KT Strategies In Improving Occupational Therapy

I hope this email finds you well. I am interested in the M.S. Occupational Therapy program in Hofstra University. Unfortunately due to conflict with my work schedule I would be unable to attend the Occupational Therapy web seminar. I was wondering if it was possible to speak to you or an admissions representative for more information and possible receive advisement.

There are thousands of individuals from pediatrics to geriatrics that suffer from lower body injuries, chronic pain, neurological conditions, and amputations that will inhibit their mobility. However, with technology ever evolving it has brought forth a machine known as an anti-gravity treadmill. This machine can change the lives of many individuals and become a game changer in the Occupational Therapy profession. Having more of these machines in Occupational Therapy clinics will be more beneficial for clients and help to give them a better quality of life.

Related knowledge isn’t unique to occupational therapy practice. It serves as a complementary to the field’s paradigm ad conceptual practice models. There are two types of related knowledge and they are foundational knowledge and applied knowledge. Foundation knowledge is general knowledge of basic sciences such as anatomy and physiology as well as sensory integration. These skills are required by all allied health practitioners. For example when occupational therapists are working with a client after an injury, the therapist explains the post-surgical healing processes and prognoses, as well as expected side effects of medication. In these instances related knowledge is being drawn from medical practitioners in general. Applied knowledge is

Jacob is an active is an active 2.10-year-old boy who was evaluated at Anna L. Klein School for occupational therapy services as a part of the comprehensive evaluation to determine his eligibility for Special Education services. He was referred for occupational therapy evaluation due to concerns with his attention, fine motor, and gross motor skills.

One scholar that has contributed a substantial amount of research that has impacted the occupational therapy profession and clients within the occupational therapy services is Dr. Tracy Chippendale. Dr. Chippendale is an occupational therapist that received her Masters and PhD at New York University. Dr. Chippendale is currently an assistant professor teaching courses on human development, research, and occupational therapy practice with older adults in the occupational therapy department at New York University. Dr. Chippendale has over seventeen years of experience working with older adults, which has influenced her research that focuses on geriatrics. This research places emphasis on intervention methods that allow elderly individuals to

Purpose: Each biennium and upon initial licensure clinicians are required to take a course related to the Laws and Rules of Practice for Occupational therapy. Through this course clinicians will increase awareness and understanding of the laws and rules that direct licensure as a provider of occupational therapy services.

The purpose of this study is to see the effect of a novel occupational therapy intervention program on cognition, activity of daily living, physical performance, depression, psychological and behavioral symptom and quality life of patients with mild to moderate dementia. Total of 263 older participates were included in this intervention, the intervention was developed according to client-centering occupation therapy guideline for patient with dementia. Participates in the experimental group completed 5 weeks long of study which has total of 10 sessions with duration of last one hour and ten minutes. Each session consists different activities, including relaxation, physical exercises, personal activates, cognitive exercise, and recreational

This papers purpose is to describe to the reader an Occupational therapy treatment plan and therapy session using the OTPF as its base to describe client’s performance. It is based off a case study of a 26 year old male racecar driver who suffered a traumatic brain injury and is now admitted into the hospitals ICU unit under a coma. The paper begins with a brief overview of the clients Injuries and occupational profile. It continues with goals that the therapist has set for the client and caregivers and concludes with the client’s treatment plan, along with a SOAP note which explains the client’s treatment and gives other healthcare workers information about the therapists goals and progress of the client

Occupational Therapy has played a role in helping those with Mental and physical disabilities in the United States since 1917. Before that time, Occupational Therapy was used solely in mental institutions to help people that were "more normal" and able to function in a social status. These patients enjoyed things like arts and crafts. It seemed that those who engaged in such activities where perceived as "more healthy". These findings lead Drs. to encourage patients to engage is such activity to improve there overall health. (http://quoccupationaltherapy.weebly.com/history-of-occupational-therapy.htmlhistory-of-occupational-therapy.html)

It has been suggested that this is due to the lack of support and training from managers and that managers should involve staff in changes within practice and that this involvement facilitate co-operation (deegan et al 2004).

Afflicted by left-side Hemiplegia and bound to a wheelchair, my grandmother’s life was not one of ease. By the time I was born she had been living with her barriers for thirty years and had learned to compensate due to her astounding will and surrounding subpar medical practices. As a child I thought nothing of the fact that my grandmother was stricken with paralysis until I witnessed her take a turn for the worse and suffer another hemorrhagic stroke. Her recovery was long and arduous yet, it was a blessing that brought us closer together and nudged me down the path of Occupational Therapy.

A unique perspective of Occupational Therapy (OT) is defined as " A profession concerned with promoting health and well-being through Occupation"(Charles, 2010, p.362). The difference between OT and Occupational Health (OH) is that OT is the profession and OH concerns how occupations affect your health. This essay will first discuss the relationship between OH and well-being. Secondly it will describe alternative views of disability models. While some doctors believe in medicine as a treatment, for disability, practitioners of OT believe that social background and environment should be taken into consideration. Thirdly this essay will discuss the underpinning theory of OT relating to ‘MOHO’ and how a social and physical questionnaire can get

A job in any type of therapeutic healthcare can be a rewarding and satisfying job. However, I believe that occupational therapy is a special and extremely rewarding field. A field in which I am over the moon passionate about and completely infatuated with. It is the thought of helping people who have been through horrible tragedies to turn everything around and live a happy healthy life that drives me the most. I feel very strongly as though this profession is where I am meant to work in and make a difference in patient’s lives. The more I research topics and studies of occupational therapy the more infatuated with the field I become because it is much more than just a job. To me, this career is a lifestyle

Everyone is a novice at the beginning, the process to becoming an expert involves life long learning (Harris & Duncan, 2009). In relation to occupational therapy a new graduate is considered a novice. As a novice new graduates have skills in finding information they need and have a good grounding in current occupational therapy theories (Robertson, 2012). However a novice works with a high cognitive load which may challenge then working memory, resulting in errors (Ladyshewsky, 2009). Where a novice will be relying on procedural reasoning until experience is gained, an expert uses conditional reasoning which is a multidimensional process (Fleming, 1991; Robertson, 2012) To transition from novice to expert requires the new graduate to gain

My plan here for 5 years is to have a Master of Occupational Therapy, to have my apartment and to be able to be reunited with my children again, in other words to have them close. I think five years soy it is perfect time to achieve my goals. And as a person I consider myself a fighter and when I propose something I fulfill it. To achieve it, first I have to dedicate time to studies, I will have a specific schedule between works, study and take time for my daughter who is here with me and I understand that with a good discipline can achieve my goals.