Now that you have completed your experience‚ what are your general feelings and thoughts about it? It was exciting to represent the occupational therapy department by volunteering at San Pedro Commons. What surprised me most was the amount of time it took before we (a team of four SJSU occupational therapy students) were able to orient ourselves‚ interact with the residents‚ and start the interventions. The first four weeks we mainly dealt with logistics‚ learned about the MidPen organization‚ and
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Occupational Therapy‚ which is a form of therapy that is used for patients to recuperate from a mental or physical illness that rehabilitates them to perform activities needed in day to day life‚ and is the best career to pursue for natural people lovers. It offers several job benefits that your typical full time job does not. Occupational Therapists (OT’s) and Occupational Therapy Assistants (COTA) work with hands on drills that act as rehabilitation to later help patients master the skill of putting
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“The role Occupational Therapy plays in the lives of children with physical disabilities” 2.1 Introduction This literature review will address the currently existing‚ up to date literature on how the role of an occupational therapist improves the lives of children with physical disabilities. In addition‚ this review will compare the different treatment plans for children that are designed in order to improve their self esteem‚ quality of life and their independence. It will also include how those
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The subtopic chosen will examine the educational programs impact on preparing occupational students in the field. This subtopic is significant to the research topic because it will demonstrate the aspects of preparedness and competence are related to performance in enter both fieldwork and clinical work. The specific research topic that was chosen was the motivation‚ competence‚ and preredness of occupational therapy students when they enter the working field. This paper will describe a brief literature
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Occupational Therapy is a Viable Part of Healthcare Occupational therapy is the practice of teaching how to do daily tasks as independently as possible along with hobbies and other activities a client wishes to do. This a very important stage of recovery for the patient’s well-being mentally and physically. These clients have been through a traumatic event such as a car wreck or have received a life changing diagnosis like parkinson’s disease. Occupational therapy should be a well-respected profession
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Occupational therapy (OT) helps people function in environments‚ such as home‚ work‚ school‚ or within his or her community‚ by addressing the physical‚ psychological‚ and cognitive needs of his or her well-being through engagement in everyday activities. In short‚ occupational therapy helps those live life to its fullest no matter their health or disabilities. Occupational therapists typically provide interventions to clients in the settings where they will likely engage in daily activities the
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(ADLs) are absolutely imperative for optimal well-being. Therefore‚ an occupational therapists (OT)s‚ who is specially trained to maintain or
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What is Occupational Therapy? Not just a few short months ago I could not have fully answered this question. Now I am asking people with no prior knowledge questions about it. Considering that it is still growing and changing I did not expect people to know every detail of the profession‚ but I did think they would have some knowledge of the job. The answers I got surprised me to say the least. Interviewing people about this career field was very eye opening. Nobody really knew what occupational
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Occupational Therapy: What Puts it Above the Rest Occupational Therapy is one among many other therapeutic ways in which to correct a physical or mental problem. This type of therapy could be defined as “a form of therapy for those recuperating from physical or mental illness that encourages rehabilitation through the performance of activities required in daily life.” Through occupational therapy‚ there is hope to regain majority to full use in the area that was damaged. There are many different
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Occupational therapists provide skilled care to clients of all ages with dysphagia. Occupational therapists are trained professional that help individuals achieve independence in all aspects of their lives. A few of the health conditions that benefit from occupational therapy include: work-related injuries including lower back problems‚ limitations following a stroke or heart attack‚ arthritis‚ multiple sclerosis‚ or other serious chronic conditions‚ birth injuries‚ learning problems‚ or developmental
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