The last day of 2012.  Wow, what a year!  As I look back at this time last year, I cannot believe how far I’ve come and how much I’ve learned.  I did not know it at the time, but I was just a few weeks away from the most challenging term of the program.  A term that made me question what I was doing and ...

     I graduated!  I cannot believe that it is over.  I’m done with school.  I’m done with fieldwork.  It is all up to me now.  It hasn’t sunk in yet.  I have been waiting for this for over 2 years and now it’s finally here.     Going back to school at 29 years old was the ...

I cannot believe it has been so long since I have updated my blog.  Time truly is flying!  I have a mere 2 weeks left before graduation and I can hardly believe it.  I have been learning so much in acute care.  I have had the opportunity to work with a great variety of diagnoses including transplant patients, patients with ...

What a crazy week!  I started my final fieldwork placement in an acute care setting at a major hospital.  Talk about culture shock.  It is a whole different world there and I am scrambling to learn what I need to survive the next 7 weeks.  Everyone keeps telling me that I will see a lot there.  I have no doubt about ...

     This week I finally started feeling like a therapist.  I have been taking the lead in most of the sessions and have even been left alone to run a few sessions on my own.  I have come up with the majority of the interventions and am currently writing all of the notes.  It’s pretty exciting!  I’ve been ...

     Yesterday I found out where I would be placed for my final level 2.  I will be in acute care in a busy inner-city hospital.  I am a bit anxious about this placement.  Up to this point, I have been in adult day care, pediatric physical disabilities and pediatric development disabilities.  I have ...

Week three of my fieldwork is now complete.  Next week is my midterm.  Yet, I have still done nothing but observe.  I’m trying to not be impatient and I’m trying to not compare my experience with that of my classmates, but I can’t help but feel behind.  I have, for my own benefit, been writing notes and coming up with treatment ...

     It is amazing to me how much of my experience teaching preschool is helping me with my pediatric placement. Not only has it helped me in relating to the children, but it’s helping me come up with activities as well. This weekend I decided to take it upon myself to come up with some new activities to do with the kids. At ...

     What a crazy busy week!  My first week of my first level 2 fieldwork is complete and I’m exhausted.  I am not used to putting in 8 hour days anymore!  I’ve been learning a lot at this site, but just observing so far.  Since I’m not that familiar with sensory integration (SI) and many of the children ...

     I cannot believe I am about to type this . . . I am done with the academic portion of the OTA program.  Yay!  After one last visit today, I will also be done with my level I’s as well.  It is crazy to think about.  It seemed as though this day would never come and now it’s here and I don’t know where ...