Personal Reflection: Therapeutic Assessments

My strengths were to name a few, establishing and maintaining a therapeutic rapport with client and relevant others to gather information; using appropriate information gathering tools and methods to develop an occupational profile; adapting assessments according to the client needs, precautions, and level of care; and seeking assistance from experience professionals in situations beyond entry-level to acquire about a client occupational performance. My weaknesses included to name a few, communicating with policy-makers and advocating with relevant parties regarding clients’ needs; adjusting intervention methods, technique, and/or task demands during session in response to variances from a child’s or caregiver’s anticipated responses; and understanding indications and contraindications interventions for enabling feeding and eating skills based on …show more content…
There were a lot of questions especially pediatric questions that I feel like I do not have any skills in that certain area because I just started pediatric rotation and the experience have not presented itself. At my last SNF rotation and my current rotation, only the speech therapist worked on feeding. I know additional studying is needed in my weak areas to gain knowledge. In general, there were questions that I generally have clinical skills under supervision but I felt like I need more practice to stand on my own and implement the skill at entry-level competence. I am grateful for this assignment as it showed me my areas of weakness and now have to figure out a way to incorporate these results into my studying for the NBCOT. The results from this assessment can help me become a better practitioner. I will take the advice of completing self-assessments regularly once I begin working as it will allow me to know in what areas I need to do a little more research. This will help be to maintain competent in all areas of occupational