The message is for society and how we live our daily lives through various occupations in the world that are meaningful to us.

The lecture hoped to have an impact on occupational therapy personnel by encouraging them to gain a deeper understanding of the importance and meaning of everyday occupation in clients’ lives and the general public, helping them find value in their everyday practices. These effects can influence the profession today and in the future by allowing therapists to be able to work effectively together with the client to find meaningfulness in their day-to-day living. As for the public, this awareness will result in a broader and deeper meaning to the importance of daily occupation in everyone's lives, and help people find value in their everyday practices.

The main theme is for everyday occupation and how it has changed from what everyday occupations look like and what they are to categories they are separated into. I also talk about the importance of everyday occupation.

In 2002, AOTA published the Occupational Therapy Practice Framework: Domain and Process. These concepts were reflected in the lecture by elaborating the occupational categories beyond the “big three” and now including activities of daily living, education, work, play, performance skills, and cultural and social demands. This is leading to progression toward increasing complexity and not just looking at the inclusive three categories.

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As a provider in Occupational Therapy, our goal is to ensure that our clients are able to get back to independently performing their normal activities of daily living; however, the way in which we as OT’s implement our interventional skills will be different, due to various accommodations that our client prefers in order to make them comfortable for example, their cultural background, religion, and lifestyle principles.

These effects can influence the profession today and in the future by allowing therapists to be able to work effectively together with the client to find meaningfulness in their day-to-day living. As for the public, this awareness will result in a broader and deeper meaning to the importance of daily occupation in everyone's lives, and help people find value in their everyday practices.

Occupational therapists need to notice and give attention to their client’s small behaviors. This is especially important when working with individuals who have difficulty conveying their thoughts.