Keeping Up With Kaylee

Therapeutic relationships are very important to establish as an occupational therapist. It allows for a deeper connection to be formed, which develops from many factors including trust and empathy. By planning how an interaction with a client will go, including the resources and activities you have planned for their session, it allows for less anxiety and more organization to happen before the interaction. If you let the client know you are invested in their improvement by exemplifying these characteristics, it is likely that the therapeutic outcome with be more positive. As my time as a rehab tech, I saw first hand how vital this relationship can be. When a client doesn't feel confident or sure about therapy and how it will help them, a therapist can let them know with body language and words how they plan to improve their quality of life. Although I know there is always room for improvement, I think I have a good amount of empathy already established. As my time at UTHSC, I kno

My main take-away from Dr. Keisling’s presentation on The History of Disability was the importance of understanding and knowing the history behind disabilities. It is not essential that we know every piece of legislature in regards to this, but instead that we are familiar with how it is relevant. Before today’s presentation, I was honestly unaware of many of the topics he discussed. People with disabilities, mild to severe, were stripped of their human rights and not given the opportunity to make their own decisions in regards to their own life. I did not know the extent to which the government and the media took to exclude people from society and make generalizations about how they were dangerous. It makes me want to always see each individual as a person, and if they are different than me, not judge them, but get to know them for who they are.  When working on the Era Presentations, I did not fully understand the importance of knowing the history behind various topics we learne