MILWAUKEE — Serving to sufferers do their on a regular basis actions is how Becky Hein describes her job as an occupational therapist.
“We have a look at serving to you dress, bathing, consuming, ensuring that we additionally incorporate issues which might be essential to you corresponding to play, we have a look at arm motion, we have a look at cognition,” stated Hein. “There’s so many issues OT can assist with.”
Occupational therapists work in quite a lot of settings, which embody nursing properties, colleges, dwelling well being and hospitals.
Hein works at Youngsters’s Wisconsin and makes use of the remedy room each day for classes. In that room, she and her sufferers work on workouts, play video games and even make brownies.
Ashley O’Connor is at present shadowing Hein. She’s an OT pupil at Concordia College.
“I just like the method of remedy you’re modifying and adapting the affected person of their setting,” stated O’Connor. “We’re not essentially altering with the diagnoses they could have, however we’re modifying their setting to verify it’s appropriate for them.”
She encourages highschool seniors to think about a profession as an occupational therapist or an occupational therapist assistant (OTA).
Ashley Ovaska-Weber is an teacher at Bryant and Stratton School for the occupational remedy assistant program. She stated there’s a rising want for OT and OTA.
“I feel the boomer era that everybody talks about there’s extra want in well being care settings,” stated Ovaska-Weber. “I feel in submit COVID and the pandemic as effectively there’s been much more challenges. I feel psychological well being has develop into extra of a problem since that point. Understanding that we now have background in psychology and psychological well being is mostly a position I’d wish to see occupational remedy step into and utilizing all of our abilities.”
She stated the career is the right mix of creativity and science. Creativity is one thing Hein stated she enjoys together with into her classes.
“Coming to the hospital is rarely actually a enjoyable place, however having the ability to convey slightly pleasure to their keep and to assist them get again to all of the issues they’re doing is basically particular and rewarding,” stated Hein.
Occupational therapist is a title Hein and Ovaska-Weber stated they’re proud to have. It’s a title O’Connor stated she hopes to have quickly.
Ovaska-Weber inspired these within the career to hitch the Wisconsin Occupational Remedy Affiliation. The membership contains legislative advocacy and free webinars.
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