Occupational Outlook Handbook

If you love helping people, therapy would be a good career choice. When thinking of therapy, there are hundreds of different options. Choosing the one that best fits your personality and interests will probably be the hardest part of the process. If you can figure out which career in therapy best suits you, therapy can be an amazing career path to take. When finding one that best suits you, looking into the prerequisites may be stressful, but will also be very beneficial to you. Knowing what…

For years, mental health issues have been one of the major problems affecting persons in late adulthood. Scaffolding is one of the techniques that have been develop to help curb this problem by engaging older adults in cognitive and physical exercises. It can be defined as,’’ a process that results in changes in brain function through strengthening of existing connections, formation of new connections, and disuse of connections that have become weak or faulty’’ (Park & Reuter-Lorenz, 2009). One…

My core values and beliefs are the nurturing, open-mindedness, and being respectful. I believe as an occupational therapy assistant (OTA), we need to be neutral and nonjudgmental at all times. My youngest sister has helped me to choose the path I had chosen. She is 21 years old with special needs. She is finally done high school and now she will be going to college. She has Autism and has not always been treated by professionals with optimal respect and care. Once this had happened, I knew I…

Breann Powell is an eighteen year old female and she is currently an Occupational Therapy student at Worcester State University. For this profile she filled out a “time study” that she recorded her activities for four days, an interest check list that she labeled different activities as a casual interest, a strong interest, or no interest, and she took a life balance inventory which gives life balance scores based on what she is interested in and how often she gets to do those things. Roles and…

supports to get his speech, fine motor skills, and patience to grade level. As the speech-language pathologist murmured to Joe (the occupational therapist) that Juan had bit her last week, Juan had snuck over to the faucet to pour a cup of water. When I nudged Joe to Juan 's attention, Joe snatched a handful of paper towels. “Juan, I have a game for you.” The occupational therapist sat him down and squashed the towels into the cup. Joe wrung the towel into a bowl on the table, and asked Juan to…

which they occur (Thompson & Kent, 2014). Environments can shape occupational participation and help provide appropriate services for clients to promote occupational performance. There is a direct correlation between a person and the environment (Beagan, 2015). The way a person’s life intertwines with the dimensions of culture and environment can be positive or negative, due to barriers or opportunities they are afforded. Occupational therapists work with people to address these barriers and…

Everyday, someone, somewhere has a chance of getting injured. Seeking for help, many people come to see a physical therapist, also known as a “PT” for short. Physical Therapists help all types of patients no matter the age to become even stronger than they were before getting injured. Part of becoming a PT is having: self control, dependability, integrity, and concern for others. Physical therapists' services have a positive impact on health-related quality of life. A Physical Therapist carries…

life. After her hospitalization, the patient has been receiving occupational therapy services at a skilled nursing facility. The rehab program will last for 12 weeks addressing any deficits so that that patient can be functionally independent again. The patient is currently on the third week of the rehabilitation program. Current level of function: Right…

that are experiencing musculoskeletal pain and are at risk of a delayed recovery leading to longer absence from work, restriction in function and pain. (Hocking, McAuley & Maher 2008; Sattelmayer, Lorenz, Roder & Hilfiger, 2011). OMPQ is used by occupational therapist’s with clients who are effected by pain problems that are resulting in decreased performance at work and/or increase work absence (Brown 2008). The assessment tool is a self-administered questionnaire containing 25 questions. 21…

these kids never had an opportunity to go to a school or receive basic education. I worked closely with the educators and social worker to enroll these kids at a local school and provide housing at a local orphanage. Furthermore, my role as an occupational therapist was to assess these kids for learning disability, post-traumatic stress disorder, mental and/or physical disability, and provide interventions to help them succeed in their life. Some of these children had been through physical…