Paradigms In Occupational Therapy

The following paper will focus on the use of paradigms in the field of occupational therapy (OT). Specifically, this paper will identify and discuss the general overview of a paradigm by addressing the elements and origin of a paradigm. Furthermore, the OT power of occupation, mechanistic paradigm, and contemporary paradigm will briefly be discussed. Next, this paper will focus on occupational therapy’s mechanistic paradigm and contemporary paradigm that was reflected within my personal level two fieldwork. Moreover, I will discuss my level II fieldwork experience this past summer by giving a brief overview of the setting. Additionally, I will provide explicit examples and evident of OT’s mechanistic paradigm and contemporary paradigm’s as