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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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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person engages in for personal satisfaction and pleasure (Hinojosa & Blount‚ 2014). Occupational therapy practitioners use purposeful activities as a method to restore function and compensation for functional impairment (Hinojosa & Blount‚ 2014). Before incorporating the meaningful occupation into the intervention plan‚ an analysis of the activity needs to be conducted. All the information received from the occupational profile must be taken into account when choosing a purposeful activity. The client
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life. “Occupational therapy is the health profession that focuses on maximizing a person’s ability to participate in life independently” (“April is”) . Some Occupational therapist work in school environments specializing in helping students improve daily tasks and allowing for an easier time learning in a school setting. I Occupational Therapy is a specialized type of therapy that focuses on the treatment and development of daily life skilled to improve one’s way of life. Many occupational therapist
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Occupational therapy (OT) is a client-centred profession with the primary objective of promoting health and wellbeing through occupation in people with neurological‚ musculoskeletal‚ or mental health issues (Hammond‚ 2004; Michaels & Orentlicher‚ 2006; Occupational Therapy Australia [OTA]‚ 2016). OTs frequently work as part of an integrated healthcare team in a range of public and private settings‚ including hospitals‚ medical rehabilitation units‚ psychiatric facilities‚ and schools (OTA‚ 2016)
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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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Many people might question the relationship between occupational therapy and physical therapy. Some think the professions are the same or that the terms are the same; there are a few different therapies for people who have been faced with a stroke‚ a disability‚ or any injury that has caused physical restrictions. The methods and techniques used in these therapies can overlap with each other‚ but both occupational therapy and physical therapy covers all aspects of the patient’s health including their
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individuals‚ and even less with an occupation based perspective. Occupational therapy and occupational science can offer a unique perspective in developing interventions that can assist these individuals‚ but there is a lack of awareness around social and occupational injustices within the U.S. Many occupational therapy programs do not offer experiences or perspectives that highlight the capacities of occupational therapy and occupational science within marginalized populations.
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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. Mental health is the primary cause of disability in the world. It can influence an individual’s ability to occupy in daily life activates but with
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