The frame of reference that an OT practitioner uses to guide the treatment of the client is the powerful tool that helps facilitate success within a certain model of practice. Often, we need many tools (frames of reference) in the "just right" toolbox (model of practice) to get the project done and attain the goals we desire. By being familiar and purposeful with the use of frames of reference, OT practitioners are able to defend their distinct value to insurance companies, prove their successes to employers, and create the best treatment option alongside the client. Occupational therapists fail their clients if they do not look at the client's environment, roles, and occupation through a holistic lens. What is the point of the profession of occupational therapy if we do not use a frame of reference within a model of practice to "describe the anticipated
process for change in the client . . . [in order to] move [the] client
along the continuum from dysfunction to function".
