In my opinion, the only feature that truly separates OT from PT is occupation. Occupation as a goal or as a treatment is our bread and butter.
Ron -- Ron Carson MHS, OT ----- Original Message ----- From: Diane Randall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2008 To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subj: [OTlist] AARGH! DR> I believe standing is functional...but I am trying to understand how we DR> differ from PT. Pt has already merged with OT in regards to "self-care". I DR> find this all very confusig as a student. Our teacher seems to think DR> clothpins and cones are usually not functional. She would rather us mimic DR> the activity doing something more meaningful to the pt. What? That is the DR> hard part for me. I often wonder how the idealism of our program matches the DR> real world OT experience. I will find out soon. -- Options? www.otnow.com/mailman/options/otlist_otnow.com Archive? www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
