Tutorial 4 Video Production Session

The group I was in to make this film included Dave, Gareth, Pip and we were given an option on making a minute film on occupational justice, occupational disruption, occupational transition or occupational deprivation. We chose to base our film around the concept of occupational deprivation. Occupational deprivation is stated as being an external circumstance that influences and prevents someone from their occupation over an extended period of time (Townsend E.A. & Polaitajko, 2007). We used the concept of a wheelchair user experiencing occupational deprivation while they are on their way to the library.

We chose our roles in the film with Dave being the director/producer, Gareth being the superhero, Pip being the wheelchair user and I was the cameraman. Our story features Pip in a wheelchair and she experiences occupational deprivation on her way to getting a book from the library. There are many situations that occur that deprives Pip from her occupation and Gareth the superhero comes in and helps Pip overcome the obstacles that prevents Pip’s occupation.

Townsend E.A. & Polaitajko, H. J. (2007). Enabling Occupation II: Advancing an occupational therapy for health, well-being, & justice through occupation. Ottawa: Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists.

Tutorial 3

This post shows how I designed my blog. I had this template because I enjoy lollies.
I have the fish on the side to represent mine and my girlfriend's pet siamese fighter fish Sebastian that we have.
I hope you enjoy the layout of my blog.

Slideshare Presentation on doing, being, becoming and belonging

This post shows an occupation that I was involved in on my Fieldwork two placement. For Fieldwork two I was placed at a special school in Hamilton on Wednesday mornings. The occupation that I chose was shopping. Every week the students go down to the supermarket to purchase food that they prepare the next day for their lunches. Within this occupation it involved finding all the ingredients that were on the shopping list, comparing prices to get the best deal, paying for the groceries in the self-service checkout and safety when walking in the car park.

 

Definition for being is, “Being is about being true to ourselves, to our nature, to our essence and to what is distinctive about us to being to others as part of our relationships and to what we do”(Wilcock, 1998, p. 250).

Definition for doing is, “They ‘do’ daily tasks including things they feel they must do, and others that they want to.   Human evolution has been filled with ongoing and progressive ‘doings’, which, apart from enabling the species to survive, has stimulated, entertained and excited some people and bored” (Wilcock, 1998, p.249).

Definition for belonging is, “Belonging to describe the necessary contribution of social interaction, mutual support and friendship, and the sense of being included, to occupational performance and life satisfaction” (Reberiro et al, 2001).

Definition for becoming is, “...being a sense of future, even though in many ways becoming is dependent on what people do and are in present, and on our history in terms of cultural development” (Wilcock, 1998, p. 251).

Slides: 4,11,16,17 & 20 shows them belonging to society, their class and community.

Slides: 10, 19 & 21 shows becoming healthy eaters.

Slides: 3, 5, 6, 7, 8 & 13 shows the act of doing the shopping.

Slides: 9, 12, 14, 15, 18 & 22 shows being part of society.

Ethical Issues:

Ethical issues that I had to consider were copyrighting photos from the internet and issues over what personal photos I could have. So to cover this issue over the copyright I only used items that were already made public on google images and referenced the sources appropriately on the last slide page. To make sure I was within copyright issues I made sure the photos I took had no people in them.

References:

Wilcock, A.A. (1998b).  Reflections on doing, being becoming.  Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 65, 248-256.

Rebeiro, K.L., Day, D., Semeniuk, B., O’Brien, M., & Wilson, B. (2001). Northern initiative for social action: An occupation-based mental health program. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 55, 493-500.

Brad's Presentation of doing, being, becoming and belonging

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Tutorial 1

In this post I will be defining information technology (IT) in the world today and how it is prevalent today. This post will also express how comfortable and competent I am with IT, how IT can be used in OT and the ethical precautions that may arise using IT.

“Information technology means the technologies that collect, transmit, store, process, and deliver information” (Chen, 2011). IT to me means the technology that allows people to access information and be used to store information for others to access. Examples of this can be the internet and computers themselves are among the most common used IT. Yet IT is not only used for information and storing information but is used for leisure time too.

IT has a part of everyday life and is so important to society now. You only have to look around you when you are walking down the street and see how many people are on their cell phones or at your work place where documenting and even work itself is generally done on your computer. People can communicate with others who are not even in the same room let alone in the same country without pause and can be having conversations with them as if they were face to face.

I feel comfortable using most IT devices including computers and cell phones. I believe I am comfortable with IT because I was brought up using most of these technologies and so new technology just builds on this foundation of knowledge I already have. The limits on IT is whether there is electricity for technologies such as computers and televisions or the level of reception for technologies such as cell phones or remote controlled devices.

A technology that OT’s can use for clients treatments is an I-pad. An I-pad could be used as a tool to develop client’s coordination and to help those who cannot communicate in any other way. The issues that exist around OT’s and IT tools is that when you store details on a computer or any other technology people have the ability to access this by hacking passwords or by the therapist pressing the wrong button and then someone’s personal details are broadcasted to potentially the world. This is a breach of client privacy and could result in the OT losing their job and even their registration. I can see IT becoming potential tools of practice for OT’s in the future as a way of communication to clients and to colleagues. Even now we have technology to talk and see people who are not in the same country let alone in the same room. Who knows what technology OT’s will have access to in the future as a way of communication. “Occupational therapists will take their place in societies of the future by demonstrating their expertise in technologies that facilitate performance in life’s occupations and roles. Scholars, technical experts and consumers who understand these tools will affect this process” (Breines & Pellerito 2003vi). The way modern society has changed is that now so many occupations are structured around IT. So if we as OT’s have a great understanding of technology then we can understand the clients meaningful occupations and can make better strategies on how to get the client back to doing these occupations.

Breines, E. B. & Pellerito, J. M. 2003, 'Occupational technology: a vision for occupational therapy (editorial)', Occupational Therapy International, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. iii-vii.

Chen, R. (2011). 2011 International Conference in Electrics, Communication and Automatic Control Proceedings. New York: Springer Science + Business Media.

Introduction to my blog

Hi this is Bradley and this is my first blog.
I will be completing posts on this blog to show that I understand technology and participation in occupation class for occupational therapy