEW
The purpose of my literature review is to examine the various
therapeutic intervention strategies being administered to adult and
children who have perceptual, spacial, gross and fine motor proficient
disabilities. Furthermore what approaches appear to be working in their
rehabilitation process. adults with perceptual dysfunction secondary to
brain injury often includes Occupational therapy has been one of the
main therapeutic strategies used for perceptual retraining according to
(Holzer, Strassny, Senner-Hurley & Lefkowitz, 1982; Hopkins & Smith,
1983; Prigitano, 1986; Siev Freishtat, & Zoltan, 1986; Trombly, 1983, Van
Deusen, 1988; Wahlstrom. 1983). A variety of approaches for this
retraining has been offered by various occupational therapists. Several
authors have categorized these approaches differently (Abreu & Toglis,
1987; Neistadt, 1988; Siev et al., 1986; Trombly, 1983) It appears that
amongst all of these authors only Trombly’s and Neistadt go on the
common assumptions underlying different treatment approaches, and
neither of the two authors have fully explicated the assumptions
underlying the classifications. Occupational therapy treatment
techniques for perceptual deficits fall into two categories.
Adaptive and Remedial. Adaptive, functional occupational therapy
approaches, such as the developmental. Adaptive skills, occupational
behavior, and rehabilitation treatment paradigms (Hopkins & Smith,
1983), promote adaptation of and to the environment to capitalize on
the clients’ inherent strengths and situational advantages. These
approaches provide training not in the perceptual skills of functional
behavior but in the activity of daily living behaviors themselves.
On the other hand remedial approaches, such as perceptual
motor training (Abreu, 1985), sensory integration (Ayres, 1972) and
neurodevelopmental treatment (Bobath, 1978) seek to promote the
recovery or reorganization of impaired central nervous system
functions, specifically. Whereas sensory integration techniques address
the sensory processing upon which perceptual discriminations are
based. Sensory integration was not developed for clients with frank
brain lesions and so they are not applicable, in its entirety, to thi...
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It appears that more research needs to be done in both areas of
remedial and adaptive retraining in general; although more has been
published on the remedial approach. Kunstaetter (1988) and I (Nei-
stat, 1986), seem to believe that remedial techniques has been more
predominant in the treatment of subjects minimal brain dysfunctions.
Kunstaetter (1988) and I (Neistadt, 1986) have reviewed and charted
numerous occupational therapy treatment modalities, and found that
remedial techniques are predominantly practiced. Most researchers
feel that it is hard to know “whether theory is informing practice” or
practice is informing theory. Either way most researchers
acknowledge that theoretical assumption’s that underlie certain
practices should be further researched to make critical assumptions
toward theory and practice to provide the bests possible services for
their clients.
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...e-based knowledge to inform the therapy practice. It also assists with furthering the therapist’s knowledge of humans as occupational beings as well as the relationship between occupation and health.(Yexer ,1993) introduced occupational science as a fundamental science supporting occupational therapy, with an aim to refocus the provision of therapy back to occupation. Hence, occupational science provides the therapists with support, justifies the meaning and uniqueness of the profession and distinguishes occupational therapy from other professions. In addition (Wilcock, 2001), also emphasises that occupational science might be another way to avoid the possible failure of the occupational therapy as a practice. With a strong research background, occupational therapists could make a contribution to medical science, which may challenge it from a different standpoint.
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Cole, M. B., & Tufano, R. (2008). Applied theories in occupational therapy: A practical approach. Thorofare, New Jersey, United States of America: Slack Inc.
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