Management is the process of directing an organization by planning for future work, organizing employees into functional unit, directing them in finishing the task given, and controlling or monitoring the work process to ensure the good quality at the end of the process (Braveman, 2005). Almost everyone in an organization will have to be a manager at certain time either for a small or big group of people.…
Summary: Freddie a 19-year-old Caucasian male, is diagnosed with schizophrenia, paranoid type with acute psychosis. He lives with his mother in an apartment in the suburbs and was recently suspended from work 2 ½ weeks ago. Freddie has been becoming gradually more psychotic over the past 2 weeks. He has been experiencing auditory hallucinations and delusions. An assessment was done on Freddie called an Interest checklist. The results were that he has a strong level of interest in exercising, cooking and doing arts and crafts. He would like to pursue these interest again. However, presents with the following problem list that has had him refrain from doing his favorite things and returning to work.…
Evaluate the role of the occupational therapist in supporting mental health service users through occupation-bases interventions and outcome measurement drawing illustrative examples from the group work case studies.…
Ben is a 46 year old man who has a long history of schizophrenia. The Occupational Therapist (OT), who is part of the Community Mental Health Team, has been referred to Ben by a consultant psychiatrist. Bens mother, Jan, has previously sought help from the community mental health team and is concerned about her sons mental and physical wellbeing. The OT will review Bens referral and documentation to establish whether or not the referral is appropriate and to determine if Ben will benefit from the service. The OT will also gather useful information on Bens past medical history, social situation and employment history (Bryant et al., 2014). This process of infromation gathering is important and will provide the foundation.…
As my partner and I maneuvered around campus, we came across various barriers which would hinder the best performance of an individual in a wheelchair. For example, in Birch Hall we attempted to access the available study rooms, but the doors to the study rooms are made of thick glass, making the process of opening the door extremely difficult. Moreover, we traveled from the Birch building to the Hickory building, entering a steep path. We identified that a person in a wheelchair could potentially lose control as a result of the path’s downhill nature. In addition, when we reached the Hickory building, we found that the restrooms had no doors. Although, at first, this would appear to benefit an individual with a wheelchair, the walls curved…
Occupational therapy practitioners understand disabilities and various body functions and how the environmental contexts affect performance skills when presented with challenging demands in the schools environment (AOTA, 2014). It is critical for occupational therapy practitioners to advocate stakeholders in the community and in the schools in accordance with AOTA centennial vision “globally connected and diverse workforce meeting a society’s occupational needs” (AOTA, 2007, p. 613). Occupational therapy practitioners should take on a leadership role to generate a shared vision of being an effective communicator to administrators in support of helping and training teachers to be effective the classroom. The occupational therapy practitioner…
On Tuesday 18th April, Manon and myself met with Kim the occupational therapy supervisor to discuss the client, Jessica. Throughout the during of the interview, my posture was correct with open body language. When Kim and Manon spoke during the interview I demonstrated my active listening skills and acknowledgment of both individual's through the use of maintaining proper eye contact and providing encouraging motions such as head nods and vocal gestures.…
Finding the occupational therapy assistant program at CCAC has helped me dedicate myself to a very important career path. While in high school at South Park, I was on the swim team and was the captain during my last year. While being involved with swimming, I also taught swimming lessons to children for five years. I have also been a dedicated employee at the South Park Clubhouse for the past six years and I'm still there. For two years of high school, I volunteered at a nonprofit haunted house, Hundred Acres Manor. I did all of this all while maintaining good grades.…
school. Her experiences caused mostly worry and fear. Once my mother started a class in P.A. School called ACLS, She was told that there was going to be a final test. My mother knew if she doesn’t pass, she won’t graduate P.A. School. So, she began giving her best effort. Finally, the big test came, and she began feeling very worried. The idea of how big the test was and how it would effect her worried her the most. She kept thinking about it and couldn’t stop until eventually she bursted into tears. She persuaded by getting herself to calm down, and rely on what she learned. The next day, she took the test, and it all turned out okay, and she became a P.A. and graduated from P.A school. My mother mostly believed in herself and did her best to…
Beatrice D. Wade, OTR, FAOTA (1903–1994), was considered a second generation of therapist, redefined occupational therapy and practiced the initial theory upon which today practice is based upon. She guided the field of occupational therapy to understand the importance of supportive care, concerned with behavioral aspects that impact the patient’s response to the rehabilitation. Wade developed the baccalaureate program, “The Illinois Plan”, combining didactic education with clinical practice when she was the head of the occupational therapy program at the University of Illinois at Chicago.…
I believe this assignment will be practical to remember in my career as it just illustrates how important occupational therapy practitioners need to be client-centered. If I had to think of activity plans without talking to the client, I would have thought of activities to improve his range of motion. Even though this is a topic that needs improving, it was not what he wanted to work on first. He wanted to learn adaptions to be able to toilet independently, so he could do that kind of stuff while later improving his strength and range of motion. This helped me understand that even if you see a problem that you would think would need immediate attention, it may not be the what the client sees as an instant…
A step occupational therapy practitioner can take to increase their visibility in the practice of recovery-oriented mental health services is to inform the public. One way to inform the public about the work, occupational therapy is doing is with seminars. Letting the public see what occupational therapy is doing to help people dealing with mental health issues like providing job training programs, educational programs, and provide training in ADLs. Occupational therapist can also work with mental health services to help improve the services that they already provide. Another way is to promote the profession in the community for family and clients dealing with mental health to show that occupational therapy as an option for services and treatment.…
General care was the right place for me to start for clinicals. It taught me the basic techniques a respiratory therapist needs. When I first began clinicals, it was difficult for me to learn new techniques and procedures for respiratory therapies. I struggled to take them from a procedure learned in a book or on the Mayo Intranet and figure how to apply it when I was with a patient. We did have labs to help us get hands on experience with the therapies but I still didn’t feel confident when entering a patient’s room and doing a procedure for the first time.…
Occupational scientists study the “phenomenological aspects of occupation through qualitative research”. Occupational scientists focus on human occupation and study humans as occupational beings. This means that there is not one direct way to study occupations but rather many ways in studying occupations. This involves studying the different aspects of occupations by asking individuals about their experiences when accomplishing tasks. These different aspects include the subjective individual experiences, meanings behind participating in occupations, and bodily experiences when engaging in occupations. It is important to study these qualitative aspects along with the study of observable quantitative aspects because they go hand-in-hand with…
In my opinion Occupational therapists play a vital role in each and every one of their patients’ lives. Their work can make subtle or drastic changes in the lives of their patients, affecting each of them in a different way, ultimately making it easier to live life. They work with individuals who have limitations or difficulty in their ability to perform activities used in daily living. These patients may include but are not limited to individuals who suffer from birth defects, emotional or developmental problems, a physical injury, a stroke, and diseases. Occupational Therapy fosters to the age, condition, and severity of the individual. When targeting younger patients Occupational Therapists establish crucial behaviors to guide their patients and help them develop the basic skills needed to perform certain tasks that will be used for the…