Ron How would AOTA, or any other entity for that matter, educate people on loss of occupation as a problem that needs to be addressed by a professional... Carmen ----- Original Message ----- From: Ron Carson<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2006 1:44 PM Subject: Re: [OTlist] Occupation
Hello Ann (and hopefully others): It seems like you are in agreement with what I'm trying to say. Now, here's where it gets sticky, at least for me. IF, we are meeting client's where they are (i.e. the medical model) what are we doing differently that our PT partners? How does meeting our clients in the medical model mesh with AOTA's Conceptual Framework model? Thanks, Ron ----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2006 To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Subj: [OTlist] Occupation Dac> If we truly want to be client centered, then I think it is more important to Dac> meet them where THEY are, rather than expecting them to understand where we Dac> are. If we are to work with people who have sustained a medical illness or Dac> injury, they are dealing with it within the medical model - going to their Dac> doctor, possibly trying to treat it with medicine or alternative approaches, but Dac> whatever they are doing, it is within the medical model. To them, the Dac> impairment IS the problem, not the occupation. We may feel that engaging in Dac> occupation will be the most efficient and effective means of giving them back what Dac> they can't even articulate that they want, but it is not(in my opinion) Dac> realistic to expect them to recognize this at the outset. Any education program Dac> geared at people who are not currently experiencing a problem is not going to Dac> be all that effective, as they won't recognize the need to pay attention to Dac> something that has no immediate relevance in their life, and once they have a Dac> problem, it is the problem that they will be focusing on. Since the problem Dac> is their focus, we need to be able to articulate to them how we can help Dac> them with their problem, while we gradually introduce the way in which that Dac> problem may be impacting their occupation and ways in which we can alleviate Dac> that. To continue to garner the referrals, or be recognized as worthy of 3rd Dac> party reimbursement, we need to be able to articulate this within the medical Dac> model to the referral sources and payors as well. They are functioning within Dac> the medical model, and that is where we have to meet them, not try to force Dac> them to meet us outside of that model. Dac> Ann >>> Hello All: >>> >>> Simple, our clients are seeking answers to problems. They want >>> theseproblems fixed. But the problems are not occupation, the >>> problems are >>> things like weakness, loss of balance, developmental delay, >>> depression,etc. Clients see these 'components' as the problem and >>> this is what they >>> expect their therapist to address. This is the way the entire >>> world of >>> medicine works and for OT to be any different just doesn't work. >>> >>> What I think needs to be done is for our patients to recognize >>> loss of >>> occupation as the primary problem. Then, they recognize the need >>> for an >>> occupational therapist. And as far as I can tell, the ONLY way >>> that this >>> is going to happen on a large scale is for AOTA to put >>> together a >>> NATIONAL ad campaign directed at educating people about >>> occupation and >>> thus occupational therapy. >>> Ron -- 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]
