The document outlines the role and processes of occupational therapy and ergotherapy in Romania, emphasizing its importance for individuals with disabilities in achieving socio-professional integration. It describes an intervention plan that includes daily activities, ergotherapy exercises, and leisure pursuits, aimed at improving skills and self-esteem. The document highlights the need for a multi-tasking team approach in the implementation of therapeutic activities and provides examples of such activities.

1. OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY IN ROMANIA
MY WORK IS MY FUTURE
project no. 2015-1-SK01-KA219-008905_3

2. SUMMARY
 DEFINITIONS
 GENERAL AREAS OF ACTION
 INTERVENTION PLAN
 ERGOTHERAPY
• The advantages of ergotherapy
• Ergotherapy effects
• Evaluation of the ergotherapy program
• Examples of ergotherapy activities

3. • OCCUPATIONAL ACTIVITIES CONTRIBUTE TO AN ADAPTATIVE AND
INTEGRATIVE PERSONALITY.
•THERAPY PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SKILLS THAT PREPARE YOUNG
STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES FOR SOCIO-PROFESIONAL
INSERTION.

4. OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY IS DINAMYC
RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN FOUR FACTORS
OCCUPATIONAL
THERAPY
SUBJECT
THERAPIST
ACTIVITIES
THE
ENVIRONMENT
OF THE PLACE

5. GENERALAREAS OF ACTION
 EDUCATIONAL SKILLS FOR
VARIOUS GAMES AND LEISURE

6. THE INTERVENTION PLAN MUST CONTAIN
ACTIVITIES FROM THE THREE MAIN ACTION
AREAS:
 Daily life activities – that must focus on activities
such as wasching, combing, dressing, feeding, etc.
 Ergotherapy activities – such as laundry duty,
setting the table and home maintenance
 Leisure activities – using different game
categories that are accessible to the person in
need.

7. THE MAIN OBJECTIVES OF THE
INTERVENTION ARE:
 Development, retention and recovery of each person as
much as possible
 Compensation of the handicaped functions by
stimulation of the valid functions
 Increasing the health and self esteem of the person

8. INTERVENTION PLANNING STAGES
 Choice of objectives
 Development plan – suittable therapeutic methods and procedures
 Implementation of the plan in three phases:orientation phase, development
phase, the final phase
 Equipment selection and adaptation of the used equipment
 Registration and assessment of the results
Evaluation of the ergotherapy program is checking the efficiency of the
therapeutic program, outlines the necessary changes and determines the
moment of its end.

10. ERGOTHERAPY
In Romania, ergotherapy is a branch of occupational therapy.
The essential probleme: recovery work capacity of people with disabilities in
order to move towards an active and useful life for themselves and for society.
ERGOTHERAPY GOALS:
 Increasing confidences and natural developing of the person;
 Organizing programs directed towards movements in working;
 Assessing outstanding capabilities and talents of the subject;
 Reinsertion of the subject in social, economic an profesional life;
 Development of personal autonomy of the student

11. VISIT IN A LOCAL COMPANY

12. THE ADVANTAGES OF ERGOTHERAPY
 PARTICIPATING AT THESE ACTIVITIES MAY INFLUENCE THE
WELL-BEING OF THE INDIVIDUAL
 THERAPEUTICAL ACTIVITY MUST TAKE INTO
CONSIDERATION SOCIAL, PSYHOLOGICAL AND PHYSICAL
FACTORS
 INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIP REPRESENTS AN IMPORTANT
FACTOR OF THE ERGOTHERAPY PROCESS
 ERGOTHERAPY ACTIVITY IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT
SUPPORTS FOR OTHER RECOVERY ACTIONS AND MUST BE
APPLIED IN COLABORATION WITH OTHER SPECIALISTS - A-
MULTI-TASKING TEAM
 HELP STUDENTS LEARN COGNITIVE SKILLS: PLANNING,
MEMORY, CONCENTRATION AND SEQUENTIAL PROCESSES

14. EXAMPLES OF OCCUPATIONAL
THERAPY ACTIVITIES
 KNITTING
 POTTERY
 SCALE MODELLING
 CERAMICS
 CARPENTRY
 WOOD SCULPTURE
 PYROGRAPHY
 PRINTING
 TAILORING
 LAUNDRY
 LEATHERWORKING

16. THANK YOU FOR YOUR
ATENTION!!!
This project has been funded with support from the
European Commission. This publication reflects the views
only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held
responsible for any use which may be made of the
information contained therein.