damn, sorry this looks so sloppy... looked fine in outlook.
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From: The Butterfields <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2001 6:08 PM
Subject: Re: Enough to be dangerous
> Hello all,
> Ron, I thought your conversation with the PT was interesting. I have
had
> similar discussions with LMSWs,RN's, and SLP in the past. I have heard
> various statements such as:
> "It seems like you OT's want to try and do
> everything..."
> " Why cant you just stick to the physical body, I feel
> that my
> profession is better suited for group therapy...."
> " I don't understand you guys, my friends daughter n
> law is an OT
> and she just does subtance abuse mental health
> groups, she hasnt even been on a med surg floor
> except for her rotations in
> school. What kind of education do you guys get
> anyways?"
>
> Needless to say I went into a explanation into what the Occupation in
> Occupational Therapy means. Half the time my listener will have a new
> understanding and appreciation of OT or will even be more skeptical. I
> always thought that 2 of the many roadblocks that the OT profession has to
> deal with are 1) the name of our field itself "Occupational Therapy" and
2)
> the diverse areas that OTs do work in.
> Occupational Therapy is a title of a profession that doesnt
obiviously
> ( well at not currently..) describe the profession. For example: lawyer =
> works with law, teacher = teaches, plumber = works with plumbing Physical
> therapist = as my PT friend says If its physical its therapy, and so
> on..... Occupational Therapist = works in Occupational health....um..Helps
> people with jobs...ahem..works with people using Occuaption. We all know
it
> is the lack of understanding Occupation in the context of OT is our
largest
> hurdle in front of us.
> Since Occupation is so diverse, spans the life cycle, there are OT's
who
> are working in very different jobs with different client populations. If
you
> were to ask 10 OT's what they did for work you would probaly get a more
> varied response than if you were to ask 10 firemen, 10 physical
therapists,
> 10 accountants and so on. I do feel that the diversity of OT is a weakness
> that blurs or perception to the public along with profession name that can
> be that does not have an obvious meaning the the general public..well at
> least not yet any ways.
>
> Sorry for the rambling, but I guess OT backbone is Occupation.
This
> happens to encompass a lot. ( simple meaning heh) It seems that different
> OTs choose to work on different areas of people occupations and thier
needsI
> know what I said is nothing new to us OT's. I can relate to you
conversation
> Ron. You posed a very interesting question. I am also interested in what
> others think.
>
> Mike
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Ron Carson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2001 9:53 AM
> Subject: Enough to be dangerous
>
>
> > Hello:
> >
> > This is a long explanation followed by a couple of questions. Please
give
> > me feedback and opinion. Thanks!
> >
> > The other evening I was having a discussion about OT with a physical
> > therapist. Somehow the topic of mental health came up and she asked
about
> > OT's role when working with dementia. So, using an OPPM (Occupational
> > Performance Process Model) approach, I tried to explain about how I
would
> > treat the dementia symptoms as they manifested themselves with regard to
> > occupational performance deficits. The PT was very unimpressed by my
> > explanation and felt like I wasn't really addressing the problem but
> rather
> > the symptoms of the problem. Well, I agreed that I don't DIRECTLY treat
> > dementia but that through occupation-based treatment, dementia's
symptoms
> > may be reduced.
> >
> > The next topic was about a disabled (secondary to depression) judge whom
I
> > treated in my previous private practice. I explained that I saw the
judge
> > because she was having occupational and vocational difficulties
secondary
> to
> > her depression. I outlined to the PT that I facilitated the client to
set
> > goals, prioritize these goals and acted like a 'sounding board' for her.
> The
> > PT had several negative comments including:
> >
> > 1. And you billed for this?
> >
> > 2. OT's are NOT mental health counselors are they?
> >
> > 3. How much counseling training did you get in school?
> >
> > The PT made one last comment, which is the subject of this e-mail. She
> said
> > that it seems like OT's are generalist and that "they know just enough
to
> be
> > dangerous".
> >
> > Now, I countered all the above with my own interpretations of
> > our profession but I REALLY want/need other readers opinion about OT
being
> > generalists and knowing just enough to be dangerous. Do you guys agree?
> > What might be your response to this person? What is OT's speciality?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Ron
> >
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