"That man through the use of his hands, as they are energized by the mind and the will, can influence the state of his own health: Reilly 1962 Eleanor Clarke Slagle Lecture.
Thanks Sue, that's it - my uni lecturers would be horrified if they knew
I'd made such a mess of such a significant quote, talking to purpose,
motivation,self care, & healing.
For mine, Reilly really got it in one, though ..they're great words and
thank you Sue so much for setting the record straight and doing them the
justice they deserve.
David
Sue Doyle wrote:
Having come from all the international roots mentioned below, I remember when I
first moved to US from Australia thinking I did not need to bring all the
resources with me I had for my professional practice because I was going to the
US. I regretted that decision every day of my clinical life for the next 10
years. I find the US OT profession is very egocentric but then so is the
country really. For those of us who were trained in countries like Australia
and Canada there was never a move away from Occupation to the degree there was
here in the US (mind you my experience of the other educational systems is from
many years ago). So the occupational focus seems very common to us.
The socialized medical systems of the other countries, for better or for worse, at least provide some support for more community based models of practice versus the stronger focus here due to where the money is on practice from the medical models. But again as Joan has so clearly stated and my fellow aussie, the breakdown that we see in persons overall performance is frequently multifactorial no matter where the specific obvious impairment is. For example people overall balance of occupation in their life.
David was this the quote you were thinking of: "That man through the use of his hands, as they are energizd by the mind and the will, can influence the state of his own health: Reilly 1962 Eleanor Clarke Slagle Lecture.
Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2008 09:18:43 +1100> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected]> Subject: Re: [OTlist] ideas for fine motor warm ups for HW students? A story- long> > Hi Joan,> in Australia we might
call you a "stirrer" for that kind of comment i.e. > someone with a predisposition towards gentle leg pulling ; - )> > I spent yesterday morning engaged in a presentation to the Australian > Assoc of
Hand Therapists. Title of the workshop session was Ergonomics > and Computer Access". Content was 50/50 lit review and equipment demo. > Lit review section was primarily research concerning social and >
psychological/personality factors that predispose to computer work > related UL trauma and the best management thereof. There's a growing > body of excellent studies around to show that many of these type of >
extremely costly injuries (both in terms of compensation/loss of > business but also in the worker's loss of capacity to engage in > occupations right across their lives) are related to the whole person - > not just
the structures of their ULs and the ways they use them. My > reading of the audience receptiveness to this was "excellent". For Hand > Therapists (most of whom but not all were OTs) they seemed to have a >
very good grounding in thinking Occupationally - and not cutting up > people's activities into nice little cause and effect pathways.> > In the course of my employment I've known a few other Hand people who >
tend to bristle quite openly at the suggestion that they've sold out OT > in some way. I'm afraid I can't recall the name at present; but isn't > there a pioneer of OT who said something like "- apologies if I've
got > this quote completely wrong - but sure it's at least vaguely on track!> > And on the issue of the L's and the R's - in my state of Victoria, OT's > aren't required to to be registered. We can be
"Accredited" - which > means we submit our CPD (Continuing Professional Development) Plan to > our National Association; but it's by no means compulsory. I'd make the > necessar
y points easily with all the presentations, reading and projects > I'm required to do do as part of my job - frankly though, I'd rather > give the fee they ask to my chosen charity. Since I've just got a > Bachelor of OT (four year degree course) I choose just to sign "OT"
like > your mate from Argentina as well.> > cheers,> David Harraway OT> > > > Joan Riches wrote:> > >From one perspective this 'play' looks like hand therapy to me and what> > my young cowboy was doing was not play. His personal goal setting got> >
him through his therapy which was preparing him for almost all the> > occupations he will perform for the rest of his life. He was not the> > only stakeholder in this. Working for the knots certainly made my life> > easier because without them it would have been much harder
to achieve> > the goals of his teacher, his family, his team mates, the school board,> > the provincial government, the taxpayers. This is equally true with a> > somewhat different configuration for the seniors I treat who cannot> > begin to articulate their goals in
the way you are demanding but whose> > personal goals for comfort, for safety, for inclusion, for meaning in> > their lives help me to serve them and the goals of the community in> > which they live. We are a social species, we live in community. As a> > profession we
can facilitate the potential occupational performance of> > our society by addressing occupational dysfunction in individuals, and> > in social structures. We have gone through a period of being imprisoned> > in the medical model. We are getting out. Do I not remember
you> > advocating for a client who needed social support? - that was> > Occupational Therapy. This is who we are.> > The US is not the only country in the world nor is AOTA the only> > national association. Students are being taught occupation - witness the> >
post from one of the new members on the list. > >> > Joan Riches B.Sc.O.T., OT(C)> > Specialist in Cognitive Disability> > Riches Consulting> > High River, Alberta, Canada> > 403 652
7928> >> >> > -----Original Message-----> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On> > Behalf Of Ron Carson> > Sent: October 25, 2008 3:41 AM> > To: Veronica> > Subject: Re: [OTlist] ideas for fine motor warm ups for HW students? A> > story-
long> >> > You see, this is why OT is a PERFECT fit with kids!!! Kids love to> > play and play is therapeutic!!!! I often wish I had become a peds> > therapist!> >> > Ron> > --> > Ron Carson MHS, OT> >> >> >> >> > --> > Options?>
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