Occupational therapy

Why the profession of occupational therapy will flourish in the 21st century. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 51(1), 11-24. Retrieved from http://ajot.aota.org/article.aspx?articleid=1861753 Summary It has been believed that occupation has a therapeutic effect on humans since the founding of Occupational Therapy. Occupation can be defined as the relationship between occupational form and occupational performance. Occupational performance is the doing and occupational form is the…

Universal Design Decrecia Nevels Concorde Career College OTAP 1360 Occupational Therapy in Physical Dysfunction 07/18/2016 Abstract This paper explores the ideology and concept of universal design including its history, implementation and how it is used in today’s society. Other areas that will be examined in this research paper include the how universal design is used as a treatment tool in occupational therapy as well as the population and/or diagnosis it is used to treat. …

well-being to a client, occupational therapy practitioners must keep in mind how much an occupation means to their client when establishing an intervention. A client may not be successful in the intervention set by a practitioner if it does not benefit the client’s desired occupation because the client may become irritated with the intervention and then lose the willingness to participate. Therefore, understanding how meaningful an occupation is to a client is vital in occupational therapy…

Introduction The idea of occupations began to emerge during the moral treatment movement (cite). The main purpose of the movement was to provide humane care for the mentally ill. After 100 years, the idea of occupations gave rise to the occupational therapy profession which provides rehabilitative services to people across the lifespan to participate in the things they want and need to do through the therapeutic use of everyday occupations (cite). Occupations are influenced by four…

make good money, which will help out in the future. Athletic Trainers work with athletes, and I love athletes. But, Occupational Therapists work with special needs children, which is important in this day of age. This is why, instead of being a Physical Therapist or an Athletic Trainer, I’m going to be an Occupational Therapist. Physical Therapists, Athletic Trainers, and Occupational Therapists all have different tasks. Physical Therapists (PT) are highly trained professionals that help…

be an occupational therapist assistant. I had dreams of becoming a nurse and following my passion of science. I became a certified nursing assistant in hopes of becoming a nurse then began to realize I didn’t like nursing as much as I assumed I would, but this exposed me to occupational therapy. I quickly realized I wanted to be an occupational therapist assistant where I could see personally the results of my efforts, and spend more time with patients impacting their life, as the occupational…

started looking into some sort of therapy after the Minnesota High School hockey player Jack Jablonski was paralyzed in a hockey game. I scheduled a job shadow with a therapist so that I could observe the profession to see if it was something that I was interested in pursuing. After following the Occupational Therapist for the day I realized that what I had observed was very interesting. I scheduled another appointment and my interest in Occupational Therapy continued from there.…

the provocative question, “Is Occupational Therapy a sufficiently vital and unique service for medicine to support and society to reward” (Reilly,1962, p.3)? Reilly suggests it is precisely these critical questions and line of discourse that we as practitioners need to be embracing to maintain our unique and vital contribution to the healthcare…

Upon reflection of the time I have spent studying Occupational Therapy (OT) this year, I realised that the view of occupational therapy that I had developed from the time I had spent job shadowing, although not entirely incorrect, was certainly misguided. Initially my understanding of OT was rudimentary and lacked both insight into what OT could achieve and the importance of occupations to OT. When I consider my view of OT now, it has not only altered, but the profession and its associated…

I am thinking about going into occupational therapy assistant, upon graduation. I am looking at St. Catherine University in St Paul. I first heard about St. Catherine University on the internet. I typed in occupational therapy assistant schools on the internet, where I came across a website which listed every single school in the nation that has accredited occupational therapy assistant program. The list provided me with the name of the city, address, phone number and the email of the counselor,…