{"id":345261,"date":"2023-11-30T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-30T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ora-visio.com\/the-co-op-method-in-occupational-therapy\/"},"modified":"2023-11-30T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-11-30T09:00:00","slug":"the-co-op-method-in-occupational-therapy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ora-visio.com\/en\/the-co-op-method-in-occupational-therapy\/","title":{"rendered":"The CO-OP Method in Occupational Therapy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Developed by occupational therapists and researchers, <strong>the CO-OP method \u2013 <em>Cognitive Orientation to Daily Occupational Performance<\/em><\/strong> \u2013 focuses on the child and supports them through the problem-solving process by carrying out everyday actions. Part of motor-activity-centred therapies, it proves <strong>particularly effective for the difficulties faced by children with DYS disorders<\/strong>, but also <strong>by people with ASD<\/strong> (Autism Spectrum Disorder).<\/p>\n<h2>What is the CO-OP approach?<\/h2>\n<p>Highly practical in their application, <a href=\"https:\/\/ora-visio.com\/approche-%E2%80%89bottom-up%E2%80%89-et-%E2%80%89top-down%E2%80%89-en-ergotherapie\/\">&#8220;Top-Down&#8221; therapies<\/a> (as opposed to &#8220;Bottom-Up&#8221; ones) are directly <strong>based on the patient&#8217;s everyday motor activity<\/strong>. Among these approaches is the CO-OP method (<em>Cognitive Orientation to Daily Occupational Performance<\/em>), <strong>originally created for children with developmental coordination disorder<\/strong> (such as <a href=\"https:\/\/ora-visio.com\/la-dyspraxie-trouble-dacquisition-de-la-coordination\/\">dyspraxia<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Person-centred, it can now be applied to a <strong>wider range of difficulties<\/strong> (DYS disorders, ASD), whether in <strong>children<\/strong>, <strong>adults<\/strong> or <strong>older people<\/strong>. Through this approach, the occupational therapist guides the patient in carrying out everyday tasks, following a predefined problem-solving process.<\/p>\n<h2>How does the method work?<\/h2>\n<p>The success of the CO-OP method rests on three essential prerequisites: the patient must be <strong>motivated<\/strong>, have <strong>good verbal skills<\/strong>, and <strong>choose 3 activities<\/strong> they want to learn or simply improve.<\/p>\n<p>If these conditions are met, the occupational therapist can then <strong>build a strategy<\/strong> around each activity, taking into account the patient&#8217;s own abilities. In detail, it includes a:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Goal<\/strong> (an objective chosen by the patient)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Plan<\/strong> (a set of actions, built under the professional&#8217;s guidance)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Do<\/strong> (the patient tries out the plan)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Check<\/strong> (the patient looks at whether the goal has been reached and whether the plan is working. If not, the goal is reviewed and the plan adjusted).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For example, in a CO-OP approach for a child with dyspraxia, an occupational therapist may work on <strong>different goals<\/strong> such as &#8220;tying shoelaces,&#8221; &#8220;cooking,&#8221; &#8220;drawing a circle with a compass,&#8221; or even &#8220;taking a shower&#8221; or &#8220;putting on makeup.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>How effective is it for children with DYS or ASD?<\/h2>\n<p>The main goal of the CO-OP method is to <strong>correct the action plan of a child with DYS or ASD<\/strong>, giving them a course of action to follow in their learning. Around the 4 stages &#8220;Goal, Plan, Do, Check,&#8221; the patient <strong>automates their approach to each difficulty<\/strong>, gradually increasing their independence.<\/p>\n<p>With the CO-OP method, they develop <strong>clinical reasoning<\/strong> and a <strong>dynamic analysis<\/strong> of how they perform a task. They <strong>discover strategies<\/strong> that allow them to reach their own goals, <strong>by themselves and at their own pace<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t hesitate to discuss the relevance of this approach for your child with DYS or ASD with the professionals on the Ora-Visio platform: specialised in learning difficulties, <strong>our <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ora-visio.com\/en\/occupational-therapy-online\/\"><strong>occupational therapists<\/strong><\/a><strong> are available to you<\/strong> remotely and over wide availability windows! Book an appointment with one of them today!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Developed by occupational therapists and researchers, the CO-OP method \u2013  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":345262,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[329],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-345261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-occupational-therapy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ora-visio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345261","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ora-visio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ora-visio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ora-visio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ora-visio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=345261"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ora-visio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345261\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ora-visio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/345262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ora-visio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=345261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ora-visio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=345261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ora-visio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=345261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}