Occupational therapy

Occupational therapists treat injured, ill, or disabled patients through the therapeutic use of everyday activities which help individuals accomplish day-to-day tasks. Occupational therapists is treatment to help people as independently as possible Occupational therapists help people of all ages of fully engaged in their daily lives, from their work and recreation to activities of daily living like getting dressed, cooking, eating and driving. Therapists teach these patients skills such as…

students. After meticulous research on possible career paths based on my interests, I came to an answer for all of these questions--I desired to pursue a career in occupational therapy. It is an occupational therapist’s job to aid patients develop, recover, and improve skills needed for daily living and working. It is required that occupational therapist possess exceptional people skills and a strong desire to help people rehabilitate from physical and mental injuries. So, the question presents…

Standards of Practice for Occupational Therapy, are defined as “the requirements for occupational therapists and occupational therapy assistants for the delivery of occupational therapy services” (American Occupational Therapy Association, 1998). There are four standards of practices, Professional Standing and Responsibility, Screening, Evaluation, and Reevaluation, Intervention Process, and Transition, Discharge, and Outcome Measurement. As I transition from COTA to Occupational Therapist, many…

Informed Consent to Therapy and Terminating Therapy at the Hebrew Home. A conduct that is important at the Hebrew Home is 1.04 Informal Resolution of Ethical Violations. This conduct covers a situation where a psychologists has suspicion that another psychologist is violating ethical principles. As a resolution, the suspicious psychologist must bring it to the attention…

traumatic and abusive situations. Even with a great deal of patience, endurance, and training in the art of therapy, therapists are still vulnerable to the effects of trauma and stress during and after sessions with clients. In order to grasp how stress effects a therapist, it is important to clarify some terminology debated by phycology scholars, explain the mental and physical results of occupational stress, and creatively find ways to reduce the negative…

their focus as an occupational therapist is to help students become more independent individuals. The therapist will meet with students that may have a hard time grasping objects. For example, a student will practice on picking up cotton balls with tweezers, eat using utensils, or attempt to use scissors, to improve their motor skills. Someone that is considering becoming a licensed occupational therapist must obtain a master’s degree. The “coursework in occupational therapy programs includes…

Occupational therapy treatments are billed using approved Current Procedural Terminology codes (American Medical Association, 2018). Both full body dressing and toileting treatment activities are billed under code 97535 because they involve training on a self-care task. Code G0515 would be used for the medication management activity because it would be working on improving John’s cognitive skills to then become proficient on an IADL. Medical Necessity John is diagnosed with a TBI and was…

make the transition to independent living. Although difficult to manage time I am really enjoying learning and working, I find all aspects very interesting and the challenges I am facing both motivating and empowering. I hope that studying occupational therapy will give me a greater understanding of problems individuals have, their causes, their solutions and the impacts these have while allowing me to obtain the skills I require to be successful in my chosen career path. My first encounter…

Occupational Therapy Practice in Hospital-based Stroke Rehabilitation? I chose this article because I am very interested in learning more about the rehabilitation process and how effective that process is for stroke victims. Also, I find the topic in this specific article interesting because it focuses on explaining the impact rehab can have on a person while in the hospital immediately following his or her stroke. This article, like the other articles I chose, focus on how Occupational Therapy…

Occupational therapy theories, model of practice and framework form the foundation on how practitioners build and shape clinical knowledge to help their clients. The most common occupational therapy theoretical models that I use in my practice setting are biomechanical, cognitive disability, motor control model, Person-Environment-Occupation model and neurodevelopmental model. In few instances, I have used functional group model. Over the years, our profession has seen a paradigm shift from…