CREATIVE ACTIVITIES IN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY PRACTICE AND EDUCATION FOR THE FUTURE

Summary of the Workshop: Creative activities are being used in Occupational Therapy to enhance curiosity and creativity, as pointed out by Creek (2008). A review of Perruza and Kinsella (2010) demonstrates the implications of... [ view full abstract ]

Summary of the Workshop:
Creative activities are being used in Occupational Therapy to enhance curiosity and creativity, as pointed out by Creek (2008). A review of Perruza and Kinsella (2010) demonstrates the implications of using creative media in Occupational Therapy, despite a lack of research in the use of creative activities in OT practice and education. At the ENOTHE-meeting in 2015, Baciu and Kisser facilitated group discussions in their workshop „The Value of Creative Activities in OT“. The results of the workshop show that there are several reasons why creative activities have value for OT. They also highlight the necessity to adopt different approaches to the teaching of creative activities, as well as to validate the use of creative activities as methods in OT practice and education. These findings are the basis for further work. The aim of this workshop is to outline ways of teaching creative activities and to discuss desirable competences of practitioners’ in the use of creative activities in practice in the future.

Maximum number of participants:
30

Brief description of intended participants:
Interested Occupational Therapists from practice and education as well as students are invited to participate in this workshop in order to define creative activities, to discuss the needs of OT practice as well as best practice methods for teaching creative activities.


References:
These are listed in our final paper.