DEPARTMENT OF OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY

College of Rehabilitative Sciences

Cebu Doctors’ University

OT 102
ACTIVITY PROPOSAL #: 7

Group Number: 6

Date Submitted: October 4, 2019

I. Form □ Activity Analysis □ Occupation-based Activity Analysis

II. Area of Occupation & □ ADL □ Play
Its Subcategory □ IADL □ Leisure
□ Education □ Social
□ Work Career Training □ Rest &
Program; Culinary arts Sleep
III. Brief Description of
Activity • Career training program is a 10 month program where people who are seeking a
second chance come to get training for vocational careers. This program not only
offers training for the career they decide to choose from, but also provides housing for
those in the program that do not have the financial stability to have their own place to
live. In this program, the applicant must go through a process of interviews to be
accepted into this program. Once the program has accepted the applicant, they will
then choose a career, the program provides training for and enrolls into the desired
program.

• Relevance / Importance to the Specific Population

Employment is recognized as an important factor in the treatment of drug addiction.

Individuals who are unemployed have higher rates of substance abuse than those who
are regularly employed, unemployment is common among individuals in substance
abuse treatment, and poorer treatment outcomes (e.g., treatment attrition, more drug
use during treatment, higher rates of relapse) are associated with unemployment.

Taylor (2008) examined the integration of vocational services (intensive psycho-

educational treatment, re-entry skills building and community reintegration) within a
therapeutic community providing treatment for alcohol and other drugs. Results
indicated positive outcomes with maintenance of stable employment, pro-social
engagement, and the prevention of relapse. Vocational training and steady
employment seem to contribute to lower relapse rates of individuals with alcohol and
other drug dependency.

• Evidence-Based Journals Supporting such Activity

1. Gómez, D., Jason, L. A., Contreras, R., DiGangi, J., & Ferrari, J. R. (2014).
Vocational Training and Employment Attainment among Substance Abuse
Recovering Individuals within a Communal Living Environment. Retrieved
from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4089100/
2. Holtyn, A. F., DeFulio, A., & Silverman, K. (2015). Academic skills of
chronically unemployed drug-addicted adults. Retrieved from
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4307804/.

IV. Sequence & Timing 1. Heat equipment needed

2. Chop up food ingredients
3. Mix sauces
4. Place sauces into heated tools
5. Place chopped up food ingredients
6. Wait for the meal to cook
7. Arrange the finished product on the plate
8. Artistically plate the dish
9. Clean up sides of the plate
10. Serve

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V. Objects Used & Their Tools Supplies Equipment
Properties ● Pans ● Food (ingredients) ● Oven
● Spatula -Meats, Veggies, Fruits, Garnishes, etc. ● Stove
● Utensils ● Cooking oil ● Countertop
● Cutting ● Spices ● Fridge/Freezer
board ● Tupperware
● Bowls
● Plates
● Tongs

VI. Space Demands

● The center must provide the proper infrastructure for the trainees.
● The building design must suit the course requiems.
● A vocational training centre would dedicate more space for the laboratory and work
room with proper equipment.
● Trainees residence and staff residence requirements must be met if the center
provides training for resident trainees.
● Space for games, entertainment and recreation must be taken care of.
● Make sure to have enough materials, equipments and tools for each course requiems.
● Ventilation is a must in every room because it is very important especially that it
allows fresh air to circulate.
● Indoor areas must have natural or artificially controlled. Lighting appropriate or
adjustable lighting is a must that may depends on different activities and the purpose
of each room.

VII. Social Demands

● Teachers/Mentors who are supportive of recovering addicts
● Regular visits from probation officer
● Weekly visits family including: grandmother, sisters, parents, etc.

● Other newly recovering addicts seeking help

VIII. Context & Supports Inhibits

Environment Personal -The want to be helped
-The want to stay out of jail
-Has the motivation to get better
Cultural -Rehabilitative Programs are
common in his community
-Training adults with low
socioeconomic status with free
vocational programs
Temporal -End of emerging adulthood
-Identity vs Role Confusion (Erik
Erikson)
-Formal Operational Stage (Jean
Piaget)
Virtual -Using messenger to communicate
with some trainees and instructors
-Trying to communicate with family
and checking their posts and feed
IX. Performance Pattern Habit -Takes side notes on notepad while
being trained
Routine -Begins his day calling his
grandmother
-Unemployed
-Does not care enough about
himself
-Main reason for seeking help is to
avoid jail
-Grew up in more restrictive
conservative environment, may be
homophobic, racist, or sexist
towards others
-Current drug user that is beginning
the steps of rehabilitation
-When using phone or social media,
easily tempted to reconnect with
other friends who are drug addicts
-When becomes stressed, easily
turns to marijuana or other
substances to calm him down
-After first cup of coffee in the AM,
smokes a cigarette

Rituals -Reads the same self help book -Vegetarian, does not want to cook
many times or consume meat
-Continues his training at home
-Watches his favorite past memory
videos every night
Roles -Grandson -Ex convict
-Trainee
-Sibling
-Son

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X. Image/s of Proposed
Activity

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