CO-OP Approach

12/01/2025

Are you interested in narratives on working and/or experiencing the CO-OP Approach? It is with much pleasure that we present a collection of blogs at the ICAN website. You will find interesting blogs from therapists' and clients perspectives. The collection is still growing! Do have a look at:

Discover the benefits of Cognitive Orientation to Daily Occupational Performance (CO-OP) therapy. CO-OP is a personalized, goal-oriented approach that empowers individuals to enhance daily functioning, build confidence, and achieve greater independence through tailored strategies and skills developm...

08/01/2025

Considering a CO-OP training? This article might give you arguments why to do so. The article discusses functional cognition as a fundamental element of occupational performance, assessment and intervention as central to how occupational therapy can improve client outcomes. Enjoy!
Giles GM, Goverover Y, Foster ER, et al. Functional Cognition: Moving the Field Forward. OTJR: Occupational Therapy Journal of Research. 2024;0(0). doi:10.1177/15394492241296811
More info on CO-OP Approach workshops at https://www.icancoop.org/pages/courses

05/01/2025

A New Year with New Plans coming up! If you are considering a training in the CO-OP Approach several options are there. In person or online, please have a look at: https://www.icancoop.org/pages/courses
Participants tell us: "I liked the fact that there was a clarified process with steps and clinical reasoning supporting them” & “It made me more confident in using top-down approaches”

Explore CO-OP courses to master the Cognitive Orientation to Occupational Performance (CO-OP) Approach. Choose from the Introductory course for basics, the Comprehensive course for advanced skills, or the Certification course to become a Certified CO-OP therapist. Start enhancing your practice today...

01/01/2025

The ICAN CO-OP Approach community wishes everyone a colourful new year. A year in which your (new) meaningful goals are set and your plans support your doing! Cheers!

22/12/2024

Congratulations to our Brazilian collegues! This amazing article reflects on the status of Occupational Therapy specialization in rehebilitation.
Abstract:
In different professions, specialization helps to guide professional competencies and responsibilities, directing knowledge and expertise. This article discusses the involvement of Occupational Therapy in physical rehabilitation services amidst changes in health concepts and paradigms, as well as within the profession's principles for this field of practice. Thus, it aims to discuss and justify the relevance of professional specialization in parameterizing practice. Accordingly, the study presents and problematizes arguments supported by historical and scientific frameworks, dilemmas, and new paradigms for rehabilitation actions and research, highlighting the need for disciplining the functional health specialty and updating resolutions related to these practices. It is considered that updating this framework by the professional organization contributes to improving practices and ensuring qualified access to health, as the lack of specialist professionals has brought disadvantages to the profession and, consequently, to those requiring the care of these professionals.

Rafani, S. M., Cordeiro, J. J. R., Catini, T. A., Battisti, M. C. G., & Carrijo, D. C. M. (2024). Reflections on the specialty and practice of occupational therapist in physical disabilities and functional healh. Cadernos Brasileiros de Terapia Ocupacional, 32, e3724. https://doi.org/10.1590/2526-8910.ctoEN287537242
https://www.scielo.br/j/cadbto/a/SHxST5KGDyf47qcZ3TZfm8y/?lang=en

Resumo Nas diferentes profissões, a especialidade contribui para orientar quanto às competências...

19/12/2024

And there it is! ICAN's newest newsletter. Are you interested?
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08/12/2024

Excited to share a new blog at out ICANCO-OP website. Enjoy!
Thanks to the amazing team for developping the blog!
https://www.icancoop.org/blogs/first-hand-account/reflections-on-a-system-wide-interprofessional-co-op-implementation-initiative-10-years-of-collective-problem-solving-in-stroke-rehabilitation

01/12/2024

At the end of a year's cycle we intend to look back and reflect on developments. This could also be seen as an opportunity to discuss on how the CO-OP Approach is / can be implemented in work situations, organisations and systems. In Canada an interesting project on knowledge translation / implementation was started a couple of years ago. In this article the research groups reflects on the impact of the process and elements within.
In their conclusion they mention:
Although many factors may have influenced a change in access, significant changes in knowledge, skills, and aspects of self-efficacy of healthcare providers were seen and reported following the CO-OP KT intervention
Reference:
Linkewich E, Rios J, Allen K-A, Avery L, Dawson DR, Donald M, et al. (2022) The impact of an integrated, interprofessional knowledge translation intervention on access to inpatient rehabilitation for persons with cognitive impairment. PLoS ONE 17(9): e0266651.

Introduction Stroke rehabilitation teams’ skills and knowledge in treating persons with cognitive impairment (CI) contribute to their reduced access to inpatient rehabilitation. This study examined stroke inpatient rehabilitation referral acceptance rates for persons with CI before and after the i...

30/10/2024

Are you a Therapist using the CO-OP approach with Autistic individuals? If you are interested in sharing your experiences scan the QR code in the Advert or click on the link below to find out more.

Link for more info: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xOrwL16mQ9P4xUgpvuguoI4THW3aUbjjqsk3y5kWnho/edit

27/10/2024

Today on World Occupational Therapy Day, we like to share that occupational therapists support persons in finding and carrying out meaningful activities that contribute significantly to their health and wellbeing. Within the CO-OP Approach, these meaningful activities are at the center of the intervention. For more inspiration:
Meredith Chandler wrote an interesting blog on why OTs should opt for occupation-based interventions

Providing occupation-based interventions is crucial to the practice of occupational therapy. Here are 10 top reasons to be occupation-based.

19/10/2024

Thank you to the authors of this blog shared at the worldpdcongres website.
Sarah Davies attended the WPC 2023 and presented her work as part of the poster tours. Together with Dr. Hannah Gullo and Dr. Emmah Doig are from the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane Australia.

by Sarah Davies, Dr. Hannah Gullo and Dr. Emmah Doig

15/10/2024

This special international week's goal is to create awareness of the diagnosis Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD)! Though many of us involved in rehabilitation and the CO-OP network are specialists on this diagnosis, many parents, professionals and young people are searching for more information and recognition of issues they are dealing with.
Some sources that can be helpfull to support them:
* https://www.isra-dcd.com/advocacy
* https://dcdaustralia.org.au/ - much information on DCD can be found here on the DCD Australia Inc. website
* https://canchild.ca/en/diagnoses/developmental-coordination-disorder - a lot of information on DCD on the CanChild website
* https://watchmedoit.mmu.ac.uk/ - illustratieve videos on learning ADL tasks by Manchester Metropolitan University
* https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/public-health/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1345257/full
- informative article on DCD
* Literature on DCD and the CO-OP Approach: https://www.icancoop.org/pages/publications-1
Please do share more sources on DCD and DCD awareness underneath in the comments!

The present paper is designed to promote awareness of DCD outside the academic world. With a prevalence of 5–6% it is one of the most common disorders of chi...

10/10/2024

As ICAN CO-OP Approach community we are building on an inspirational, informative and strong CO-OP Approach network in which we can learn with and from each other. A network where we can reach out to discuss elements of the Approach and of implementing the Approach in ones own contexts. Thank you to those of you who have started to share experiences! If you like to contact us or find more information, please have a look at our website: https://www.icancoop.org/ and don't hesitate to subscribe to the ICAN newsletter. One of the activities ICAN regulairy organises is free webinars, with experts in the field. Keep on eye on our website, Facebook and LinkedIn page.

Discover the benefits of Cognitive Orientation to Daily Occupational Performance (CO-OP) therapy. CO-OP is a personalized, goal-oriented approach that empowers individuals to enhance daily functioning, build confidence, and achieve greater independence through tailored strategies and skills developm...

05/10/2024

Interesting new study on the CO-OP Approach in the field of Mental Health. Congratulations to and Dr Karina Dancza on your publication! It brings new insights in the use of the CO-OP Approach in Mental Health and the challanges of implimentation the Approach in this field.
Cognitive Orientation to Daily Occupational Performance (CO-OP) for Mood, Anxiety, and Adjustment Disorders: A Pilot Study, by Su Ren Wong, Mu Rong Chan, Edlina Chong, Karina Michelle Dancza, published in Frontiers in Psychiatry, section Mental Health Occupational Therapy.
DOI 10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1428811

02/10/2024

Though the CO-OP Approach, in its early days, focussed on paediatric populations, much research is done -with promissing data- on different age groups, for example the elderly populations. CO-OP is now considered a life span Approach. A CO-OP Bibliography can be found at the ICAN website. following the link underneath:
• Appleton, E., Maeir, T., Kaufman, Y., Karni, S., & Gilboa, Y. (2023). Cognitive Orientation to daily Occupational Performance (CO-OP) for Older Adults After a Hip Fracture: A Pilot Study. The American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 77(1).
• Saeidi Borujeni, M., Hosseini, S. A., Akbarfahimi, N., Vahedi, M., & Ebrahimi, E. (2020). Cognitive Orientation to Daily Occupational Performance Approach in Iranian Elderly Without Cognitive Impairment: A Single-Subject Study. Archives of Rehabilitation, 21(4), 526-543.

Explore a wealth of resources on the CO-OP Approach, including endorsed books, peer-reviewed articles, and pamphlets. Key publications include "Enabling Occupation in Children" by Polatajko & Mandich and "Cognitive Orientation to Daily Performance in Occupational Therapy" edited by Dawson et al. End...

29/09/2024

If interested in the CO-OP Approach protocol, these are the first three articles on the Approach, they will offer you a general understanding of the CO-OP approach. The research base on the CO-OP Approach is still growing and the latest info can be found at the link on the ICAN website.
• Missiuna, C., Mandich, A. D., Polatajko, H. J., & Malloy-Miller, T. (2001). Cognitive Orientation to Daily Occupational Performance (CO-OP): Part I - Theoretical Foundations. Physical & Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics, 20(2-3), 69-81.
• Polatajko, H. J., Mandich, A. D., Miller, L. T., & Macnab, J. J. (2001). Cognitive Orientation to Daily Occupational Performance (CO-OP): Part II - The Evidence. Physical & Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics, 20(2-3), 83-106.
• Polatajko, H. J., Mandich, A. D., Missiuna, C., Miller, L. T., Macnab, J. J., Malloy-Miller, T., et al. (2001). Cognitive Orientation to Daily Occupational Performance (CO-OP): Part III - The protocol in brief. Physical & Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics, 20(2-3), 107-203.

Explore a wealth of resources on the CO-OP Approach, including endorsed books, peer-reviewed articles, and pamphlets. Key publications include "Enabling Occupation in Children" by Polatajko & Mandich and "Cognitive Orientation to Daily Performance in Occupational Therapy" edited by Dawson et al. End...

26/09/2024

We invite you to get involved! ICAN CO-OP is seeking Expressions of Interest for our Networking and Mentorship Committee. This is a great opportunity to support the CO-OP approach and foster international collaboration on a volunteer basis.

Expression of Interest form: https://forms.office.com/r/vDhCxdEL1S

26/09/2024

Great to reconnect with our CO-OP instructors! We are already looking forward to our next meeting!

Learn more about CO-OP: https://www.icancoop.org/