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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I am in my third year of Occupational Therapy. I have previously completed a Bachelor in Social Science from Waikato university where I focused on Psychology. I have finished a certificate in small business management and attended Rotary Youth Leadership Awards camp and Outward Bound to further develop my leadership skills. I have shown abilities in project management when I was president of Rotoract Hamilton 2012 - 2013. I had a leadership role in our yearly project Can for a Cause‚ where 400
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Regarding Occupational Therapy - 6 sessions; CA MTUS Chronic Pain Medical Treatment Guidelines support an initial course of physical therapy with objective functional deficits and functional goals. The latest progress report noted that the patient has left upper extremity pain. The exam revealed moderate spasticity and tenderness over the flexor-extensor forearm. She has a positive compression of the left median and radial nerves of the extensor and flexor forearms. It was noted that she has not
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an essential part of the occupational therapy process. It facilitates the therapist’s choice of intervention with a client‚ provides the setting of a baseline and allows measurement of progress. When used as an outcome measure it permits evaluation of the effectiveness of an intervention. Indeed‚ whilst Hagedorn (2000) observes‚ an experienced therapist may find formal assessment simply verifies information gained from informal conversation‚ observation and good clinical knowledge‚ she also acknowledges
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I have not been directly involved in any situation in my field placement in which the ethical‚ legal‚ or values issues were challenged. However‚ I have had the opportunity to be a part of supervision in which the team discusses such ethical‚ legal and value issues workers might be experiencing. Most of the discussion are around how to approach certain clients and finding the best practice strategies. From hearing the individual client-worker stories‚ it has become evident of how frequent it is for
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evidence-based practice in occupational therapy include: -There may be valuable library services available and access to literature within the organisation making it easy and convenient for researching (McCluskey & Cusick‚ 2002). -There may be people already employed within
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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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The previous week in my practicum placement has been very rewarding. I have been able to start the fixed interval reinforcement schedule with my student. The increase in attentive listening skills during instruction over the last three weeks has resulted in increased learning. Discrete Trial Training (DTT) has been used with the student to teach colors and letter names‚ and the reinforcement used after each trail has been verbal praise. The student has struggled to learn colors and letters with traditional
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Philosophy at its very core refers to wisdom‚ learning‚ and the “study of the fundamental nature of knowledge‚ reality‚ and existence‚ especially when considered as an academic discipline” (Merriam-Webster). Philosophies are values that we live by and create as we go throughout our lives. We can create them ourselves‚ adopt old ones‚ and modify them all the time. Chances are that if you asked someone their philosophy on life‚ they wouldn’t really know what to say. There are certain types of philosophy
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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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