Occupational Therapists: A Case Study

I do not think that the OT should belittle the OTA as the OTA was probably just afraid they would hurt the child. I do believe that the occupational therapy assistant should have asked for assistance earlier in the therapy if she/he did have concerns. The OT should demonstrate beneficence to the OTA and the patient as it is still a need to be addressed. The OT should explain to the assistant the need of laying prone to and why it is so important to the child. The child may not have the best of insurance and could be on a limited supply of therapy benefits. They could also be so behind in their development just because the assistant was uncomfortable with the tube. This demonstrates justice as it will benefit the child to get the treatment

M.P. did not strike a conversation with his occupational therapist during re-evaluation session. He just quietly performed the BOT-2 fine motor tasks his occupational therapist gave him. M.P. did not initiate greeting with other children when brought to the therapy room. Occupational intervention in social interaction skills is important to engage M.P. in social interaction and reciprocal play with peers during school recess or talking to his parents, siblings, and other family members during dinner or at family

Subjective: Client was born on April 11, 1952. According to client, she had history of both eye cornea transplants, and wears contact lenses for both eyes. In addition, she had right elbow dislocation in 2005. Next, client mentioned she is diabetic and currently taking hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ) and metformin medications for her diabetes and high blood pressure. In addition, client mentioned she regularly visits her primary care physician for regular checkup. Next, client talked about her balanced concerned at gym while raising her opposite leg and arm for exercise. Furthermore, client mentioned that she likes to go at gym four times in a week, and she never has any balance problem during her household chores or dressing. Client lives alone in 3-bedroom house, and she had no steps or stairs in her house. She has a grab bar in her shower and she has step-in shower

The next client we visited was not as simple of a case. This client was a woman in her 90’s who lived with both of her adult daughters. The daughters were away to work for most of the day and she was left alone. Before coming to the home, it was reported in her file that she suffered from glaucoma and was legally blind, that she had anxiety, and that she often hoard items leaving her home cluttered with very narrow paths to walk. Upon arriving at her home she was very anxious for us to arrive and was alone. She home layout showed concern because of all of the clutter and steep staircases. Her bedroom and bathroom were on the second floor and had not grab bars or adaptive equipment. She had a walker and a commode that she kept in her room away from the bathroom. Although for 90 years old she was very mobile, she had a very high fall risk being legally blind, the homes set up, and the clutter. This woman also was clearly suffering from anxiety and depression and expressed that although she was not suicidal, she wished she would die soon. There were also no leisure activities for her to do while being left alone all day and the television was unplugged on the floor and the audio books she had did not work.

Within four weeks of fieldwork, occupational therapy students got to know most of the residents at Ruth’s House (dementia unit). The residents have various medical conditions that limit their physical and mental capabilities. Anita, one of the residents in the facility exhibited a range of physical, cognitive, and behavioral symptoms. Based on direct observation, Anita demonstrated fluctuating alertness periods. With no evident trigger, Anita had multiple acute episodes of confusion, irritability, and agitation. In a several group sessions, she was restless and was very difficult to redirect. She kept standing up despite being told to take a seat so she does not fall. She was verbally disorganized. In addition, during the 2-week fieldwork,

A.K. receives weekly home-based occupational therapy services due to delays in gross motor skills, fine motor skills, and self-help skills. A.K’s affected areas of occupation are her activities of daily living (ADL) and play. She requires assistance, from her parents, with ADLs, such as bathing, dressing, feeding, and functional mobility. In the area of occupation for dressing, A. K. needs assistance with doffing clothes, shoes, and socks. In order to establish/maintain independence with self-feeding, A.K. utilizes some adaptations. As a result, of A.K. having spastic diplegia, play skills are also affected. A.K. has difficulties with maintaining a stable position and has a decreased ability to move around her environment to attain toys to

Vi would benefit from skilled occupational therapy services for post op rehabilitation of flexor tendon laceration of the wrist to improve overall independence with functional activities of daily living as well as identifying areas of interest in leisure activities to address Vi's underlying depression. Therefore the performance areas that will be addressed in occupational therapy sessions are as follows:

Occupational therapy, to me, is rehabilitation services that are given to a client in order for them to regain or obtain as much independence as possible to fulfill meaningful activities in their daily lives. This particular case study is about AK, a 2-year-old girl diagnosed with diplegia. As a future occupational therapist, it is important to assess everything about our clients in order to implement successful interventions. “ Occupational therapists are skilled in evaluating all aspects of the domain, their interrelationships, and the client within his or her contexts and environments”(AOTA, 2014).

Field Work 24 weeks in OT setting where I want to focused on based on Field work 1.

“You treat a disease: you win, you lose. You treat a person, I guarantee you win-no matter what the outcome.”— Patch Adams This quote motivates me to become an occupational therapist. An Occupational therapist has to apply their specific knowledge to enable people to engage in activities of daily living that have personal meaning and value. Develop, improve, sustain, or restore independence to any person who has an injury, illness, disability or psychological dysfunction("Occupational Therapists."Ohio Means Jobs). Occupational therapy allows people across the lifespan to do the activities they want and need to do and a Occupational therapist will help kids get there ("Occupational Therapist." About Careers). An occupational therapist offers many benefits and opportunities because you get to be with kids and help kids while you work.

The Neurodevelopmental Treatment (NDT) FOR is used in the Raja case study. NDT was developed in the 1940s by a Berta Bobath, a PT and physician Karel Bobath, her husband. The treatment style evolved in response to the need to meet the neuro-motor needs of children with cerebral palsy (CP). While the populations served has expanded from children with CP to include individuals with acquired brain injury, including stroke and other neurological disorders where brain injury occurs at or above the brainstem level, the tenets of NDT remain largely the same.

Occupational Therapist enables people to engage and participate in everyday activities trough occupation. The latter role is not only applicable for individuals but also groups or populations. Eventually, with the increase of the aging population, expensive health care services, occupational therapists will have to incorporate health promotion practices into their actual roles.To cope with this phenomenon and to better meet older adult’s needs, the occupational therapist 's role would benefit from being enlarged.Expanding their knowledge and their practices in promoting health will facilitate their work in other domains.This will help them to shift from an individual to a population approach. To achieve that transition, therapists should be more involved in decisions taken by politicians regarding health and to develop services and programs that promote well-being, health, and quality of life. Also, collaboration with other fields such as schools, workplaces, industries, deputies and organizations will help them spread strategies that promote awareness and enable the population to control and maintain an independent healthy lifestyle. Also, therapists understand that the environment can be a crucial factor on health population. Therefore ,they can put pressure on the government to make public places more accessible to disabled people such as providing the subway of a wheelchair ramp and adapt crosswalks to the blind by adding pedestrian signals that include speakers at

Hey I’m charley price I am a senior at Johnson county high school. In the past month we were supposed to complete ten hours with a mentor for our senior project. With that being said I was not able to do so. Between working three jobs, school hours, and raising my sister I couldn’t go out and meet with a mentor. Therefore I have been doing research for the past month. I have enjoyed researching different occupational therapist I have also called and chatted with a few myself. I have learned much more than I could ever imagine. We discussed the career requirements, how much money I will make, the flexibility of the hours, why I should continue and go for it, and what are the pros and cons of being an occupational therapists.

Occupational identity as developed in the MOHO is based on who someone is as an occupational being and therefore is extremely useful to inform the direction of a client-centered approach to occupational therapy (Lee, Taylor, Kielhofner, & Fisher, 2008). Collaboration on therapeutic procedure between the client and the occupational therapist is known as client-centered practice, which is the utilization of clients’ values, goals and experiences to drive therapeutic intervention

Occupational therapists work with clients to restore independence that has been lost or disrupted due to illness, injury, or disease. Occupational therapy practice involves assessing and determining an appropriate treatment approach based on the client’s disability and individual needs. There are various occupation-based models, each client-centered and grounded in theory, that guide the clinical treatment process. In addition, the Occupational Therapy Practice Framework: Domain and Process (3rd ed.; AOTA, 2014) denotes various frames of reference to guide therapists when choosing specific intervention strategies based on the client’s needs (Cole & Tufano, 2018). This paper focuses on the application of the Occupation Adaption model,