All that I have learnt over the past three years leads me to believe that yes, this is our role. I have found a gap in our services. Can we do something about it?
As Occupational therapists, we believe that peoples occupations are influenced by their environment. We value peoples individuality, the events that have shaped them. Their values, beliefs and roles in life make them who they are. We work with this knowledge to enable our clients to achieve satisfaction in daily occupations and roles that the individual values.
So, how do we help tertiary students who would like to get back to study after physical trauma?
I would like to see more references here to back up your argument, eg what is our domain of concern, set out some statements by NZAOT, key authors such as Townsend & Polatjko, Kielhofner etc. To me, this is too short to make an argument.
ReplyDeleteYou need a clear link from what OTs do to what you were doing - studying at university.
Thank-you very much for your post, I will look into adding some literature to back up my point of view thank-you, good feedback.
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