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Please post your questions. Ron C. ===============<Original Message>=============== On 3/16/2005, ronelle chetty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: rc> hi rc> i am a final year o.t student in south africa rc> i would love to know how many qualified o.t's are on this rc> list. rc> i have a few questions and issues i'd like to raise, so rc> please reply a.s.a.p rc> tx rc> :) rc> On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 18:06:55 -0700 rc> 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]
