title: A framework of strategies for client-centred practice.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Implementing strategies to overcome barriers to client-centred practice is a challenge encountered by many occupational therapists in their daily practice. The Client-centred Strategies Framework is proposed as a tool to assist occupational therapists to consider barriers and implement strategies from a variety of perspectives.
  
  
  METHODS
  The framework consists of five categories: personal reflection, client-centred processes, practice settings, community organizing, and coalition advocacy and political action. Within each category are a number of actions that can be taken to facilitate client-centred practice. This paper describes the framework with elaboration of each of the five categories. A case example is used to illustrate how a therapist can use the framework to address client-centred practice issues.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This framework will assist therapists and students to problem-solve ways to enhance the use of client-centred processes within their own practice environments.
authors.affiliation: Winnipeg Regional Health Authority. restallg@ms.umanitoba.ca
authors.forename: Gayle
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Restall
authors.forename: Jacquie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ripat
authors.forename: Marlene
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Stern
mesh_terms: D003142:Communication; D006801:Humans; D009788:Occupational Therapy / Q000592:standards; D018802:Patient-Centered Care; D011364:Professional Practice; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations