Opportunities and Challenges for the Implementation of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) in Occupational Therapy

There are great opportunities in having the World Health Organization’s (WHO) International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) as a universal and interdisciplinary language. But what about the use of... [ view full abstract ]

There are great opportunities in having the World Health Organization’s (WHO) International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) as a universal and interdisciplinary language. But what about the use of the ICF in occupational therapy practice, education, and research? What are the opportunities and challenges to implementing the ICF in occupational therapy reports? How can we bridge our profession specific knowledge with this universal language?
Building upon a Special Interest Group Meeting on the ICF at the WFOT Congress in 2014 (Japan), these questions were addressed in more detail (Prodinger et al., 2015) and further work has been conducted to link selected instruments derived from occupational therapy models to the ICF to inform the development of ICF-based reports for implementation in occupational therapy.

Building upon this previous work, this workshop aims to:
i) exchange experiences on the use of the ICF in occupational therapy practice, education and research,
ii) discuss opportunities and challenges in developing ICF-based reports for occupational therapy, and
iii) specify future implications for ICF-based reporting in occupational therapy.