My first "posting" and have enjoyed keeping up with the recent discussions.
Re What is OT? I have always struggled to be able to give a definition that is understandable at a cocktail party.
I really appreciate the AOTA's promo: OT: Skills for the Job of Living. And, having worked in Home Health the past 5 years, that definition has REALLY helped. When I call a patient to schedule an evaluation, the patient or family member immediately asks....so what exactly is OT? I tell them I work with patients and their families on "the JOB of living---at home----so he/she is as safe and independent as possible". If OT IS needed, they know immediately what I am talking about. I may go on and say that OT has NOTHING to do with teaching them a new job--(Medicare patients are retired!) and they will laugh and ask when am I coming.
This has helped me.
Nancy
From: pat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [OTlist] What is OT? Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2005 06:34:11 -0600
It may not be a *complete* definition, but coming from a six year old it's wonderful if kept in context...
and it beats the heck out of a common adult misinterpretation of "OT's treat upper extremities"
Pat
At 06:51 PM 4/21/2005, you wrote:Hi All:
I think it is important that we are able to articulate what OT is but I also believe we need to be careful of the definitions we adopt and promote. In my opinion there is some text missing in the definition. The implication of the definition is that OTs find out what is meaningful to a person, and then OTs go about changing it so the person can do it. As an OT I can infer the intent of the statement. However, to a non-OT (for lack of a better term) this intent would be unclear because it does not say anything about WHY the OT changes it so that the person is able to do it. To me there is an unmistakable leap of logic in the definition.
The definition in question is: "An Occupational Therapist is a person who finds out what is really important for someone to be able to do, then changes it so that the person is able to do it".
Best,
Biraj
----- Original Message ----- From: Mary Giarratano<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Sent: April 21, 2005 7:22 AM Subject: RE: [OTlist] What is OT?
That's a great definition!
Mary
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I recently attended a course and an OT there gave us this definition - I
have enlarged it and placed it in a prominant place in the office just
to remind me...
Following an OT session in a NZ primary school a 6 year old boy defined OT:
"An Occupational Therapist is a person who finds out what is really important for someone to be able to do, then changes it so that the person is able to do it"
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