Together on the way : emerging occupational therapy practice in mainstream schools in Switzerland

Echsel, Angelika; Price, Lee; Josephsson, Staffan; Schulze, Christina

Publication type:	Conference other
Type of review:	Peer review (abstract)
Title:	Together on the way : emerging occupational therapy practice in mainstream schools in Switzerland
Authors:	Echsel, Angelika Price, Lee Josephsson, Staffan Schulze, Christina
Conference details:	World Congress of Occupational Therapy (WFOT), Cape Town, South Africa, 21-25 May 2018
Issue Date:	22-May-2018
Language:	English
Subjects:	School based practice; Occupational therapy; Participation; Emerging practice; Children with special needs; Narrative methodology
Subject (DDC):	371: Schools and their activities 615.8515: Occupational therapy
Abstract:	Introduction: Recent changes in legislation reformed special need education in Switzerland, subsequently more and more children with special needs are integrated in mainstream schools. Health professionals such as occupational therapists are not politically and structurally embedded in the education context. To enable children’s full participation in different aspects of being a student such as learning, playing or doing arts and crafts, paediatric occupational therapists have started to work in mainstream schools. This has brought about a change of their practice context. Objectives: Cultural, political and social factors differ in many ways from countries, where most research has been conducted. The need for school-based research that is situated within the political, and cultural context of a country has been stressed in different studies and is objective of this study. Method: In a paradigmatic narrative approach five occupational therapists working in mainstream schools participated in semi-structured interviews. Their accounts of their stories and reflections of their work in this emerging context, were thematically analysed. Results: Three main themes were identified: “bringing in an occupational therapy perspective”, “focusing on school related occupations” and “developing collaboration with different inclusion players”. The findings demonstrate that occupational therapists found different avenues to contribute in enabling children to participate in everyday life at school learning, playing and being with their peers. Conclusion: The findings are discussed in relation to current international research and in regard to European countries with a similar political and structural context thus complementing approaches and guiding practice implications to school based occupational therapy.
URI:	https://congress2018.wfot.org/downloads/abstracts/SE%2010/Together%20on%20the%20way%20.pdf https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/10845
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Departement:	School of Health Sciences
Organisational Unit:	Institute of Occupational Therapy (IER)
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Echsel, A., Price, L., Josephsson, S., & Schulze, C. (2018, May 22). Together on the way : emerging occupational therapy practice in mainstream schools in Switzerland. World Congress of Occupational Therapy (WFOT), Cape Town, South Africa, 21-25 May 2018. https://congress2018.wfot.org/downloads/abstracts/SE%2010/Together%20on%20the%20way%20.pdf

Echsel, A. et al. (2018) ‘Together on the way : emerging occupational therapy practice in mainstream schools in Switzerland’, in World Congress of Occupational Therapy (WFOT), Cape Town, South Africa, 21-25 May 2018. Available at: https://congress2018.wfot.org/downloads/abstracts/SE%2010/Together%20on%20the%20way%20.pdf.

A. Echsel, L. Price, S. Josephsson, and C. Schulze, “Together on the way : emerging occupational therapy practice in mainstream schools in Switzerland,” in World Congress of Occupational Therapy (WFOT), Cape Town, South Africa, 21-25 May 2018, May 2018. [Online]. Available: https://congress2018.wfot.org/downloads/abstracts/SE%2010/Together%20on%20the%20way%20.pdf

ECHSEL, Angelika, Lee PRICE, Staffan JOSEPHSSON und Christina SCHULZE, 2018. Together on the way : emerging occupational therapy practice in mainstream schools in Switzerland. In: World Congress of Occupational Therapy (WFOT), Cape Town, South Africa, 21-25 May 2018 [online]. Conference presentation. 22 Mai 2018. Verfügbar unter: https://congress2018.wfot.org/downloads/abstracts/SE%2010/Together%20on%20the%20way%20.pdf

Echsel, Angelika, Lee Price, Staffan Josephsson, and Christina Schulze. 2018. “Together on the Way : Emerging Occupational Therapy Practice in Mainstream Schools in Switzerland.” Conference presentation. In World Congress of Occupational Therapy (WFOT), Cape Town, South Africa, 21-25 May 2018. https://congress2018.wfot.org/downloads/abstracts/SE%2010/Together%20on%20the%20way%20.pdf.

Echsel, Angelika, et al. “Together on the Way : Emerging Occupational Therapy Practice in Mainstream Schools in Switzerland.” World Congress of Occupational Therapy (WFOT), Cape Town, South Africa, 21-25 May 2018, 2018, https://congress2018.wfot.org/downloads/abstracts/SE%2010/Together%20on%20the%20way%20.pdf.