Coaching for learning – supporting health through self-occupation-analysis and revision of daily occupations

Abstract

The recognition of daily occupations is important for promoting health. All the same, the everyday is often taken for granted, even if daily occupations that are hindered or lost may constitute a risk for developing ill-health. Risk factors might include occupational imbalance or occupational alienation.

In this paper, the Redesigning Daily Occupations (ReDO) programme, an occupational therapy group intervention aimed at providing knowledge about daily occupations and their impact on health, is presented as an example of an educative approach within the profession. In the ReDO-programme, occupational therapists act as coaches to support learning about occupation. The group leaders use specific tools to facilitate self-occupation-analysis among participants. Understanding the influence of occupation may enable sustainable changes in the everyday and patterns of daily occupations that promote health.

Keywords:

• Prevention
• group intervention
• risk factors for ill-health.