Serious academic setback can often leave a serious impact on an individual’s academic career, life, and possibility derailing him from achieving their dream job. Overcoming such adversity involves overcoming the setbacks and learning from the adversity and using them to shape your life in a constructive manner. The experience I gain through the academic setback have helped me overcome adversity and the work and volunteering experience I gain prepared me to become a successful student in the master of occupational therapy graduate program.
My academic setback began when I allowed myself to ignore the subpar GPA of my freshman year at University of Maryland (UMD), and continue to follow other bad-example students. These irresponsible actions …show more content…
I worked in a one on one basis with children with autism under the supervision of autism specialists. I found the challenge of working with children with autism spectrum disorder to be not only challenging but also fascinating. I was able to learn to stay patient and figured out different tricks to get a child with autism to be better at following my direction or spend more time on an activity. The rewarding experience volunteering for the Children’s developmental program drive me to learn more about occupational therapy. So, I pursued a volunteering position for a summer occupational therapy camp with The Treatment and Learning Center, a local non-for profit organization, at a local private school for children with learning differences. In this camp, I was able to work directly with occupational therapists, assist them with the planned daily therapeutic activities, and interact with children with special needs to help improve the children’s sensory, motor and language skills. Experience gained working at the camp helped me gain a better understanding the pediatric side of occupational therapy, especially occupational therapists who work with children with special needs. The experience I gain observe therapist seeing that focus of every exercise, and activity on improving the quality of life of each
My academic setback began when I allowed myself to ignore the subpar GPA of my freshman year at University of Maryland (UMD), and continue to follow other bad-example students. These irresponsible actions …show more content…
I worked in a one on one basis with children with autism under the supervision of autism specialists. I found the challenge of working with children with autism spectrum disorder to be not only challenging but also fascinating. I was able to learn to stay patient and figured out different tricks to get a child with autism to be better at following my direction or spend more time on an activity. The rewarding experience volunteering for the Children’s developmental program drive me to learn more about occupational therapy. So, I pursued a volunteering position for a summer occupational therapy camp with The Treatment and Learning Center, a local non-for profit organization, at a local private school for children with learning differences. In this camp, I was able to work directly with occupational therapists, assist them with the planned daily therapeutic activities, and interact with children with special needs to help improve the children’s sensory, motor and language skills. Experience gained working at the camp helped me gain a better understanding the pediatric side of occupational therapy, especially occupational therapists who work with children with special needs. The experience I gain observe therapist seeing that focus of every exercise, and activity on improving the quality of life of each