Guidelines Your assignment is based on the different areas of occupational therapy – An occupational therapist can work in many areas of the health service. In your assignment it looks in debt at a number of these areas and the roles and responsibilities of the occupational therapist. Acknowledgements I would like to express my special appreciation and thanks to my lecturer Philomena Mccluskey you have been a tremendous mentor for me. Your advice on both my research assignments as well as on
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a setting with someone with autism spectrum disorder‚ music therapists make use of music as an educational tool to encourage learning. One of the purposes of music therapy for someone with autism is to provide the student with an initial assistance using melodious and rhythmic strategies‚ followed by fading of musical cues to assist in simplification and transfer to other learning environments. Music therapy has been proven to decrease symptoms of children with autism‚ and could even facilitate motivation
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organization I chose‚ the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA). The American Occupational Therapy Association is an organization for all occupational therapy practitioners in the United States. It was originally called the National Society for the Promotion of Occupational Therapy. However‚ in 1923 it was changed to the American Occupational Therapy Association. The Association’s mission is to advance the quality‚ availability‚ use and support of occupational therapy. Through standard settings
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Alternative Job Shadow Report An occupational therapist has many options when it comes to areas of practice. One venue‚ that I could potentially work in‚ that sparks my interest‚ is mental health. Someone who is struggling with mental health is in a very vulnerable position and I think my disposition would be beneficial in this setting. I have struggled with depression myself and I realize how important an empathetic listener can be. Occupational therapy in the mental health field was historically
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with disabilities are entitled to FAPE. It is painfully recognizable that the cultural and religious beliefs influenced the diagnosis‚ treatment and acceptance of children with developmental disabilities. Autism disorder is a relatively young branch of developmentally disabled disorders. Autism was first recognizes
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Introduction “Autism is a complex neurobehavioral disorder that includes impairments in social interaction and developmental language and communication skills‚ and rigid‚ repetitive behaviors” (WebMD‚ 2012a). In another words‚ autism is a lifelong disability that blocks the learning‚ language communication‚ emotional and social development of a child. Another way to define autism is that it is a developmental disorder that appears during the first 3 years of life‚ and affects the brain’s normal
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Running head: Autism What is autism? This is a very good question‚ and my guess would be that it is a disorder that affects a person in the way that they communicate‚ socialize‚ and interact with others. The real definition according to Baron-Cohen (1995) follows: That autism is considered the most severe of all the childhood psychiatric conditions. Fortunately‚ it occurs only rarely‚ affecting between 4 and 15 children per 10‚000. It occurs in every country in which it has been looked
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Autism Autism or PPD (pervasive developmental disorder) is defined by the Columbia encyclopedia as a rare neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by the inability to relate to and perceive the environment in a realistic manner. The onset of the disorder is in infancy or early childhood‚ generally before the age of thirty months‚ and males are affected four times as often as females. Symptoms include impairment in social interaction‚ fixation on inanimate objects‚ inability to communicate normally
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According to Denton‚ Cope‚ & Moser (2006)‚ children who are typically developing with handwriting difficulties‚ therapeutic practice has had a positive effect on their handwriting performance after a short period of intervention. Practice involves various forms‚ such as work sheets with therapist feed or sheets as part of handwriting instruction. Since the intervention with Jason was with three other children with handwriting difficulties and direct therapist involvement‚ the therapist was providing
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Arthritis and Massage Therapy I chose this topic to write about because many people in my life are affected by the disease‚ and my career path chosen is a massage therapist. I wanted to know how arthritis could help with pain symptoms of arthritis. Arthritis is an insidious disease; it’s eating away at the joints of nearly seventy million people or nearly 1 out of 3 adults in the U.S. It is considered one of our most prevalent chronic health problems‚ and is costing the economy more than $120
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