promOTing OT - MODEL E. N. A. B. L. E. – EMPOWER a person through NETWORK of professionals and peers to be ABLE for occupational participation in daily occupations through BENEFICIAL LEARNING EXPERIENCES – ERASMUS + IDIPOWER project

As occupational therapists we acknowledge the meaning of participation and functionality in personally important daily occupations and their positive impact on enabling change. Through the last 15 years Croatian Association of... [ view full abstract ]

As occupational therapists we acknowledge the meaning of participation and functionality in personally important daily occupations and their positive impact on enabling change. Through the last 15 years Croatian Association of Occupational Therapists (H.U.R.T.) has been promoting and lobbying for occupational therapy profession "position in society" regardless present and on-going challenges. In the 2015, H.U.R.T. has had an opportunity to be a partner on ERASMUS+ funded project “IDIPOWER - Empowering persons with disability through collaborative learning” with intent of cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices. IDIPOWER project has showed several challenges in provision of corporate social responsibility while promoting for our profession but also has made visible some crucial pillars of change.
Promoting profession for the profession, results with “professional mess” and the power struggle between professions, while promoting profession with taken into account person (OT, client or their family), environment, occupation and performance gives a framework for development. Using our own legacy, personal occupation as a means for progress, in daily context can provide a strong tool in “making space” for profession. While participating in our purposeful occupations we enable our clients and society to reach their goals and objectives.
This paper will present IDIPOWER project and model E. N. A. B. L. E. as a framework for lobbying for profession though collaboration learning.
Model E. N. A. B. L. E. evaluation provisioned 6 months after its implementation has shown significant raise in occupational therapy visibility, development of competences and new co-occupation among all stakeholder.