hi! i think it depends heavily on where you live. I’m Canadian and I think OTs are pretty established here both in community mental health and hospital based mental health. i would say that...
I hear you. This is not an OT thing. It’s a capitalism thing. Any industry is prone to working long hours and I wish I could say stuff like: self-care, set boundaries, do you! but I know th...
This is a great question & lovely question. I am SO SORRY I am only getting to it now. First, disclaimer: because I work in mental health, I haven’t thought about sex and disability for a l...
Hey, maybe 2 years have passed since you asked this. I hope you’re on the OT track, but even if not, hope you’re doing good in general :) I just realized I did a fairly good job of tagging ...
Another probably old question... but since I have only worked in Ontario, I can’t really compare and contrast differences with other provinces but I’ll do my best to give a quick overview. ...
Another one from the vaults… 1. Self doubt / imposter syndrome can happen to anyone. I personally never experienced it until recently, but its a thing that can happen to anyone at any point i...
Hi! Tumblr doesn’t say when messages were sent, so this could be from anytime between 2017 and 2020... Sorry for the delay. But let’s get into the question! The OT master program is fairl...
Hey! I have NO clue when this message was from - prob years ago. not sure if you’re still active either or if you even remember what this is in reference to but hi, and you’re welcome ;) Hope...
Hey there! I started this blog in 2011 when I started OT school. It was actually for a critical reflexivity assignment…and it totally took off and had a life of its own. I graduated OT school...
Any therapy that doesn’t aim to extinguish stimming or force an autistic child into something they aren’t is okay. Any therapy that helps with speech, but doesn’t make speech the end co...
kristen-reads : > Everything that OT’s really do!
kristen-reads : > OT’s take on a lot of roles. Check it out! Child and Adolescent > Mental Health Adult Mental Health Old Age Psychiatry Alcohol and > Addiction Ser...
kristen-reads : > NO, I am not just like a PT > > NO, I will not find you a job > > NO, I will not force you to become “normal” > > YES, I will help...
justgetthroughtheyear : > all of the shoulder muscles are complete!
paintyourescape : > E.M. LYDIATT was a trained occupational therapist who had been > deeply influenced by Jungian theory. She was described by a friend > as being “sho...
cjm-otstudies : > More note revisions and review as tomorrow’s exam quickly > approaches 👏🏻
“Be nice to yourself. It’s hard to be happy when someone is being mean to you all the time.” - Christine Arylo (via onlinecounsellingcollege )
Study: Whites Think Black People Feel Less Pain : futuresoundslikejinglebells : > sonofbaldwin > : > > >>> RACIAL DISPARITIES EXIST, BUT WHAT CAUSES THEM CAN BE >>> CO...
“So, yes, for the fucking love of God, movies matter. TV shows matter. Novels matter. They shape the lens through which you see the world. The very fact that you don’t think they matter, that...
http://christianotstudent.tumblr.com/post/70765791120/ironically-it-is-the-belief-that-disability : christianotstudent : > christianotstudent > : > >> “IRONICALLY, IT IS THE BE...