Ron >From the newsletter, In have questions for you: -Why does OT as a health care "product" continues to exist? What do you deliver to your clients when your services are no longer needed? - Are we trying "stuck" on semantics here? Sorry Ron, I don't see the need to "materialize" occupation when "it" can only be experienced individually and specifically each "client/patient/ourselves. -When you/me other OT's get injured and require OT services, what are other OT's going to help us Restore/compensate/adapt?. Can we pin-point to them the exact "product" we want/need in order to return to work? I know I could not! Why try to fit with impairment-driven models!! What is wrong with the unique opportunities we are able to embrace as professionals ! There, I have said my peace Have a good night! Carmen ----- Original Message ----- From: Ron Carson<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Carmen Aguirre<mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 5:24 AM Subject: Re: [OTlist] Long Rant about OT
Hello: Carmen, I have a concern with how the term "occupation" is sometimes mis-valued. Let me try to explain. It is my belief that professions must have specialized and unique knowledge that separate them from all other professions. In my mind and according to AOTA's Framework, occupation is our speciality. I maintain that occupation is our 'bread and butter'. To me, it's the ONLY leg that we have left to stand on because: 1. It isn't borrowed from another profession 2. Other professions are not trying to encroach upon it 3. Is unique to our profession I believe that occupation as a concept and as a therapeutic entity is VERY valuable to our profession. I am concerned because I sometimes believe that therapists undermine occupation's complexity by making over-simplified statements about it. The concepts of occupation are very complex and the integration of occupation into practice is even more complex. An earlier post suggests that I make occupation complex. *I* do not make occupation complex. Occupation *IS* complex and I honestly and sincerely believe that it *SHOULD* be complex. And from my experience and teaching, the more I think I know about occupation, the more I realize that I know nothing at all. Ron P.S. I am in the process of writing an OTnews article about "A Case Against Occupation. ===============<Original Message>=============== On 3/16/2005, Carmen Aguirre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> said: CA> Ron: What exactly is your conflict with occupation? Is it how CA> our cultures define it and historically use it ? CA> Hat is why our profession exists. I really don't understand CA> your conflict. Please elaborate. CA> carmen -- Unsubscribe? [EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Change options? www.otnow.com/mailman/options/otlist_otnow.com<http://www.otnow.com/mailman/options/otlist_otnow.com> Archive? www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]<http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]> Help? [EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[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]
