Fieldwork Research Paper

During the months of September and October this semester I spent time at two different schools in four different classrooms. Being able to observe different classes and teachers at Westside Junior High and South Live Oak Elementary was a very new and exciting experience for me since I can’t say I’ve always wanted to be a teacher. My experiences at these schools gave me a better insight into the differences between schools, classrooms, and teachers. The purpose of this field experience was to get 10 observation or tutoring hours in an elementary or junior high setting. I chose to observe a

Wild horses of Asstatuge live in Maryland. Asstatuge is an Island so the horses are shown in water. The horses on Asstatug Island survive from each other. Asstatuge's horses are herds of horses so they do not have an owner. That's why they are called wild horses because there don't have an owner.

“Get knowledge of the spine, for this is the requisite for many diseases.” –Hippocrates, 460-377 BC. If a Greek physician could make this statement over 2300 years ago, why is it such an under-exposed theory today? As stated in Chiropractic First, written by Dr. Rondberg, a chiropractor of 35 years and founder of the “Chiropractic Journal,” Hippocrates “believed that only nature could heal and it was the physician’s duty to remove any obstruction that would prevent the body from healing” (8-9). These “physicians” are called chiropractors today, and their goal is to remove subluxations, the displacement of two or more spinal disks that causes

On May 2, 2012, the National Football League lost one of its elite players to suicide: Junior Seau. Seau played for the Chargers, Dolphins, and the Patriots during his professional football career and was a 12-time Pro Bowler before retiring in 2009. Three years after his retirement however, Seau committed suicide by shooting himself in the chest with a gun. This greatly shocked the football world and its image of Junior Seau as a person, but it soon realized the cause for his action. Shortly after Seau’s death, researchers examined Seau’s brain and found that it contained a disease known as chronic traumatic encephalopathy which is formed

It is not difficult to figure out what the liberal arts are; all it took was a simple google search and the definition was brought up instantly. Liberal arts are academic subjects such as literature, philosophy, mathematics, and social and physical sciences as distinct from professional and technical subjects. I am not majoring in any of these subjects and I hardly have any classes such as these in my schedule so I decided I needed to look up definitions that actually pertain to me. The definition of a liberal arts college was just as easy to find as the last one. A liberal arts college is a college with an emphasis on undergraduate study in the liberal arts and sciences. A liberal arts college aims to impart a broad general knowledge and

When I first heard of liberal arts schools, I thought of institutions like Julliard where students who want to study the arts attend. I pictured students painting on canvas, dancers leaping across stage, and musicians composing beautiful music. Since beginning my college visitations, I have come to realize that is far from what you will see at liberal arts colleges such as Loras. A liberal arts education not only touches on the arts but also the areas of history, science, math, language, and several more. Throughout my first thirteen years of schooling, I have taken classes covering many different subjects. Liberal arts schools continue to encourage one to learn about topics in various areas of study in order to obtain a more rounded education.

The place where I completed my field assignment was a private program. Inside the classroom, there were 16 6-8 years old with two teachers. KW was the lead teacher and MS was the assistant. The program runs five days a week from 7:45-4:45. A fourth of the students in the class had IFSP/IEPs.

Occupational Therapists within the school system are there to aid the IEP team and student. The goal is to help the student to perform tasks independently. The OT in the school is to help the student to prepare and perform learning and school-related activities (American Occupational Therapy Association, 2010). The OT is to work on goals related to their education. The OT is there to support the students in academic and non-academic roles within the school. These skills would be anywhere from social skills, math, behavior, recess and other aspects to the students school day. The OT helps the student engage in activities, succeed within the school environment with the academic focus, which is to improve the student’s fine motor skills. These skills are to help aid in cutting, writing, reading, and provide educational services and sensory skills. They support ideas within the learning community and classroom and can provide some daily living, such as hand washing and toileting. OT’s are active in the IEP collaboration and will provide help with the student on the

To be honest, I never knew of the term occupational therapy until a few years ago.  It was new to me as it was to many others who were unfamiliar to the word.  I briefly came across the discipline when I was volunteering my time at my mother’s preschool while in high school.  I spent my hours with young children, some living with disabilities.  Sometimes the students were being pulled out of the classroom for brief periods of time.  I was curious to know where they were going and was told some of the children were going to either physical, speech, or occupational therapy.  I was already familiar to physical and speech therapy, but I had no clue what occupational therapy was about.  That was the moment when I was introduced to occupational therapy.

Three steps in the occupational therapy process for A. K and her family are evaluation, intervention, and outcomes. Occupational therapy is client-centered so therefore the therapist should pick activities related to the client interest. The evaluation includes viewing A.K. occupational profile that includes an occupational history. The occupational therapy history includes A.K. age and gender, experiences, her daily living patterns, interest, values as well as her needs (American Occupational Therapy Association, 2014). The occupational therapist should interview the parents of why they are seeking out occupational therapy services for their child. An analysis of occupational performance establishment is during the evaluation process (Sames,

Let’s start with what exactly the liberal arts are “The term comes from the medieval concept of the artes liberalis, the seven liberal arts that were appropriate for a free man to pursue, verses artes illiberalis or artes mechanicae which were pursued for economic purposes and involved vocational and practical arts, which prepared young persons to become weavers, blacksmiths, farmers, hunters, navigators, soldiers, or doctors. The seven liberal arts included three basic arts focused on developing a felicity with language: grammar, rhetoric, and dialectic. There were four advanced mathematical-physical arts: geometry, arithmetic, music, and astronomy, who were known as quadrivim” (Roche, 5).

umors circulated all week. Details were scant. No time or place was certain, but the word was that white nationalists and supremacists coming to town for Saturday’s Unite the Right rally had a Friday night surprise. They were going to march in a torchlight procession — a symbolic gathering meant to evoke similar marches of Hitler Youth and other ultraright nationalist organizations of the past century.

Cimino testified after the crew asked him whether temporary support was needed until the connection was complete, he spoke with Midwest’s Superintendent, Robert Sandoval (no relation to Lawrence), to ask whether any such support was required. R. Sandoval testified that upon receiving that inquiry, he checked Cives’ erection drawings in Midwest’s trailer and noted there was not an indication that a temporary support was necessary. He then informed Cimino no support was necessary.

In the United States, starting salaries for teachers who have completed a four-year degree are far lower compared to many other professions, which also require a four-year degree. In most states, teachers must undergo testing and other rigorous certification requirements, but they are given the same consideration or status as beginning professionals in other areas. Although attractive incentives are offered, the compensation does not compare to the long hours of work and schooling required for a teaching career.

Union Elementary School is home to Perrysburg Preschool, where I did my observation and job shadowing. Union elementary is located in Maumee, Ohio although the school itself is part of the Perrysburg school district, In Northwest Ohio. Though this is a public school, all pre-school programs in this school feature both children with developmental delays and are on IEPs, as well as children that are considered on track, developmentally. IEPs, or Individualized Education Programs, are defined as special education services that is required by law. This is a document that lays out a child’s learning needs and services that the school provides to help said student succeed. By incorporating children that not only are on IEPs, but also children considered up to date developmentally, this allows for those children on IEPs to see themselves as equals, and those who are up to date to become familiar with these children who are living with special needs, seeing them as equals. One of the teachers in this pre-school, as well as therapy specialist for those children who need it, is Cathie France. For this job shadowing assignment I observed her both in the classroom with the children and during therapy sessions with individual children.