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n this screenshot you can see we collaborated on a prevocational goal with the teacher and parents about how this particular student had difficulty with legible handwriting due to decreased visual motor, fine motor, and attention to task

related services

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Through this contact, I am able to collaborate with caregivers and family  to  establish and maintain  a balance of occupations  during their  time at Encompass   that

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This really helped my learning and ability as a future occupational therapist as I was able to receive feedback immediately  after  doing something well  or receive constructive feedback on something I needed more help with.

I implemented the weekly feedback as I felt that went well on my first level II fieldwork

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have also grown in my ability to give feedback through all of the class evaluations we have done throughout occupational therapy school  which has allowed me to more confidently give feedback to my classroom and fieldwork educators in regards to what is most beneficial to me.

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The most ethical treatments for occupational therapists to provide in the schools is to collaborate with the teacher to provide suggestions to support a student's learning as well as pushing in to the classroom to provide suggestions to the student and teacher based on the student's performance of the classroom activity.

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Sometimes we have to encounter very hard things and we need to set boundaries for ourself to  maintain in order to protect our own mental health

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I appreciated my fieldwork educator taking the time out to give me written notes to look into as it will help refine me for when I am entry level, as I want to bring out the best of my clinician abilities

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This workshop consisted of Q&A's from other speech language pathologists (SLPs) and OT's in the area that served for the pediatric community and utilized feeding therapy for their clients

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