Pediatric Occupational Therapy Research Paper

The profession of occupational therapy is often mistaken for a job in which the therapist is a career counselor. This is the exactly what my dad had thought when I told him that I wanted to pursue a career in occupational therapy. I explained to him that occupational therapists are not concerned with career counseling; instead, they are focused on daily activities that give meaning to live. The goal of occupational therapy is to help patients regain or develop skills that are necessary for the activities of daily living. Occupational therapists have the option to work in a variety of settings including hospitals, outpatient rehabilitation centers, schools, and with patients in their own homes.

It’s reassuring to the public when they know they have someone to count on for help when it’s needed. In an instant, people go from being completely healthy and independent to vulnerable and sick. So who do people go to whenever their body isn't working physically the way it should? They go to Physical therapist, Occupational therapist and many others; But what I’m interested in pursing as a career is a Occupational therapy assistant.

S: At the beginning of the session the child dropped her head and then hid behind her regular treating occupational therapist. She only talked when the OTS asked questions or initiated the conversation.

At-home occupational therapy for children is quickly expanding. For this reason, it is critical for individuals to understand the importance of this form of treatment. Often, scholarly articles use jargon the layperson would not understand. For this reason, the details presented in the article, “Pediatric Occupational Therapy in the Home”, has been revised. These revisions help better explain the benefits and issues regarding at home occupational therapy sessions. Please read the document thoroughly to understand the reasoning behind the edits made to this article. This document was written to display all changes made to the design, organization, and content to make the article more comprehensive. Having a comprehension of the revision will

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.

E., Piro, J., Sutton, A., Campbell, R., Lewis, C., Lawji, D., & Martinez, N. (2013). Family-centered principles implemented in home-based, clinic-based, and school-based pediatric settings. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 67(2), 228-235.

The article is about the new plan of US health Care System in implementing the ACA or Affordable Care Act to improve health care services and the plans to increase and give more privileges to the clients or patients of the said services. According to the article, ACA is created to renovate the current health services into a more organized, good quality, and accessible aids across all people in the America. The ACA is more focus in the Prevention and Wellness, and because of it they have the same vision as for Occupational Therapy in promoting the person’s independence throughout wellness and prevention from disability, injury, and harm. Emerging advancement of technology in Health, Occupational Therapy also wants to apply this new system.

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)

After gathering information from the patient and his wife, myself and the social worker Courtney identified some helpful strategies and tasks for Mr. Cordes. We looked at how independent he was prior to being admitted into the hospital and thought how we could help him feel independent while being on the unit? We then encouraged him to attempt getting himself dressed when occupational therapy arrives for his daily morning ADL’s. We encouraged him to use his right hand more even though it was weak. Then, we looked at a lack of motivation and signs of depression. We recommended that our psych department meet with him as often as possible during his stay, and she did. With Mr. Cordes permission, we suggested that the art therapist come in and do some art therapy with him to brighten up his day. He did agree with our suggestion. As far as motivation, we encouraged his wife to go to therapy with him daily and encourage him and applaud him for making a difference each

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

Occupational therapy literature indicates various strategies for developing successful service-learning courses for students along with the benefits of the service-learning pedagogy (Bazyk, Glorioso, Gordon, Haines, & Percaciante, 2010; Butin, 2005; Cauley et al., 2001; Flecky, & Gitlow, 2010; Hansen, 2013; Hoppes, Bender, & DeGrace, 2005; Kearney, 2008; Maloney, Myers, & Bazyk, 2014; Vroman, Simmons, & Knight, 2010;Witchger, 2013). Educators challenge their students to not only be good students in the classroom but to demonstrate ideals of social and occupational justice through the service-learning experience. The experience allows students to face issues in the community such as inequities and injustices of health care (Hoppes, Bender, & Degrace, 2005).

The field of occupational therapy is guided by theoretical assumptions and propositions that assist occupational therapists to design effective interventions that are evidence based and client centered (Boyt Schell, Gillen, & Scaffa, 2014, p. 478). One widely used theory that has proven to be evidence based, research driven, and client centered is the Model of Human Occupation (MOHO) (Boyt Schell, Gillen, & Scaffa, 2014, p. 506). Within this model, it is the practitioner 's role to assess the interaction between the client’s volition, habituation, and performance capacity within their environment. This interaction shapes the client’s participation, performance, and skills. As occupational therapists, we seek to make occupational adaptations to shape the client’s occupational identity and occupational competence (Boyt Schell et al, 2014, p. 507). We will be using this model to shape the occupational adaptations we would recommend for a client with acute monocular blindness in the analysis of this paper.

“In accordance with the law, occupational therapists may evaluate, treat and recommend services for any child between the ages of 3-21 years” (Spencer, Emery, Schneck, 2003 p. 435). Spencer, Emery, Schneck (2003) research suggests that occupational therapists provide more service to students in preschool and elementary school then to middle and high school students. Transition planning is mandated to begin when a child with special needs reaches the age of 14. Several barriers to transition planning were identified by special education directors that include lack of funding, lack of parent involvement, lack of qualified personnel and inconsistent transition planning. Another noteworthy finding was that role of occupational therapy is not

Pediatrics in the field of occupational therapy is the development of child over time. A pediatric occupational therapist work with children, infants, toddlers, and everyone from ages 0-21 who are diagnosed with autism, hemiplegia, stroke, cerebral palsy, spinal-cord injuries, down syndrome, and other medical conditions to participate in daily life activities or occupations. For a child, their occupation can be referring to developmentally appropriate activities that support their health, well-being, and development of an individual such as facilitating movement to sit, crawl, eat, bath, drink, wash, or dress and walk independently. Pediatrics in occupational therapy work under hospitals, rehabilitations, private practice, school systems, home health services, mental health care, early intervention facilities, and both inpatient and outpatient centers. While working with the children’s in the facilities, therapist aim at the big performance areas and they work with their families, peers, parents/primary caregivers, and teachers to endorse active participation in activities or occupations that are meaningful to them.

Job satisfaction is important when choosing a career of choice. Job satisfaction determines the extent to which a person like their job. According to Rosso, Bekas, and Werzesniewski (2010), “finding meaning in one's work has been shown to increase motivation, engagement, empowerment, career development, job satisfaction, individual performance and personal fulfillment, and decrease absenteeism and stress” (pp. 91-93). A cross-sectional approach was utilized to determine job satisfaction among pediatric occupational therapy (OT) practitioners in school versus medical settings. OT practitioners in school based settings versus OT practitioners in medical settings hold different responsibilities, yet they carry the same job title. The study aimed