abstract introduction: neuro-occupation is one of the newest models in occupational therapy (ot). the nature of this model is based on the coexistence and dynamic interactions between brain’s neural system functions and engagement of an individual in occupations. neuro-occupation model holistically views the individual as a blending of neuroscience and occupation. the human brain is perceived t...

Though advances in medical science have created improved therapies, often these are not widely provided throughout the health-care system. Also, there is growing recognition of the lack of safety in health-care delivery. The development of evidence-based, best practice, national guidelines has been encouraged to reduce unnecessary variation in care and for improving quality. Adoption of guideli...

background: participation is mostly cultural and familial based, and there is not any assessment scales for evaluating kids' participation in iranian context, therefore the purpose of this study was developing children's participation assessment scale for iranian children.   methods: development of this scale occurred in two phases; phase i: planning: following reviewing the literature and adop...

A key factor in the development of occupation-centered practice is the transirion within academia to occupation-cenrered education. Educational programs must be able ro prepare clinicians who value and understand occupation and who have the abiliry to readily and arriculately rranslate occupation ro meaningful therapy programs at the individual and group levels of inrervention. In order for edu...

The incidence and prevalence of occupational asthma has been extensively studied in industry settings and specialist clinics. However, it has been much less studied in the community. This study looked at the general practice notes of asthmatics in an attempt to assess the overall load of occupational asthma in the community. Eighty-six per cent of the patients with adult onset asthma in the pra...

ABSTRACT A study was conducted to explore occupational therapists' perceptions of rehabilitation environments and the influence of these perceptions on practice and occupational interventions. Traditionally, inpatient occupational therapists have a choice of intervention environments, ranging from a gym-like to a more home-like setting. Choosing to provide interventions in these different envir...