Summary: Freddie a 19-year-old Caucasian male, is diagnosed with schizophrenia, paranoid type with acute psychosis. He lives with his mother in an apartment in the suburbs and was recently suspended from work 2 ½ weeks ago. Freddie has been becoming gradually more psychotic over the past 2 weeks. He has been experiencing auditory hallucinations and delusions. An assessment was done on Freddie called an Interest checklist. The results were that he has a strong level of interest in exercising, cooking and doing arts and crafts. He would like to pursue these interest again. However, presents with the following problem list that has had him refrain from doing his favorite things and returning to work.…
Bauer, M, Gakskell, G (2000) Qualitative Researching with text, image and sound: A Practical Handbook…
The field of physical therapy requires the ability to relate well to people, not only in a physician - patient scenario, but also in the constant interaction with other health care professionals. It aims to restore movement and function, relieve pain, and prevent illness and injury. APTA’s vision for physical therapy “transforming society by optimizing movement to improve the human experience” means differently for every motivated future physical therapist. For me, this vision means changing society by addressing each patient’s needs differently than the next patient. Keeping this notion in mind will help me achieve my goals as a future physical therapist.…
caregivers how to provide for the needs of a patient during a therapy. I picked it…
I have always known I wanted to work in the healthcare field, but with so many…
I wish to become an occupational therapist – a low-vision occupational therapist – first and foremost based on my personal experience with overcoming adversity associated with being visually impaired myself. When I was nine months old, I was involved in a car accident that left me legally blind in both eyes. Throughout my life I have continually faced challenges – both simple and more complex – and have found a way through most. I want to be able to help those who are going through very similar circumstances as I have, and be a part of the process that sees them gain independence throughout their daily lives. It can be difficult for a health care professional in any field to truly know what their client is feeling, seeing, thinking, wanting,…
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 or adjust to their particular problems. In practice, however, occupational therapy encompasses a wide range of environments and duties. An Occupational Therapist might work with infants, children, adults, or the elderly. Or, they might aid a patient recovering from an injury or when living with a permanent health condition. The patient’s challenges may be completely physical or primarily mental. The setting could be an office, a hospital, a school or the patient’s own home.…
Occupational therapy assistants and occupational therapist, work in a variety of places like hospitals, schools, nursing homes and private practice. Occupational therapist have a interesting and busy career because of their work environment, education and training, skills, and salary.…
Successful occupational therapists not only present personal skills and traits that help them to be successful throughout their career, but they also know how to use those skills and traits and combine them into their patients’ lives, helping them to achieve and succeed as well. As an occupational therapist, you will only succeed after your clients’ do.…
The experience that had a big impact on my life is going to medical camp. The medical camp was held at our local hospital. The camp allowed me to tour the hospital and speak to workers in various positions throughout the hospital. To get into the program I had to write an essay and have a GPA of 3.5 or better. At camp I was the youngest and the only African American there. While there it opened up my eyes to many other jobs in the hospital that interested me. Prior to going I wanted to be a Pediatrician, but while attending I found two other professions that interest me. The first profession is Occupational Therapy. Occupational Therapy is for people who go through surgery or get into an accident and try to relearn activities of daily living…
Occupational scientists study the “phenomenological aspects of occupation through qualitative research”. Occupational scientists focus on human occupation and study humans as occupational beings. This means that there is not one direct way to study occupations but rather many ways in studying occupations. This involves studying the different aspects of occupations by asking individuals about their experiences when accomplishing tasks. These different aspects include the subjective individual experiences, meanings behind participating in occupations, and bodily experiences when engaging in occupations. It is important to study these qualitative aspects along with the study of observable quantitative aspects because they go hand-in-hand with…
I was given the opportunity to learn basic research methodology through my undergraduate Social Work degree. A graduate program would allow me to build upon this knowledge in order to not only perform research projects but also to evaluate the work of others.…
In life there are many aspects that are a part of everyday life. Each day everyone grows and experiences new things which aid in their development both at a young age and in the older ages as well. One topic that seems to be an important stepping stone when it comes to development is fine-motor skills. These skills are ones that we come to use in everyday life and are important in helping us develop cognitively. The reason I chose this topic is because this topic is a very crucial part of developing and when kids are lacking in this area, they seem to have difficulties in other areas of life as they grow. This is something that I believe I will be seeing in my field of work, occupational therapy quite frequently. I want to work with kids and…
In my opinion Occupational therapists play a vital role in each and every one of their patients’ lives. Their work can make subtle or drastic changes in the lives of their patients, affecting each of them in a different way, ultimately making it easier to live life. They work with individuals who have limitations or difficulty in their ability to perform activities used in daily living. These patients may include but are not limited to individuals who suffer from birth defects, emotional or developmental problems, a physical injury, a stroke, and diseases. Occupational Therapy fosters to the age, condition, and severity of the individual. When targeting younger patients Occupational Therapists establish crucial behaviors to guide their patients and help them develop the basic skills needed to perform certain tasks that will be used for the…
When I told my friends and family that I wanted to become and occupational therapist, they all thought I was going to giving sponge baths to the elderly for a living. Little did they know that occupational therapy is one of the most rewarding careers if you’re someone who loves to help people better themselves. More specifically, I wanted to become an OT that specialized in working with children. I find that most people believe occupational therapy is more prevalent with the elderly than it is with children. I find this disappointing because I feel as though in some ways, OT is more important with children than it is with the elderly.…