Occupational Therapy Assistant

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Occupational Therapy Assistant (OTA)

Picking and choosing a career path is a daunting task to some, myself included.

Do I pick a career based on salary and what will be beneficial to my family? Or

do I pick a career that I love, regardless of the money? These are the questions I

have asked myself. After a lot of research, I have chosen the latter and have

decided that my career goal is to be an occupational therapist assistant.

Having a son with severe autism, I have seen first hand the way a occupational therapy assistant can drastically change a persons life. I chose to pursue being a OTA because I want to make a difference in peoples lives and

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Occupational Therapy Assistant: A Summary

1. The Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant (COTA) was working with a Hispanic boy; named Christopher, approximate age of 5. The COTA informed me that he spoke and understood both Spanish and English. He has developmental delays, but they are minor and he has not been diagnosed on the autism spectrum. The grandmother, who had brought him to therapy, informed us that he had been feeling sick and that he had just woken up from a nap in the car. The COTA and Christopher were sitting on the floor…

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Personal Narrative: A Career As An Occupational Therapy Assistant

failing. Working in home health care as an Occupational Therapy Assistant being paid by the visit, proved to be rewarding and limiting. If the census is high, the paycheck is decent; likewise, if the census is low the paycheck was deficient. To add to the stress, management over staffed the occupational therapy department; therefore, between being over staffed and census being low, I was struggling to provide for my family. This is the norm in the therapy world, companies pay by visit, or on productivity…

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Level 1B Fieldwork: The Occupational Therapy Assistant

months old to 14 years old. No two clients were the same and each one with their own unique abilities. During my time spent at Capable Kids, I observed clients participating in different interventions to address their specific goals. The occupational therapy assistant would choose which goals would be specifically addressed during the session. Sometimes we would plan to spend time on all goals the client’s goals or just focus on one goal during treatment. When the client first arrived to the Capable…

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Level I Fieldwork Experience

diagnosis along with its precautions. Another general value of this Level I Fieldwork experience is that it helps me to be extra mindful of the details when using clinical reasoning to determine the appropriate treatment for clients receiving occupational therapy services. Although I am a strongly observant person, at moments I did not pay attention to little details which could become important when determining the level of assistance in activities of daily living, since these were the primary occupations…

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Essay on Seeking the Challenging Position of Occupational Therapist Assistant

________________________________________ TINA ADAMSON 50 Cedar Avenue • Haleyville, Alabama • 35565 Phone: (205) 269-4073 tadamson1988@gmail.com •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Seeking the Challenging Position of Occupational Therapist Assistant A talented Occupational Therapist Assistant with experience in directing an individual's participation in selected tasks to restore, reinforce, and enhance performance; facilitating learning of those skills and functions essential for adaptation and productivity;…

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Occupational Therapy Practice Framework Summary

The purpose of the occupational therapy practice Framework: domain and process (OTPF) is a guide in occupational therapy practice. The framework was developing to articulate occupational therapy to promote the health and participating of people. In the (OTPF) it stated that “the revisions included in this second edition are intended to refine the documents and include language and concepts.” The Framework is divided into two major sections. The domain outlines the professions purview and areas clients…

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Essay about ETH-316

Your Career Interest Profile: Based on what you told us, you are... Social Social occupations frequently involve working with, communicating with, and teaching people. These occupations often involve helping or providing service to others. Realistic Conventional Realistic occupations frequently involve work activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions. They often deal with plants, animals, and real-world materials like wood, tools, and machinery. Many…

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Occupational Therapy Paper

This author have been interested in the Occupational Therapy (OT) field because, the experience with a family member. Observing the performance, care, and attention, that occupational therapist accomplishes, caught this author interest for OT, and inspired to seek for the knowledge, experience about occupational therapy field. The experience of this author with occupational therapy field has been remarkable. Discovering the occupational therapy addresses body, mental, emotional, sensory, communication…

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Summit Health Care Case Study

facilities (SNF), outpatient clinics, schools and hospitals in Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi, and Alabama. The facility I work in is Mary Anna Nursing Home. Mary Anna is a SNF that provides nursing care, occupational therapy, physical, and speech therapy to their residents. All therapist and therapy assistant must be licensed in the state of Louisiana, maintain continuing educational units, and meet service delivery requirements. Summit and Mary Anna sponsored a food drive and donated…

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Occupational Therapy Career Plan

just as passionate in as I plan to be in physical therapy. At first I landed on athletic training, but then decided to make a quick pivot and go in the direction of occupational therapy. The American Occupational Therapy Association details occupational therapy (2017) by saying, “in its simplest terms, occupational therapists and occupational therapy assistants help people across the lifespan participate in…

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