Volume : X, Issue : VIII, August - 2020

Role of Occupational Therapy in improving the vocational profiles of youth with Intellectual Disabilities at a vocational centre - An action research

Dr. Aishwarya Swaminathan, Dr. Anuradha Pai

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Title: Role of Occupational Therapy in improving the vocational profiles of youth with Intellectual Disabilities at a vocational centre–An action research Aim of Study: To study and understand the role of Occupational Therapy(OT) in improving the vocational profiles(VP) of youth with inttellectual disabilities(ID) a vocational centre. Methods: Study design was action research. The vocation of chocolate making was considered for the study. 1) Input Phase: 18 youth with ID, of 18–24 years age, working as trainees, at a vocational centre, were selected using convenient sampling. The existing assessment in their Individual Vocational Program(IVP) was replaced with Occupational Therapy(OT) assessment of vocational profiles using, task analysis, Goal Attainment Scaling(GAS) and Model of Human Occupation Screening Test (MOHOST) 2) Transformation Phase: A video based Occupational Therapy intervention program(VBOTIP) using video prompting and video modelling , was added to existing IVP replacing the existing picture cue cards 3) Output Phase: Re–assessment at 12th week and 24th week was done using task analysis and above mentioned scales. Conclusion: OT played a unique and important role in improving the vocational profiles of youth with ID at a VC. The action research methodology helped in inging about sustainable change in the vocational profiles.

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ROLE OF OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY IN IMPROVING THE VOCATIONAL PROFILES OF YOUTH WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES AT A VOCATIONAL CENTRE - AN ACTION RESEARCH, Dr. Aishwarya Swaminathan, Dr. Anuradha Pai INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume-10 | Issue-8 | August-2020


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