will discuss the developed values and beliefs of Occupational Therapy (OT) profession‚ describing the paradigms in OT‚ the importance of purposeful and meaningful occupations for health and wellbeing the conceptual models used in the OT profession. OT is a client-centred health profession which involves individuals with physical or mental disabilities to reach maximum potential in performing functions of daily living. The World Federation of Occupational Therapists (2012) defines occupation as the daily
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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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It wasn’t before I met my friend Hwa I first learned about occupational therapy. Couple of years ago‚ I ran into my long-ago friend’s dad at a grocery store when I was back in Korea during a summer vacation. As much as I was glad to say hello‚ he smiled but I saw his eyes were not. It happened that Hwa’s mom and her two other sisters were involved in a car accident five years ago. Although they were all carried to Intensive Care Unit‚ Hwa was the only survivor from the accident. The next day‚ I met
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I someday want to work as an occupational therapist. Occupational therapy (OT) as a field‚ focuses on a variety of physical and functional impairments. Occupational therapists and assistants work with their consumers to help them to regain functionality to be able to perform activities of daily living (ADLs)‚ such as bathing‚ getting dressed‚ eating‚ etc. The physiology of exercise plays a huge role in therapy and is definitely incorporated into therapy sessions. One main component of OT intervention
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Skills Reflection -1 Groups and Creative Activities In this essay I am going to critically reflect on how an Occupational Therapist (OT) would use grading and adapting to increase the therapeutic gain for clients when using groups and creative activities. I am going look at these two skills as they focus on client centeredness and intervention. College of Occupational Therapist (COT 2010; Atkinson and Wells 2003) stated that as a therapist one has to have a continuing duty to respect and hold the
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context (cite). Service providers such as occupational therapists help to assist their clients with reconstruction‚ so that they will be capable of functioning and rebuilding their sense of self‚ ways of accomplishing tasks‚ and performing daily life tasks within his/her cultural context (cite).
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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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the beginning the same. Willard began her studies and graduated from an Ivy League school earning a bachelor’s degree with physical therapy (Willard‚ 1975). Years down the road‚ Willard qualified as an occupational therapist through the U.S Civil service in 1922‚ joined the AOTA‚ and then became the director of occupational therapy and chief aide on physical therapy at the U.S Veteran Hospital in Maywood‚ Illinois (Willard‚ 1975). In her road of success‚ Willard was placed in a position of Curative
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Occupational Therapy is a certain therapy that helps get people back to their everyday lives. A lot of people could benefit from this practice. This occupation is good for individuals that love to take care of others. Very creative people would love this job. Occupational therapy involves working with people that have different disabilities‚ ages‚ and developmental stages. Occupational Therapy began in the 1700’s during the age of enlightenment. In 1793 Phillipe Pinel a French physician. Had the
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CAREER PAPER Getting America Back to Work Becoming an Occupational Therapist Becoming an Occupational Therapist involves a lot of time and dedication. Occupational therapy has a simple definition – helping challenged patients perform everyday tasks. Technically Occupational Therapists are defined as healthcare professionals who work under the supervision of a Physiatrist who help people with physical‚ developmental‚ mental‚ or emotional disabilities to overcome‚ correct
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