Blog Post Challenge 6: Professional Development

During the professional development lecture, I began thinking about all the different certifications occupational therapists can get and which ones I might be interested in one day. While working as a tech for 2 years before beginning school, I became close to two clients who were diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. The PTA I worked with mentioned the LSVT Big and Loud program and the success it was having for people with Parkinson’s. This may be a certification I would be interested in after practicing for a few years.

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Blog Post Challenge 5: Clinical Reasoning

“Clinical reasoning enables practitioners to • Identify the multiple demands, required skills, and potential meanings of the activities and occupations and   • Gain a deeper understanding of the interrelationships between aspects of the domain that affect performance and that support client-centered interventions and outcomes.” – OTPF An integral part of the OT process is using clinical reasoning. As discussed in class, acquiring the skill can take time as an OT. It is something for us, as students, to remember as we travel through the program. We have opportunities through fieldwork and RKS to not only watch experienced practitioners use clinical reasoning, but to practice and mold our own clinical reasoning.

Case Study: Muhammad Ali

Today, I shared with my group about Muhammad Ali and Parkinson's disease. Muhammad was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease at the age of 42. I explored what it might be like for him to receive occupational therapy services. I think what is important in his case, especially because he is so active in society, is learning how to manage Parkinson's. My group agreed that a good intervention would be education and medicine management. While doing this assignment, I learned the great things that Muhammad Ali did for Parkinson's disease. He not only raised a great amount of awareness for the disease, but he funded the Muhammad Ali Parkinson Center.

12-Step Meeting

After attending a 12-step meeting, I can see how it is beneficial to my learning of the group process. In this particular meeting, I felt the leader took on more of an advisory role because he was a passive leader and did not provide a lot of structure to the group. The group session was more of an open discussion. He led the group off by asking what everyone wanted to talk about that day which encouraged group members to participate. I think it was a good way to get started and allow the group to guide the session. I think because the environment was a nice, quiet, church building, maybe members were more comfortable. There weren't any distractions such as traffic or hallway noises which I think helped the focus of the members. I think this group session was therapeutic because the members were able to talk about their feelings in an open format, and I think any time someone shares their thoughts or feelings it is therapeutic. I did reflect on maybe some differences if this were...

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