The interdisciplinary between Occupational Therapy and Physical Education

Occupational therapy (OT) works with human life and acts in daily life and quality of life of the subject as well as Physical Education (EF), has human life as a performance target and make use of various tools. Among the tools the Activities of Daily Living (ADLs) deals with the individual-activity-environment, and the way in which the subject meets their basic and personal needs and how to organize their daily routine (sanitize, dress, food). Moreover, it is relevant to mention the psychomotor development with the technical working autonomy and independence of the subject, which directly affects the quality of life. You are talking about two professions united by one work object: human life. Because it is something unique, each person is unique, this jobs created to care for human life. It is making you reach satisfaction and quality of life, as are professionals who develop the human's science health and all your senses. Therefore, the OT and PE relate when they treat the human considering its peculiarities, economic factors, psychological, social, religious, cultural and especially biological / physical. Thus, from the link, they are professionals who build on their potential great skills. Specifically, the rehabilitation, the OT has the particularity of activity analysis as a tool, because from it you can categorize with purpose and method which must be submitted to greater objectivity and quality, to the subject. Considering rehabilitation as the improved performance of the functional capabilities of the human body by permanent or temporary reasons is unable to carry out their activities, among them, ADLs, work and leisure, we have that is the health care that instrumentalizes relationship / interaction of the individual and their role / environment (1). With everything, it can be concluded that the OT and the PE should work as a team, becouse they have the same object of work and both of them use of additional working tools. Like this, there are immeasurable gains for people who enjoy and / or need these professionals. Thus, as to the actual advancement of professions, since the more the sciences communicate higher are launched flights for evidence-based practice.
1. Neistadt ME, Crepeau EB. Occupational Therapy. Traduzido por Willard & Spackman. Terapia Ocupacional. Nona edição, Rio de Janeiro, 2002.