I use the word occupation all the time...when I am telling a new client what OT
is and when we are doing the COPM I use the word frequently. I also teach so I
use it all the time with the students.
I also have made a concerted effort to use the word occupation when trying to
explain to the general public the concept of OT. This has been more difficult,
because sometimes it is so much easier to let things slide, or gloss over what
we do because people to not understand OT at all. However, these last few years
I have realized that the general public MUST know what OT is if this profession
is to thrive in the future.
The only difficulty I have encountered, just the other day as a matter of fact
at my husbands family reunion, was when someone had expreienced OT and what they
experienced didn't fit my description. My husbands aunt had hip surgery and
remembered the adaqptive equipment training, etc, but what really stuck in her
brain was the cones she stacked at the rehab center!!! She of course hated it
and said "I didn't realize that is what you (meaning me)did for a living".
I was so embarrassed, but used the opportunity to explain what occuaption is and
how that therapist failed her by not looking at her occupations. And as a
matter of fact it turned out that there were a few things Aunt Mary was having
trouble with yet, 6 months after the surgery, so I made a few suggestions and
plan to visit her at home later this week to address them.
So...I know this is a long response but I hope this spurs a discussion of this
interesting topic....Terrianne
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