Paediatria Croatica, Vol. 52 No. 3, 2008.
Sažetak sa skupa
OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY AND CHILDREN WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES
Dubravka Šimunović
; Zdravstveno veleučilište, Zagreb
Ljiljana Popović Miočinović
; Specijalna bolnica za zaštitu djece s neurorazvojnim i motoričkim smetnjama, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Sažetak
Nowadays more and more children are being diagnosed with a certain type of learning disorder. Learning disorders are classified as reading disorders, math skills disorders, written expression disorders and non-specified learning disorders. Occupational therapy is a health profession whose goal is to help people to be completely involved in daily life activities. Occupational therapists believe that the physical, social or legislative surroundings either help or limit a person's performance of their daily life activities. There are a couple of occupational therapy models and approaches that can be used in working with children with learning disabilities. For example, the Adaptive Skills Model and the Model of Occupation through Adaptation. The Adaptive skills model is based on believing that people adapt their actions and behaviors to the environment they are in. Adaptation evolves little by little and depends on formerly gained skills and sub skills. The Model of Occupation through Adaptation emphasizes the environment where a person performs a certain activity, the importance of occupations to a person, the level of skills necessary to manage an activity and the adjustments that a person has to make to perform an activity successfully.
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Datum izdavanja:
18.11.2008.
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