Occupational Therapists Make People Normal Again Merriam Webster defines occupational therapy (OT) as a therapy based on engagement in meaningful activities in daily life. Occupational therapists find themselves doing jobs most people do not have the patience for. These therapists have traits of caring, patience, and love. This practice of therapy has not existed forever. Like everything else in the world someone has to have the idea for something(s). Just like people need doctors, people need occupational therapists. Middle age children, young adults, or elderly persons may need a therapists if the person was in a car accident, or any life changing event. After life takes a traumatic turn, occupational therapists or occupational therapy assistants
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She graduated college with a degree in social work, moved to Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore MD, and then began the department of occupational therapy as early as 1912. Eleanor did many great things for occupational therapy. She served as the secretary for the AOTA, the American Occupational Therapy Association, for 15 years. Eleanor also opened the first professional school for occupational therapy (OT 111 Quinnipiac University). Many people, along with Eleanor, impacted the OT community greatly. Dr. William Rush Dunton Jr. became known as the “father of occupational therapy.” (OT 111 Quinnipiac University). The doctor published the first account for occupational therapy. He attended Harvard and UPenn medical schools, and witnessed the potential of occupational therapy’s healing powers first hand. Dr. Dunton Jr. then wrote a book for nurses on how occupational therapy should be utilized in 1915. This book was called Occupational Therapy: A Book for Nurses. Along with Eleanor Slangle, he too did plenty for the occupational therapy …show more content…
Cultural values often influence a families priorities. Depending on where a family lives, that family may not prioritize a child doing certain things by certain ages. Because therapists often focus on making the child’s life better, they have to respect and take into thought about the culture that the family practices. In community-based institutions, the therapist must also take in cultural sensitivity, but it becomes more difficult for the therapist to take in the cultural differences while in a public practice space (Smith). Occupational therapy does not solely revolve around ages either.
Occupational therapy can often relate with mental illnesses. Because occupational therapy helps a patient live life comfortably and to the patients’ full potential, mental illnesses can often become a problem. People become depressed when he or she cannot achieve his or her goals. The patient notices that he or she cannot do the things the therapist expects he or she to do, therefore the patient beats him or her self down. Patients often think if he or she cannot complete the tasks that he or she will never recover or get
She graduated college with a degree in social work, moved to Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore MD, and then began the department of occupational therapy as early as 1912. Eleanor did many great things for occupational therapy. She served as the secretary for the AOTA, the American Occupational Therapy Association, for 15 years. Eleanor also opened the first professional school for occupational therapy (OT 111 Quinnipiac University). Many people, along with Eleanor, impacted the OT community greatly. Dr. William Rush Dunton Jr. became known as the “father of occupational therapy.” (OT 111 Quinnipiac University). The doctor published the first account for occupational therapy. He attended Harvard and UPenn medical schools, and witnessed the potential of occupational therapy’s healing powers first hand. Dr. Dunton Jr. then wrote a book for nurses on how occupational therapy should be utilized in 1915. This book was called Occupational Therapy: A Book for Nurses. Along with Eleanor Slangle, he too did plenty for the occupational therapy …show more content…
Cultural values often influence a families priorities. Depending on where a family lives, that family may not prioritize a child doing certain things by certain ages. Because therapists often focus on making the child’s life better, they have to respect and take into thought about the culture that the family practices. In community-based institutions, the therapist must also take in cultural sensitivity, but it becomes more difficult for the therapist to take in the cultural differences while in a public practice space (Smith). Occupational therapy does not solely revolve around ages either.
Occupational therapy can often relate with mental illnesses. Because occupational therapy helps a patient live life comfortably and to the patients’ full potential, mental illnesses can often become a problem. People become depressed when he or she cannot achieve his or her goals. The patient notices that he or she cannot do the things the therapist expects he or she to do, therefore the patient beats him or her self down. Patients often think if he or she cannot complete the tasks that he or she will never recover or get