including infants at the Waisman Center‚ elementary aged children at Children’s Therapy Network‚ and middle school aged children at Schools of Hope. Capitol Lakes allowed me to expand my understanding of occupational therapy to the geriatric population. With my background in psychology‚ I was extremely thrilled and intrigued to observe and participate in cognitive assessments within the elderly population. Although other occupational therapists I previously shadowed communicated with other healthcare professionals
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ten therapy sessions with physical and occupational therapist. During that time I witnessed my family recuperate. At that moment occupational therapy seemed as a rational and inspiring career for my future. By witnessing an occupational therapy it allowed me to understand how important the career was in order to help individuals. Without the help of the therapist‚ my family wouldn’t have correctly recovered from the accident. My mother was the most injured from everyone and without that help of the
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The occupational therapy perspective of occupation‚ health and wellbeing To be able to participate in one ’s own life‚ to do the things we want to do‚ and to competently perform the activities that form part of our daily‚ weekly or monthly routines‚ is a common goal for most people. This not only includes taking part in the basic activities of self-care‚ such as grooming and dressing‚ but also extends to our work and leisure activities. It is through doing things that we learn and develop as
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I was once told that Occupational Therapy (OT) is a rare blend of science and humanism‚ intellectual rigour and compassion‚ and when asked to reflect on my first year as an OT student‚ I simply could not agree more. When introduced to OT at the Wits Career’s Day I was instantly impressed by the wide scope of practice that OTs have after completing a basic degree and by the holistic nature of treatment. It is an application requirement of the Health Sciences department that each OT applicant completes
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It can altogether affect an individual’s capacity to take part in everyday life exercises that are important and lead to profitable day by day schedules. Occupational therapy is a profession that is considered as crucial to helping people with dysfunctional behavior build up the abilities expected to live to its fullest. Occupational therapy perceives that regular
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Community service also dramatically impacted my decision of becoming an occupational therapist‚ because I have always held community service as a high priority of mine. With the passion to give back to others and help other fellow individuals out‚ I knew I wanted to one day have a profession that allowed me to give back to my community‚ even if it was in an insignificant way. By becoming an occupational therapist and entering the health field I will be provided with endless opportunities to utilize
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fascinating thing I saw was Occupational therapist assisting my grandma to improve the ways that support her to progress the skill that will lead to achieving success in daily living‚ such as‚ motor‚ social‚ personal‚ academic and vocational. My grandmother was there for 25 days and I used to accompany her every single day to rehab. Through my observations with grandma in adult developmental disabilities‚ other like pediatric‚ and psychosocial therapy‚ I have seen that Occupational therapist can progress
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Next I’ll talk about how this field came about and grew in terms of poularity. Occupational therapy originally came avbout during the age of enlightenment in the 1700s. At that time the mentally ill were trated very poorly because they were considerd to be threats to society and as a result many of them were locked up or put insane asylums. And so In the late 1793‚ Phillipe Pinel and later on William Tuke began what was then called "moral treatment and occupation"‚ as an approach to treating people
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with them? If yes‚ how do you know? What have you seen heard felt that indicates this? If no‚ what reasons might they have? Could you help them to see the value to both you and the members/clients? 5. If you are at a facility where there is no occupational therapy practitioner‚ tell us what OT might contribute to the facility. 6.If there is an Occupational therapy practitioner‚ how do you perceive their role/roles at the facility. I see my supervisor playing a very important role at the facility
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personality have limited her from exploring suitable opportunities. Occupational therapy intervention focuses on creating or facilitating opportunities to engage in occupations that lead to participation in desired life situations (AOTA‚ 2008). Q3 Women in Somalia live in a well-organized network of family and social ties. In such a patrilineal network‚ the decision-making rests with the male head. The women form groups to help each other. The case of Karly shows the cultural lineage of women in
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