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Posted on: November 13, 2007
ADVANCE for Occupational Therapy Practitioners
Ever since my accident three years ago, I have been contemplating going back to school to get my master's degree in OT. I graduated in the late 1980s and was "grandfathered" in when it became a requirement to have a master's in OT. I wanted to get my master's for two reasons: one, to become an advanced practitioner, and two, to accommodate my residual physical challenges. I first considered a ...
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Posted on: November 12, 2007
ADVANCE for Occupational Therapy Practitioners
Vol. 23 •Issue 23 • Page 12 Person to Person Education: To Be or Not to Be...Online By Jacqueline Thrash, OTR/L Ever since my accident three years ago, I have been contemplating going back to school to get my master's degree in OT. I graduated in the late 1980s and was "grandfathered" in when it became a requirement to have a master's in OT. I wanted to get my master's for two reasons: ...
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Posted on: October 1, 2007
ADVANCE for Occupational Therapy Practitioners
Vol. 23 •Issue 20 • Page 14 Person to Person A Case Study Using the Practice Framework By Jacqueline Thrash, OTR Recently, as part of an assignment for one of my graduate courses as San Jose State University, I was asked to read the Occupational Therapy Practice Framework and apply it in practice. Prior to this assignment, in my 20 years of practice, I had read neither the Uniform ...
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Posted on: October 1, 2007
ADVANCE for Occupational Therapy Practitioners
Recently, as part of an assignment for one of my graduate courses as San Jose State University, I was asked to read the Occupational Therapy Practice Framework and apply it in practice. Prior to this assignment, in my 20 years of practice, I had read neither the Uniform Terminology-III nor the Framework. N.A., a 78-year-old male, was admitted to the acute hospital on May 22 for abdominal aortic ...
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Posted on: August 20, 2007
ADVANCE for Occupational Therapy Practitioners
Vol. 23 •Issue 17 • Page 11 Person to Person Rise to the Challenge with Difficult Clients By Jacqueline Thrash, OTR Having worked as an OT for 20 years, I have had the opportunity and satisfaction to see many, many clients progress. I have tried to do at least one really great thing with each client, and part of the fun of being a clinician is figuring out what that one thing might be. ...
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Posted on: July 9, 2007
ADVANCE for Occupational Therapy Practitioners
Vol. 23 •Issue 14 • Page 9 Person to Person You Say 'Tomejto' and I Say 'Tomahto' By Jacqueline Thrash, OTR Having lived both on the East and West coasts and worked with OT clients from all around the U.S., I have noticed that there are several "accents" in American English. We had two distinct variations in my home. My mother was from Brooklyn, NY, and my father was from Norfolk ...
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Posted on: May 28, 2007
ADVANCE for Occupational Therapy Practitioners
Vol. 23 •Issue 11 • Page 6 Person to Person Making the Best Use of Your Rehab Tech By Jacqueline Thrash, OTR I currently work in a skilled nursing facility, and I sometimes help out another OTR at another SNF. Because there is a shortage of OTs and OTAs in Southern California, we utilize the help of rehab techs or rehab aides. In the past 4 years, I have worked with a variety of rehab ...
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Posted on: April 16, 2007
ADVANCE for Occupational Therapy Practitioners
Vol. 23 •Issue 8 • Page 14 Person to Person The Psychology of OT: Nurturing Hope By Jacqueline Thrash, OTR Rehab therapists nurture hope until our clients can see it for themselves. When we get a new OT client, it is often as a result of an accident or injury, an exacerbation of a present illness, or a new illness. Our clients are often hurting, physically and/or emotionally, and can ...
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Posted on: April 2, 2007
ADVANCE for Occupational Therapy Practitioners
Vol. 23 •Issue 7 • Page 47 Book Reviews Easy English-Spanish for Therapists Reviewed by Kim Eggleston, OTR Common Phrase Translation serves as a valuable tool to help bridge the language and cultural gaps that frequently exist between therapists and their clients/clients' families. This book contains 800 common phrases used by therapists during evaluation and treatment, translated from ...
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Posted on: March 5, 2007
ADVANCE for Occupational Therapy Practitioners
Vol. 23 •Issue 5 • Page 10 Person to Person More than Just a Pretty Smile By Jacqueline Thrash, OTR When I was young, my father was in the military; so we had good preventive dental care coverage. I learned that if I had my teeth cleaned every six months, then I didn't get cavities. I got my first cavity at 9, and my second one at 29. For a long time, though, I actually thought that ...
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