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    Exercise Science is Occupational Therapy. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Outlook Handbook, Occupational Therapists treat injured, ill or disabled patients through the therapeutic use of everyday activities. This specific type of therapy began to slowly surface around the 17000’s. This was during the time where mentally ill were treated horribly and were dangerous to civilization. Two men, William Tuke and Phillipe Pinel began to change the way mentally ill people were treated. Based on the article, The History of Occupational Therapy, Pinel and Tuke began what was called “Moral Treatment and Occupation” to treat the mentally ill. Later…

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    What Does an Occupational Therapist Do? An occupational therapist is a health care professional who helps their clients overcome activity and occupation barriers. Occupational therapists work with different kinds of clients in different settings. The Typical Occupational Therapist Most occupational therapists work for health care organizations, such as hospitals or physician offices. Their primary job is to help acutely ill or injured patients recover and improve basic life skills. They do this…

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    wrote “The Heart, Mind, and Soul of Professionalism in Occupational Therapy” to help Occupational Therapist Practitioners to balance heart mind, and soul into the profession. From her own experiences, she has learned that if these three key elements are not included in practicing in Occupational Therapy it will not give the clients the desired outcomes. The intended audience for this article are Occupational Therapist Practitioners. Main Points The first main point that Wood explains is the…

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    Upon conducting a job search on the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs website, I came across the job opening for an Occupational Therapist Amputation Rehab Coordinator at your facility. After going through the requirements and qualifications listed, I concluded, I would be a valuable candidate for this position and it would be a great pleasure to be a member of your professional team at the Regional Amputation Center. As a recent graduate as a generalist occupational therapist from Bay Path…

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    As I entered college, I knew I wanted to be an Occupational Therapist. I also knew that I must have a job while going to school because college tuition is expensive and my extra circular activity requires me to pay dues. I feel like my stress level nearly double since being in college. I remember my high school teacher telling my class that college is much harder. I think that they partially correct. I do not think college is academically harder, yes they are challenging, but I am taking courses…

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    Occupational therapy helps people to overcome or maintain what impairs them in everyday life. Listening to what the client needs, then providing a safe way for the client to perform daily activities. Giving clients the skills that are needed to function that have been lost due to work related injury, aging, disease, surgery, physical and mental disabilities. Explain your interest in becoming an Occupational Therapy Assistant. I really want to help people. A friend told how…

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    My absolute goal would be to become an occupational therapist. I plan on working in this career until I retire and the military has set me up for success. They are many routes possible I can take achieve this goal. To personally prepare myself, there are certain steps in order for me to take to get there. Time and training will benefit me as well to make sure that I am successful as an occupational therapist. My first steps would be to complete my certification as a OT technician, and work in…

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    The end result of the business is to provide individuals with severe mental illnesses supported employment in a community-based setting. The individuals we serve would receive occupational therapy services in a café setting within the community dedicated to developing vocational skills for individuals with a variety of mental health diagnoses obtain and thrive at a job that works for and with them. The expertise of occupational therapists will apply the client's unique skills to job…

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    Occupational therapists treat the ill and disabled through therapeutic use of everyday activities. They work to develop, improve, and recover skills necessary for the patient’s daily living. Important qualities for an occupational therapist include compassion, communication skills, writing skills, creativity, flexibility, and patience. A therapist must be able to communication through both speech and writing in order to properly execute treatment, as well as explain the treatment to the patient…

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    Personal Statement For the longest time I aspired to be an Occupational Therapist. A month ago, I noticed that wasn’t the journey I desired to take. I kept asking myself, “why?” what made me heartfelt about that career in the first place? Then it dawned on me, people. It took me quite some time to realize that this was the path I wanted to take. I always knew I wanted to obtain a masters but I wasn’t quite sure in which area I wanted to study. After volunteering at the hospital, I realized that…

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