Batson We toured Batson’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) and Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) first. I arrived late to the tour so I almost missed the NICU. What I seen of it was that it was very interesting, and the babies looked super fragile. I was thinking the whole time that I should keep my mouth shut and my hands to myself because I would break the little babies. The NICU Occupational Therapist (OT) was very informative about what each baby diagnoses, and what kind of treatments they were receiving through occupational therapy. The portion that I saw of the NICU made me realize that it was not the place for me because I am not careful enough to handle a fragile baby, but they were super cute. The next therapist took us
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I never knew that we had places like this located in Mississippi. When I first arrived on to their campus I pulled up and noticed three very small rundown buildings. We walked into the preschool building where the OT greeted us and took us to the work building. They showed us where adults with disabilities come to work or play. They are allowed to assemble items like a factory and receive money for the amount of items they assemble. I personally have never seen anything even similar to this before I was given the chance to go on this tour. The facilities were very rundown and really needed some renovations, but they are base off of donations which limits them to what they can or cannot do. Also the work building of Willowood had very limited occupational therapy intervention if any. We also saw the preschool part of Willowood which is a great opportunity for someone searching for a preschool that has an occupational therapist helping out. The occupational therapist at Willowood has a lot of involvement in the preschool and attempts to work with all the children there even if they have no diagnosis. Also the OT had a really nice gym which had a lot of sensory and treatment activates that would be helpful for any child. I really enjoyed my time at Willowood because it was very informative and allowed me to see an aspect of Mississippi that I never knew existed. I would never work their either
I never knew that we had places like this located in Mississippi. When I first arrived on to their campus I pulled up and noticed three very small rundown buildings. We walked into the preschool building where the OT greeted us and took us to the work building. They showed us where adults with disabilities come to work or play. They are allowed to assemble items like a factory and receive money for the amount of items they assemble. I personally have never seen anything even similar to this before I was given the chance to go on this tour. The facilities were very rundown and really needed some renovations, but they are base off of donations which limits them to what they can or cannot do. Also the work building of Willowood had very limited occupational therapy intervention if any. We also saw the preschool part of Willowood which is a great opportunity for someone searching for a preschool that has an occupational therapist helping out. The occupational therapist at Willowood has a lot of involvement in the preschool and attempts to work with all the children there even if they have no diagnosis. Also the OT had a really nice gym which had a lot of sensory and treatment activates that would be helpful for any child. I really enjoyed my time at Willowood because it was very informative and allowed me to see an aspect of Mississippi that I never knew existed. I would never work their either