Certainly we do. I think there are two answers to that question.
As I mentioned before, there is a well-proven role for occupational therapists as case managers because we have that overview of the whole person. The other area that I think occupational therapists excel at is as interprofessional practitioners. We are all trained now at the Master's level and we receive training in interprofessional practice. It's a phrase that's thrown around a lot, but what it actually means is that everybody within the team is working, including the client, toward a common goal. I think if there's a common goal, the OT can certainly help facilitate reaching that common goal, which I think addresses the issue you're raising here. If one person is working on one goal and one person is working on another, what we need to do is determine with the individual what their specific goal is, so we can then all work together toward that common goal.