The American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) defines occupations as “Various kinds of life activities in which individuals, groups or populations engage, including activities of daily living, instrumental activities of daily living, rest and sleep, education, work, play, leisure, and social participation” (American Occupational Therapy Association, 2014). Two of the most important occupations that an individual engages in are activities of daily living (ADLs) and instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs). The term ADL refers to tasks that are almost automatic and involve taking care of one’s own personal health, while the term IADL refers to tasks that involve both the home and the community. (AOTA, 2014). Low vision is a growing health condition that can have a substantial impact on the performance of such daily occupations.…
The objective of this paper is to discuss in detail why Occupational Therapy Assistant is my program of choice. My Program The American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) defines Occupational therapy as the “only profession that helps people across the lifespan to do the things they want and need to do…
I will be assessing the “Discover Careers that Fit You” inventory found at http://www.collegecareerlifeplanning.com/Documents/4%20Career%20Planning/b%20InterestSkillsNeeds/Holland.pdf and the career profile assessment at https://jobseeker.ohiomeansjobs.monster.com/ExploreIt/Default.aspx. The purpose of taking these assessment was to look at your interests and identify careers that match your interests that you expressed in the inventory. The “Discover Careers That Fit You” inventory utilizes a career interest inventory that then is scored and creates your Holland Code. This code is then used to identify three Holland Code Groups that you match.…
Entering a professional carrer it is extremely important to consider the reason of choosing the carrer in the first place. It is essential that your actions are acctuated by not someone's influences or actions but, rather introspection. A primary tool that one uses while introspecting, is retrospection. John Lenon used to play guitar for hours while his aunt used to work in the kitchen. At times, she would be so annoyed by the sounds that she would humiliate John for staying idle and Jobless at home.…
In occupational therapy, Model of Human Occupation (MOHO) and Person- Environment- Occupational Performance (PEOP) Model are two fundamental frameworks. MOHO was developed from 1960s onwards by Dr. Gary Kielhofner, which was the first occupation- based model to explain occupation and occupational problems, while PEOP is a client- centred and top- down model, focusing on the relationship between individual, group and community since 1980s. In this essay, these two models will be compared and contrasted in regard to their basic assumption, components and application. To begin with, MOHO and PEOP have different basic assumption.…
Everyday tasks that are carried out by most people can be taken for granted, including getting dressed or even combing the hair. However, these jobs can become difficult for individuals suffering from mental, social and physical health problems. Occupational therapists can help them get back to having a satisfactory quality of life. The primary role of an occupational therapist is to provide a service to improve and maintain patient’s skills that will help them with their day to day activities resulting in enhancing their quality of life.…
After breaking my arm, a couple of years ago I was restricted in participating in many activities and this made me realise how much of our everyday activities we take for granted. What also came to my attention was how our physical and mental health ,in addition to our social environment, can affect our capability of carrying out daily living activities. For example,personal care, domestic tasks, socialising, and work. From this moment, the physical function of the human body has been an interest of mine. Having always wanted to enter a health profession career, what drew me towards Occupational Therapy was the diversity that the course offered from working in rehabilitation clinics, hospitals and care homes.…
The “Occupational Therapy Practice Framework: Domain and Process” (American Occupational Therapy Association, 2014) stresses the importance of how occupation, performance patterns and skills, and contexts influence a client’s occupational performance. One of the biggest occupational performances that is hindered is the occupation of activities of daily living (ADL). ADLs may be affected because of balance problems, fatigue, or muscle impairments, so bathing, dressing, and functional mobility may be impacted (American Occupational Therapy Association, 2014). Work is another occupation that will be highly affected because clients cannot return to work until they are cleared by a doctor and job performances may be declined. Leisure, social participation, sleep, and instrumental activities of daily living are also affected to some degree (Powell et al., 2016).…
Outlining Profession Preparing for the future is an exciting but complicated experience. I am currently attending Kaplan University as the first step to becoming a dietitian. As a dietitian I may work in a variety of settings, including schools, long term care facilities, hospitals, community/public health facilities, corporate nutrition programs, the food and nutrition industry, sports nutrition or business (My Plan, 2016). After schooling I will have obtained the skills to expertly explain nutrition issues to clients, assess the dietary and health needs of clients, develop meal plans for clients, measure the effects of the meal plans, promote nutrition through public speaking and community outreach programs, and keep up with the latest research…
Introduction: The Model of Human Occupation is a commonly used model in occupational therapy practice. This model will be the focus of the paper and was chosen because it is a large aspect of occupational therapy. Although I have learned about this model in different classes, I wanted to learn more about it on my own to further understand about the use of it in practice. This being said, I chose a quantitative research article on MOHO.…
Professional Identity Reflection Hui An Old Dominion University Professional Identity Reflection Professional Identity Development As we all know, professional identity shows our attitudes, beliefs, experiences, and ideal about our career. As a human services student, I started to explore the field before I changed my major to human services and took my first human services class. I believe that my professional identity is developing and changing all the time as time goes by, and it is important for me to develop my professional identity during my academic years and my internship year.…
Creating a professional identity is a topic that sounds so far fetch and it sounds like it would take a person their entire career to establish it. Of course as humans we have trouble with the idea of needing to changes or to live up to people expectations of you. I’m glad to say that we don’t have to live up to anyone expectation; however, in order to make the final decision to establish the foundation of your professional identity we must look with ourselves to find that professional identity. Professional identity has been mold and implemented in within us from our guardians, grandparents, parents, or anyone that has a large impact in your life.…
This realisation showed me the versatility of the roles of an occupational therapist within any work environment which in turn makes occupational therapists important within many industries and not just within the health sector. After defining occupational therapy and identifying the roles of an occupational therapist we began exploring the different aspects within the definition of occupational therapy by defining the client centred approach and discussing the importance of occupations in a person’s daily…
Most people’s automatic reaction when thinking about their future occupation is to consider what they love doing to be the top priority. However, Gordon Marino, professor of philosophy at St. Olaf College and editor of “The Quotable Kierkegaard”, believes that this should not be the case. He wrote on the subject in his article titled “A Life Beyond ‘Do What You Love’”, which was published in The New York Times on May 17, 2014. His purpose in writing this article was to express his thoughts on the ethicality of choosing love over necessity and to advise those people on jobs and people thinking about future occupational options. Mr. Marino argues that the statement “do what you love” is an elitist aspect of our culture that degrades the inherent…
The Model of Human Occupation is a model used to further understand the person as they relate to their environment. The three major aspects of this model are person, environment, and occupational performance. Each aspect has individual components. The interaction of person, environment, and occupational performance is called occupational behavior. To demonstrate the use of this model, I will analyze an occupation I find meaningful.…