From Sara Caitlin's case study, I learned what the role of an occupational therapist would look like if we have a client with a quadriplegic injury. Viewing the client's emotional state, setting short and long term goals, and helping Joni enjoy leisure activities (such as painting), were a focus of the occupational therapists for Joni's new found injury. Joni can now sing, paint with her mouth, has full control with her mouth/shoulder/head to move her wheelchair, is married, has written books, and travels the world giving conferences to other individual's that have experienced a disability. Joni's motivation and perspective, along with the help of family, caretakers, and some wonderful OT's have helped Joni find purpose and meaning in her life.
Sara Caitlin did an excellent job quickly(the time she was given) presenting her material on Joni. It was evident that she did a lot of research pertaining to Joni's case, even doing extra reading on blog posts and read a book written by Joni to understand her perspective on the case she presented. I enjoyed her case study, and it was very well presented!
I feel as if this case study helped me to think deeply on what the focus of occupational therapy would look like if we were to walk into a client's room and they had a new spinal cord injury, especially the shoulder or neck down. Some things we often do not think about, Sara Caitlin helped us think of/brainstorm on in a different light!
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