Personal Narrative: My Area Of Interest In Occupational Therapy

My Area of Interest in OT
My specific area of interest in occupational therapy is in pediatrics; learning disabled pediatrics to be exact. One reason is because I myself suffered from a certain type learning disability when I was younger. Another is because of all the variety of issues the kids of today are facing today, I feel like I can be more than just a therapist to help them I can be a friend. Finally in addition to helping the much needed kids with issues and disabilities, it would be extremely gratifying to see the parents at ease knowing their child or children are receiving the help they need.
When I was younger around the age of seven or eight years old I myself was diagnosed with ADHD; Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder. Of course at the time I had no idea, my parents never told me about my diagnosis. Which by the way I feel like it would’ve helped me to know about in order to better try and correct my problems. At the time I felt like the therapy and tutoring was all focused on improving my …show more content…
Right now in life for the first time I’m going to be a father and I cannot explain the nervousness of what’s to come. Am I going to be a good father? Am I always going to be able to help my future son with whatever he needs? These are questions that are coming to me now, I can’t imagine later on. My parents did their best to find treatment for me when I was younger and for the most part it worked. I didn’t end up in gangs on the street of dropping out of school or anything like that but my grades still weren’t that good, and feel like college wouldn’t have been so hard if from the early on I had been more school oriented. That being said I cannot amount how proud of me my parents are that I am finally doing something with my life and am doing better in school and I would be privileged to be part of a team giving this same joy to parents day in and day out as my