WELCOME to my blog! I thought it was about time to make my first post and get off the game bubble shooter that i stupidly added to my blog which has turned out to be a great distraction and allowed many hours of procrastination. So finally here goes... my first ever attempt to blog, which is a very scary thought considering i am not the most technology savvy person out there.
My blog is for the paper participation in occupation one which is apart of the course i am taking to become a Occupational Therapist also known as OT. Some of you may be thinking What is that??? don't worry people ask me this ALL the time. When i first began studying i also had no clue as to what it is either. So to make it clearer to you all Occupational therapy is defined by Townsend & Polatajko (2007) “ as the art and science of enabling engagement in everyday living, through occupation; of enabling people to perform the occupations that foster health and well-being; and enabling a just and inclusive society so that all people may participate to their potential in the daily occupations of life” p. 372. In other words Occupational therapists work with helping people to engage back into their meaningful activities and occupations they do each each day.
Here is a video from you-tube that may help you understand more about OT's, what they and what enviroments they work in- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89z9jIzq5wk
This is rap about OT that you may be interested in looking at for a bit of a laugh.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncqQBoxPz3Y
Reference
Townsend, E.A., & Polatajko, H . J. (2007). Enabling occupation II: Advancing an occupational therapy vision for health, well-being, & justice through occupation. Ottawa, Ontario: CAOT Publications ACE.
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