inside erica's crazy creative world

Hey bloggers! Today, I participated in a mock interview in order to prepare myself for the job finding process. In this post I will be reflecting on my experience and what I have learned from this process.  How do you feel the interview went overall?  Overall, I felt the interview went well. There were areas that needed improvement. I didn’t have a problem with answering the questions, I just feel I could’ve articulated my responses better than I did. I was a little nervous before the interview, but once I got started I settled in nicely. I realized it was not as bad as I thought it was going to be. I learned a lot through this experience and now know what I need to work on in order to improve.   How did you prepare for the interview? I prepared for the interview by viewing and taking advantage of all the resources provided on Blackboard. I viewed the website of the facility where I was scheduled to interview and wrote down questions I wanted to ask. I also made a list of my strengths,

Hey bloggers!             I recently completed Rotter's Locus of Control Questionnaire/Scale. I found out that I possess a more external locus of control. In doing my research on this topic, I found my results very interesting. My post encompasses t houghts on why it's important for a future OT practitioner to understand locus of control and to know how to influence that in oneself and in others, including future clients. It is important for student and OT practitioners to understand locus of control, and to know how to influence that in oneself and our future clients. Locus of control is included in the Model of Human Occupation and is a component of the volition subsystem. Volition is the equivalent to one’s motivation. This subsystem consists of three components: (1) Personal causation is one’s sense of effectiveness and confidence on performing action. (2) Interests are one’s intention to seek pleasure from certain action, objects or events. (3) Valued goals are the ou

Hey bloggers! I recently revisited an activity I completed early in my first term and year of OT school in January 2019. It's called A Self-Portrait of a Leader . I completed the activity again in order to compare and determine whether or not my perspective had changed since I started OT school. I wanted to share my results and reflect on what I discovered with you. (Note: I have included the Glyph Key for the drawing at the bottom of the post.)                          Overall, my two glyphs were similar when comparing them side by side. Although, I did notice that even some of my similarities looked different this time around. Four main differences stood out to me between the two glyph pictures: The eyes, ears, hair, and signature. Eyes: In my first drawing, the eyes were small, signifying my belief that there is a fairly equal mixture of leaders and non-leaders in the field of OT. In my second drawing, the eye are much larger, signifying my belief in that the vast m