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    Description of intervention sessions The Occupational Therapy Fast Track Protocol form guided Ms. Casey’s intervention throughout her stay in hospital‚ as it provided a checklist of tasks to be carried out by the OT student with Ms. Casey to make sure that all OT goals had been achieved upon discharge‚ and to ensure that she had no additional OT needs when returning home. Day 1: On day 1 post surgery‚ The OT and OT student visited Ms. Casey‚ and reminded her of the role of OT and how the fast

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    wellness have been identified as one of the outcomes of occupational therapy intervention in the AOTA (2008b) “Occupational Therapy Practice Framework”. Cognitive functioning‚ psychological health‚ and positive social networks are maintained by participating in occupations (Hocking‚2013). Engaging in meaningful occupations promote the health and well-being of individuals. Simple assumptions regarding occupation and health stated by occupational therapists are rarely challenged and are held to be true

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    The two courses I have chosen are: Occupational Therapy and Computational Mathematics. I have chosen Occupational Therapy as will give the opportunity to learn within a small cohort which means there will be more support from my professors. It will also help me gain skills in problem solving and analysis‚ help me develop skills in teamwork and help me recognize the expanding types of work for occupational therapists. Also‚ I am interested in Occupational Therapy simply because I would love to make

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    Finding the occupational therapy assistant program at CCAC has helped me dedicate myself to a very important career path. While in high school at South Park‚ I was on the swim team and was the captain during my last year. While being involved with swimming‚ I also taught swimming lessons to children for five years. I have also been a dedicated employee at the South Park Clubhouse for the past six years and I’m still there. For two years of high school‚ I volunteered at a nonprofit haunted house‚

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    grew to understand and appreciate the importance of meaningful occupation to our health and well-being following my grandmother’s hip fracture. Although my grandmother’s condition was poor‚ she was eagerly anticipating her return to the vegetable field. Unfortunately‚ the lack of rehabilitative services that are necessary to treat injury and disability left my grandmother confined to her bed for several months. It was troublesome watching her happiness deteriorate. Romania’s limited access to appropriate

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    your life that you have lost due to your inability to function? Who will help you and care for you when you don’t know what to do‚ how to do it‚ or where to even start? Ever since I was a little girl‚ my parents have instilled in me the importance of health‚ helping others‚ and making a difference in people’s lives. This is one of the many reasons I have chosen Occupational Therapy as my future career. It has always been my mission to be there for others in whatever way possible. It gives me great

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    Cultural Diversity Occupational therapy assistants must realize that an individual’s culture plays a large role in who they are as a person and what their occupations are. The cultural contexts of an individual can impinge the individual’s sociocultural‚ socioeconomic‚ and diversity in lifestyle. This being said‚ occupational therapy assistants should be aware that their client’s culture impacts their occupational performance and their ability to participate in meaningful occupations during the

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    Trends in Healthcare Yoga and Occupational Therapy Miguel A. Rivas 204050801 Introduction Yoga is another healing modality that helps with the body-mind connection‚ which has been around‚ and has been practiced for thousands of years; this type of therapy is a combination of specific methods designed to develop every aspect of the individual: physical‚ emotional‚ intellectual‚ and spiritual. This type of therapy is a holistic system that integrates

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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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    bodies are not functioning properly. An Occupational Therapy Assistant must understand the body’s structures and functions in order to assist clients in their performance in light of their clients’ limitations. Modifying clients’ everyday activities‚ an Occupational Therapy Assistant may suggest for individuals to use community mobility by bus rather than independent transportation; clients with disabilities may not have the capacity to drive. While an Occupational Therapist Assistant’s role is in part

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