hi i am a final year o.t student in south africa i would love to know how many qualified o.t's are on this list. i have a few questions and issues i'd like to raise, so please reply a.s.a.p
tx :) On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 18:06:55 -0700 pat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Exactly... it's not ALL I tell them.. but it's how I > explain occupation > as opposed to being paid employment. I also tell them > that occupation > includes things such as watching TV or sleeping. (among > many other things) > > Pat > > At 07:50 AM 3/15/2005, you wrote: > >Because your making it more complicated. It's like the > marketing slogan > >from AOTA Skills for the Job of Living. It's a > conversation starter, a > >sound bite. In advertising/ marketing you have to have > something that gets > >people's attention. It should be short, to the point, > a theme. Ya, Zoom, > >Zoom, Zoom, doesn't tell you about all the wonderful > handling capabilities, > >the comfort and style of a car but, it gets your > attention. > >Depending on my audience and time, I'll give more > details, but, generally > >when explaining OT, you've got less than 30 seconds of > not talking to fast, > >and being clear. Heck, my husband can define OT now to > people who don't > >know about it, he has a simple, easily defined, easily > remembered, easily > >repeated definition. Usually followed by a big grin and > "She plays with > >kids." (teasingly if I'm in ear shot of course). > > > >Elizabeth H. Thiers, OTR/L > >FECTS > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > >Of Ron Carson > >Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2005 7:04 AM > >To: pat > >Subject: Re: [OTlist] Long Rant about OT > > > >Saying that occupation is anything that occupies your > time may not be the > >best way to define occupation! Occupation is much more > complex than > >'anything that occupies your time'. Granted, what you > wrote is easier to > >say, but in my opinion it is not correct. > > > >Ron > > > >===============<Original Message>=============== > > > >On 3/11/2005, pat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > > >p> I tell people something very simple... that > "occupation" is anything > >p> that occupies your time. > > > > > > > >-- > >Unsubscribe? > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >Change options? > > www.otnow.com/mailman/options/otlist_otnow.com > > > >Archive? > > www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > > >Help? > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Change options? > www.otnow.com/mailman/options/otlist_otnow.com > > Archive? > www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > Help? > [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Unsubscribe? [EMAIL PROTECTED] Change options? www.otnow.com/mailman/options/otlist_otnow.com Archive? www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] Help? [EMAIL PROTECTED]
