Student COOP Clinic

The Cognitive Orientation to daily Occupational Performance Approach™ (CO-OP)

Qualia and Australian Catholic University are collaborating to provide a student-run CO-OP clinic during Term 2, 2023.

The Cognitive Orientation to daily Occupational Performance Approach™ (CO-OP) is a performance-based intervention approach for children who experience difficulties performing the skills they want to, need to or are expected to perform. CO-OP is a specifically tailored, active client-centered approach that engages the individual at the meta-cognitive level to solve performance problems. Focused on enabling success, the CO-OP Approach employs collaborative goal setting, dynamic performance analysis, cognitive strategy use, guided discovery, and enabling principles. These elements, all considered essential to the Approach, are situated within a structured intervention format, and with parent/significant other involvement as appropriate.

Cost for the term: $1200/term.[/az_column_text]

Intervention includes:

• 1:1 40 minute student run intervention weekly (supervised by an occupational therapist trained in the CO-OP approach and conducted by a student trained in the CO-OP approach)
• Initial report
• Summary end-of-service report
• Weekly intervention summaries with home recommendations

CO-OP is a versatile approach with multiple applications across ages and diagnoses. It is recommended that clients have certain pre-requisite skills. These are as follows:

• The client must be able to select occupations or activities that they would like to learn or for which they would like to improve their current performance level e.g. ride a bike, tie shoelaces, prepare a meal, use cutlery, or write a story. Please note these must be the child’s goals.
• The client must have sufficient communication and cognitive abilities in order to discuss their performance with the therapist.

If you would like more information about this student based intervention, please contact Qualia on 9555 9776.[/az_column_text]

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