The Occupational Therapy Student ( Ots )

My fascination with technology sparked my interest in the health care field and ultimately in occupational therapy. As a computer technician I felt how gratifying it was to help people adapt to their environment to accomplish their daily tasks. Seeing injury and exhaustion set in on my coworkers as they sat in their grey cubicles for hours, moved me to craft ergonomic workspaces, such as replacing their seats with yoga balls to improve their posture and spinal alignment, while providing others with ergonomic keyboards and mice that alleviated the numbing pain caused by their carpal tunnel syndrome. The support that I provided left the people around me healthy and happier, and gave me a sense of accomplishment that was unique and fulfilling. Occupational therapy provides me this rewarding feeling daily, as I help my patients rebuild the skills necessary to participate in the activities they love and depend on.

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

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.

An Occupational Therapist help people who may have mental, physical, or developmental disabilities learn and/or regain daily living or work skills. The disabilities that you Occupational Therapist work with can be caused by birth defects, injuries, aging or illness.

“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.

As a young child, I did not fully grasp why my uncle was confined to a wheelchair. Many years later, my parents informed me that he had an arteriovenous malformation removed from his pons that left him ataxic. With a two-year-old daughter and a son on the way, my uncle was told he might never walk again. When individuals are confronted with a physical or emotional challenge such as this, they may look to others for support in finding inner strength and self-fulfillment in their life. As a future occupational therapist, I look forward to helping individuals finding this inner strength to attain competence and independence in the occupations of life.

“People with learning disabilities and disorders can learn strategies for coping with their disabilities” (What are Treatments). One career that can help people with learning disabilities, disorders, and of any age is occupational therapy. While there are many careers in the medical field, occupational therapist are employed to help patients to achieve their goals and is beneficial to a patient's health. In a regular day, occupational therapist work to help patients regain strength in certain activities.

Dementia is a mental health disorder commonly addressed with in the geriatric population. Dementia involves a cognitive decline of the brain. This is a disease of a broader spectrum and can be broken down into other subgroups or diseases such as: Alzheimer’s, vascular, frontal-temporal and dementia with Lewy bodies. As dementia gets progressively worse the more challenges the individual faces. Simple daily occupations such as dressing, feeding, even rest and sleep are difficult task to complete. As occupational therapist it is important to address mental health issues and injustices towards occupations. Dementia is a global health concern as it affects the community or social integration as the disease onsets. This cognitive disorder is usually a concern of inpatient skilled nursing facilities in the latter stages. Therapist must address our role in this

A father appearing to be in his mid-forties plays basketball at a basketball court Speno Park in East Meadow, New York, with his daughter, who appeared to be seven years old. The daughter displayed two basketballs and practiced dribbling with both hands using both balls while her father supervised her. The daughter then passes one ball to her father, practicing bouncing the ball while passing it to him. They were playing and passing balls to each other. The father coaches daughter on techniques to effectively to bounce the basketballs and dribble. After the father coached his daughter, both people left the basketball to take a two minute water break in the benches under the shade from the trees. After the break, the daughter practiced aiming and shooting one basketball into the hoops and made shot three hoops.

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

I am delighted to provide a recommendation for 123 for her application to the Occupational Therapy Program. I had the fortune of ABC volunteered in the Occupational Department at HH Hospital during the period of February 16, 2015 to March 30, 2015. ABC has completed a total of fifty-seven hours of shadowing with an Occupational Therapist. She has gained a valuable experience of rehabilitation observation, both at bedside and in the rehab gym. Her duties include: accompany and assist the therapists during therapy sessions, set up treatment area, transporting residents to and from therapy gym, and numerous clerical duties.

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,

The NBCOT is the last major step in becoming a registered occupational therapist. To be prepared for the exam I plan to purchase prep material. I need to know details about the NBCOT examination such as the OTR domain descriptions. I need to know how the domains of the test are divided. I will research accordingly so I can be as prepared as I need to be. I will purchase exam prep material that I will be using to study for the OTKE as well as the NBCOT. I currently have two exam books (45 days and counting) and is waiting for another from the division of occupational therapy program. In addition, I plan to purchase the AOTA NBCOT exam prep material.

Occupational therapy practitioners are trained at assessing body function, activity limitations, and participation restrictions (Roe, 2013). Such restriction includes; physical disability. An occupational therapist must evaluate the client's baseline function before creating an intervention to help in reducing long-term disability by facilitating the participation in everyday activities, areas of occupation, and social roles (Powell, Rich, & Wise, 2016). According to parenting and child care “A physical disability is any condition that permanently prevents normal body movement and/or control. There are many different types of physical disabilities. Some of the main ones include; Muscular dystrophies, Acquired brain and spinal injuries, Spina bifida, Cerebral palsy” (2016). However, the underlying factor of physical disability is motor control. Motor control is referred as the ability to use

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: