Publications by authors named "H Polatajko"
The Cognitive Orientation to daily Occupational Performance (CO-OP) approach, a goal-oriented intervention focused on participation, is designed to improve performance by addressing personal goals important to children and their families. Introduced in 2001, CO-OP involves client-chosen functional goals, identifying performance issues through a process of dynamic performance analysis, and guiding the discovery of cognitive strategies to enhance skill acquisition, all within a problem-solving framework. The objectives of the approach are skill acquisition, strategy use, generalization, and transfer of learning.
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- The study investigates how occupational therapists (OTs) and physical therapists (PTs) adapt their evidence-based practice (EBP) skills during the first three years of their careers.
- Using semi-structured interviews with 17 clinicians, the research identified six main themes, including the evolving understanding of EBP and the role of patients and colleagues in decision making.
- The findings suggest that ongoing professional development and organizational support are critical for enhancing EBP effectiveness in rehabilitation settings.
Children with developmental coordination disorder (DCD) display difficulties in perception-action coupling when engaging in tasks requiring predictive timing. We investigated the influence of awareness on auditory-motor adjustments to small and large rhythmic perturbations in the auditory sequence to examine whether children synchronize their movements automatically or through planning and whether those adjustments occur consciously or subconsciously. Electroencephalography (EEG) was used to assess functional connectivity patterns underlying different adjustment strategies.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: A need was identified for an occupational therapy intervention for stroke survivors in a Danish municipal healthcare setting with emphasis on its ability to transfer and generalise what is learned in occupational therapy to everyday life post therapy. Being a possible candidate, the Cognitive Orientation to daily Occupational Performance (CO-OP) approach needed to be adapted to the target group and context, and its feasibility needed examination regarding reach, dose, intervention components, fidelity, perceived value, benefits, harms, and potential outcomes.
Aim: To adapt the CO-OP to a Danish healthcare setting and present a protocol for examining its feasibility.