Structured Work Activity Group (SWAG)
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A Structured Work Activity Group (SWAG) is a suite of simulated work activities, each of which is graduated in terms of demand. SWAG activities are used to provide persons who have experienced impairments such as brain injury or stroke with opportunities to practice work activities at a level that is commensurate with their current ability and to be presented with challenges that gradually improve ability. SWAG activities have also been used successfully with persons who have experienced musculoskeletal, emotional, or intellectual impairments.
SWAGs were developed at the Program in Occupational Therapy at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri. Funding for the development of the SWAGs was provided by the Program in Occupational Therapy, the HealthSouth Corporation, and The Rehabilitation Institute of St. Louis. Principal developers of the SWAGs were Leonard Matheson, PhD, Mary Seaton, MHS, OTR, and Victoria Kaskutas, OTD, OTR. Additional assistance in SWAG development was provided by Carolyn Baum, PhD, OTR, FAOTA, Deborah Hurley, MA, OTR, Timothy Wolf OTD, OTR, and Matthew Dodson, OTD, OTR. In addition, many occupational therapists, physical therapists, speech and language therapists, vocational evaluators, and neuropsychologists at the Center for Head Injury Services and at several HealthSouth rehabilitation facilities provided input and ideas.
Training in the administration of the SWAGs has been provided to professionals at the Center for Head Injury Services, The Rehabilitation Institute of St. Louis, several HealthSouth facilities, and to the Work Special Interest Section at the American Occupational Therapy Association annual conference in 2007.
Washington University has licensed EpicRehab LLC to make the SWAG materials available. In keeping with the spirit of the SWAG Development Project, we have decided to make the original SWAG materials available at no charge, with a modest fee for the new files and processes developed by EpicRehab. The original SWAG materials are sufficient to provide basic activities to clients and may be downloaded at this website.
