Crepeau (2003) states, “identifying the multiple demands, skills, and potential meanings of the activity enables practitioners to have a deeper understanding of this activity in general” (p. 191). These are all the practical considerations that have to be made when looking at an occupation and as suggested these can be the demands of the occupation such as where it takes place or what equipment is needed to engage in the occupation, the skills required for the occupation such as cognition or fine motor skills, and underlying meanings of the activity such as if it always includes the same people when it is engaged in.
If I apply this to playing cards there are multiple practical considerations that have to be made, these include:
- Equipment: cards, table, chairs
- Location: weather dependent can be played indoors or outdoors
- Time: each game varies depending on the length it takes to play
- Skills: cognition to play the game to the rules, attention to get through a game, memory depending on the game being played, fine motor skills to manipulate the cards, language to understand the rules of the game and to communicate with other players as needed
- Underlying meanings: playing certain games with certain people, having the same partner in pair games, always playing after dinner or at lunch time
Practical considerations I make when playing cards include:
- Who will be playing?
- Locating the cards and checking that they are all there
- Being sure there is enough space e.g.: Table and chairs
- Determining other distractions e.g.: wind, noise
- Being sure the game is suited to the people playing
- Choosing a game specific to who I am playing with based on the meaning it has
References:
Crepeau, E. (2003). Analyzing occupation & activity: A way of thinking about occupational performance. In Crepeau, E., Cohn, E., & Schell, B. (Eds.), Willard & Spackman’s occupational therapy (10th ed., pp. 189-198). Philadelphia: Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins.
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