ABSTRACT
This chapter offers explanations of the four types of interventions outlined in the Occupational Therapy Intervention Process Model (OTIPM): compensatory, educational, skill development and restorative. It discusses the example of using these intervention approaches with individuals, groups and communities. The chapter describes how occupational therapy students could include frames of reference within an occupation-centred perspective to add further detail to their intervention approach. There is an argument that working with groups and communities using health promotion and prevention strategies is one of the most cost-effective interventions for improving health and well-being. The intention for skill development is for the client to develop skills required for occupational performance. When the goal is to restore person factors or body functions, changes are made to develop or restore underlying body function or person factor components required for engaging in occupations, such as range of movement, motivation, mood, balance, fitness etc.
