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Hey bloggers! Therapeutic communication is important in occupational therapy because it helps the therapist gain the client's trust. You want your clients to feel relaxed and comfortable in sessions, and free to discuss what troubles they are actually having; and as a result, what they want to be able to do that holds meaning to them. A few ways the therapist can maintain the therapeutic relationship include: (just to name a few) active listening  open-ended questions being present  being timely There are so many more ways to maintain, or even strengthen, the therapeutic relationship. The key is to make sure your client feels comfortable. As I previously stated, trust is one of the main ways to do this. stay true & keep it natural, naturalOT

Hey Bloggers!  I want to challenge you all to think for a second. Think about everything you want to do; everything you would like to accomplish in your lifetime. Hopes, dreams, goals, aspirations... you name it! Got it?  Well, just as you have these hopes, dreams, goals, aspirations, etc., so do people with disabilities. Whether the goal is to obtain a degree, get a job, or even travel, people with disabilities want to do these same things. It is a basic human right to be able to do the things in life that are meaningful to you, and that bring you joy. Every human being should be treated equally and with the same respect as the next. People with disabilities deserve to be liked, loved, and experience the feeling of people wanting to be around them. I think this is what Dr. Keisling wanted us to understand. He wanted to instill in us the same attitude, the same mindset, and the same beliefs moving forward. As a future OT, I know I need to own my role as an advocate for those