CRAFT Model - Functional Therapy's Expansion of the Wholistic View of Personhood

This is a snapshot of an interactive presentation we are developing to help consumers and therapists to better understand the interaction of Functions, Abilities and the Context in which we live.

 It embodies a globe which contains the Context of the person; the pillars represent four domains of Abilities; and the pillars support the platform of Functions or 'Things we do'. These are also known as Occupations.

In the interactive presentation we represent external supports by additional pillars and external burdens as weights. The new adage 'The more you do the more you can do!' plays into this system by the performance of functions feeding back into the diameter of the pillars; doing more means you develop more ability. The system works to try to maintain a balance and the old adage 'All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy' is represented by relative sizes of the Functions, with too much of one unbalancing the others.

This is an adaptation of several models with painstaking effort to add a significant reworking so as to avoid infringing anyone's copyrights. The CRAFT model is a reimagining of how we can propound a more integrated vision in Healthcare. It is published under a Creative Commons Copyright and we would ask that you reference us and http://www.functionaltherapist.org/ when you copy or adapt it.

"Don't worry about people stealing your ideas. If your ideas are any good, you'll have to ram them down people's throats."
- Howard Aiken

I hope you enjoy this preview of our interactive presentation as much as we are proud to present it to you.

Yours,

Ed Kaine, OTR, RFT

President of the American League of Functional Therapists

RegisteredFunctionalTherapist@gmail.com

Functional Therapy... the Next Generation of Occupational Therapy!

ALOFT Sponsors A Survey Of Health Care.

In our pursuit of real information about the state of understanding of various healthcare fields ALOFT has sponsored a survey. It is a general health care information survey and we would like you to take it.

There are 3 arms of the study and each will be handled differently (statistically speaking). We have a randomly selected group which is a stratified sample that may give us the best picture of the general population. There are particular people we have requested to take the survey and there's you. You represent the cutting edge of thought and the awareness of technology and the markets.

Please take our survey to help us tailor our services and positively influence health care.

Please follow this link here:
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Thank you so much for your input. We appreciate your opinion and support.

Thanks so much,

Ed Kaine, OTR, RFT
President of ALOFT

P.S. If you have any questions, comments or suggestions please send them to us at ALOFTSurveys@gmail.com