Motor Learning in Occupational Therapy Even though the motor learning process is commonly over looked in day to day life‚ without motor learning we would not have reasoning for the things we do. Research on motor learning makes it possible to figure out how to learn an action in the most effective way. Naturally‚ we learn to utilize our motor skills in our occupations. Whether sitting at a desk typing up charts in a dentist office‚ preparing food for fellow hungry college kids in a cafeteria
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What is music therapy? According to an article titled Music Therapy‚ from World of Health‚ “music therapy is the use of music‚ along with other therapies‚ by a trained and credentialed professional in order to achieve therapeutic goals for a patient.” Therapeutic uses and benefits came about in the United States are dated as far back as the eighteenth century. Music has greatly evolved from the 1930s to the current year of 2016. Back
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Occupational therapy was born in 1917 with the founding of The National Society for the Promotion of Occupational Therapy. The five founders held a belief that occupation was a valuable therapeutic tool‚ but also knew scientific evidence would push occupational therapy (OT) to be a respected field (Schwartz‚ 2003). Much has changed in OT in the last hundred years‚ but OT still stands strong on two points‚ occupation based interventions and evidence based practice. With the high demand for evidence
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For its time‚ narrative therapy was considered radical and unlike past therapies used. The major contributors‚ Michael White and David Epston‚ put aside the main idea and view of the preceding and dominate psychological theories and focused on the person’s story. Both White and Epston were influenced by French post-structural philosopher Michel Foucault. His ideas were largely based on existentialism‚ which gave worth to a person’s own experience. Narrative therapy became a tool to help people
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Mohr 1 Music Therapy at The College of Wooster I chose to research music therapy because it is a unique career that would allow me to enjoy music and use the appreciation I have for music to help people. As Jodie Picoult once said “Music therapy‚ to me‚ is music performance without the ego. It’s not about entertainment as much as it’s about empathizing. If you can use music to slip past the pain and gather insight into the workings of someone else’s mind‚ you can begin to fix a problem.”. The purpose
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Physical therapy can be a very fulfilling career for some individuals. They help people physically function to the best of their abilities. Also‚ there are many benefits to going into the field of physical therapy. Being a physical therapist requires many years of education which helps therapists to complete important duties‚ and the job includes a good salary. Courses such as anatomy‚ biology‚ chemistry‚ physics‚ statistics‚ and psychology are important to take to go into physical therapy. In addition
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Narrative therapy was developed by a number of people including Michael White and David Epston. Narrative therapy assumes that everyone has stories about themselves that determine how they view themselves‚ their situation‚ and their world. These stories are instrumental in the approach a person takes to living. The role of the narrative therapist is to hear the stories that people bring in with them‚ to investigate the role of the problem and its effects‚ to be curious about the times a person has
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Empathy and Counseling For this paper I will be discussing the steps of empathy and what it means to be empathetic to patients and people. I watched a short video by Carl Rogers called “Person Centered Therapy” in this video there was a lot of incite as to how a professional is supposed to interact not only to his/her patients but to the people around them. I will be reviewing a few peer reviewed articles regarding empathy and be discussing my thoughts on them‚ in addition to this I took
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stroke‚ etc.; it is likely that they have some physical ability that no longer functions the way it should. Additionally‚ some people are born with or develop diseases that reduce the function of certain parts of their bodies. The career of physical therapy was developed to help people in these circumstances. Physical therapists aid in reducing a patient’s pain and/or improving mobility (APTA‚ 2015). Not only do physical therapists help patients after they have lost mobility in a certain part of their
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How Does Music Therapy Affect Patient’s Psychological and Physiological Well-being? Many countries that you can travel to‚ have their own style of music that makes up their culture‚ which is incorporated into their lifestyles. Music was not only created around the world for enjoyment‚ but has been used as a form of comfort‚ a stress reliever‚ and a healer (“What Is Music Therapy?”). According to the American Cancer Society‚ in their Find and Support Treatment section‚ music therapy was developed
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