AOTA

Presenter:

Timothy J. Wolf, OTD, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA

Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Occupational Therapy

University of Missouri

Earn: .1 AOTA CEU (1.25 NBCOT PDU/ 1 contact hour)

Description:

This course introduces the CO-OP approach to functional cognitive assessment and treatment.  CO-OP is a client center performance-based, problem-solving approach that enables skill acquisition through a process of strategy using guided discovery.

Use of the CO-OP approach is guided by four objectives that are described in detail.  The first objective is skill acquisition-- clients are assisted in making improvements in the skills in which they want to improve. The second, referred to as cognitive strategy use, is met when clients become proficient in using cognitive strategies to reach their desired goals. The third objective is generalization where not only do clients become proficient in strategies for a particular skill, but they also improve abilities in other activities that go beyond that skill. This approach has been found to be more effective in ensuring global improvements in function than approaches targeting one skill without a strategy in place. Transfer of learning, the fourth objective, is also reveiwed in this course and relates to generalizability where not only can strategies gained be used with additional tasks, but they can be used in different contexts as well.  This is important to consider when working with a client in a medical facility and hoping to see carryover of cognitive abilities to the home environment.

1) describe the CO-OP approach

2) discuss the components of the CO-OP intervention

3) identify the requirements to use the CO-OP approach

4) identify clients appropriate for the CO-OP approach

Intended audience:

Occupational Therapy Practitioners