Canadian Occupational Performance and Engagement Model - InfOT

Canadian Model of Occupational Performance and Engagement (CMOP-E)

Background and purpose

The CMOP-E was developed by Polatajko, Townsend, and Craik and published in 2007. It builds on the Canadian Model of Occupational Performance, first published in 1997.

Its theoretical background includes humanistic, environmental, developmental, and learning theories. The model aims to support client-centred practice and strengthen occupational therapy’s role within multidisciplinary teams.

Central focus

The CMOP-E focuses on occupational performance and engagement, which arise from the dynamic interaction of the person, occupation, and environment.

Engagement—the model’s addition to the earlier framework—means more than carrying out an occupation. It includes being involved in occupations and the actions people take to become occupied.

The model’s three components

• Person: Has physical, cognitive, and affective performance components. Spirituality sits at the person’s centre. The model describes spirituality broadly—not only as religion, but as what drives a person to act.
• Occupation: The main area of concern for occupational therapy. Occupations are grouped by purpose into self-care, productivity, and leisure.
• Environment: The contexts in which people live and interact, including cultural, social, institutional, and physical environments.

How the components relate

The person, occupation, and environment are interdependent. A change in one can affect the others and influence occupational performance.

In the CMOP-E, function results from a harmonious relationship among all three components.

Applications

The model can be applied across ages and diagnoses and is described as suitable for multicultural environments. It can also be used alongside other frameworks and assessment tools.

Speakers and sources featured

• Narrator/voiceover: Filippos Farmakis, MSc in Translation (identified in the video metadata).
• Model developers cited: Polatajko, Townsend, and Craik.
• No additional speakers are identified in the subtitles.