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Preparing for the Exam
October 8, 2012 9:34 AM by Courtney Crone

Well I am finally done with fieldwork, have applied for my temporary license and have started preparing for the NBCOT exam. Where I live I must be certified in order to continue working so it is a mandatory process for me. I am nervous for the exam, we Read More...

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Wrap Up
September 18, 2012 1:06 PM by Courtney Crone

As I and the group of students I am with finish up our fieldwork we as a group are having difficulty saying goodbye. It is difficult first because we are all leaving on different days and second because we all have our own ways we think we should say Read More...

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Happy Memorial Day
September 3, 2012 9:19 PM by Courtney Crone

I am very excited for Memorial day this year it signifies the last month of my second level two fieldwork. At the end of this month I will be officially done with my master's degree and on to real life work. For now, I am still working just as hard for Read More...

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Transitions
August 27, 2012 7:52 PM by Courtney Crone

Tomorrow I start my 3rd transition in this fieldwork as the school year starts. The first part of this fieldwork was summer school and for the past two weeks I have been working on the residential units, as you may remember I am working at a private school Read More...

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Researching Carpal Tunnel
May 21, 2012 8:44 PM by Courtney Crone

As I prepare my presentation for fieldwork I am finding some surprising results. I have never read the research on Carpal Tunnel I always assumed the OTR who was supervising me had read the research. As I go through it all the main conclusion I have is, Read More...

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Graduation
May 1, 2012 10:00 PM by Courtney Crone

As graduation approaches this weekend I have become nostalgic looking back at the time I spent in school. While this ceremony is somewhat arbitrary because I still have 6 weeks in this clinical and a second 12 week clinical to complete before I am officially Read More...

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Finding my role
April 23, 2012 6:51 PM by Courtney Crone

As I continue on the fieldwork process I have started to struggle to find my role. After eight plus years as a COTA with someone to fall back on to make decisions, evaluate when something changes and write goals I have to do it! I have fallen into a pattern Read More...

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