When I chose my carrer I was working with a group of girls who lived in a Centre for Children. There we use the dance like a theraphy for them. We had good results and everybody was really happy for that.
I chose my carrer because I want to development this type of therapy, but I forgot it when I started to study Anatomy, Biology, Math and Psichology.
Three weeks ago we had a class about Body Language, and there I can remember what was my first motivations for study Occupational Therapy.
It is exciting! Our bodies tell us every time how is our mind: if we are stressed our neck is tense, if we are depressed our body looks to the floor. Today the world go really fast, so we can't hear what our body want to tell us. The Body Language help us to identificate our physical and mental necessity and if you carry on the therapy you can treat this problems.
This week I spoke with the Body Language professor and I explained that I want to learn more about this therapeutics current. She said me that first I must to explore with my body in all the courses that I can. I practice different types of dance since 7 years, now I'm doing contemporary dance and in july I will start a course of ritual dance.
My professor said me that in Buenos Aires there are many courses about "Dance Therapy", because there was born María Fux, the founder of this current. She is alive and I hope go there to take one of this courses on vacations.
I want to learn about this because I belive in the body power and in the connection between this and the mind. If I, like an Occupational Therapys, have tools to help people to recognize his bodysymbols I can help them better.
I checked some web pages about this subject, and I hope you visit ADTA (American Dance Therapy Association) and IIDT (International Institute for Dance Therapy). Here you can find information about Dance Therapy and about courses that they give.
Enjoy them!
Thursday, May 31, 2007
Thursday, May 24, 2007
Assignment 3: My Weekend
Today I will be write about my long last weekend:
I had 4 days of weekend, because on friday I hadn't class and on monday is holiday.
On friday I painted my bookcase and my jacket, in the afternoon I went to my dance class and at night I went to eat out with my family. That was a "day for me"
On saturday I must to work at lunchtime, so I did it, I spent money and had good time.
Then I met with a mexican friend to drink coffee and he told me that he must get back to his country because he broke his leg and he must been operated. We spoke a lot and at night he accompanied me to the bus station, because I must take a bus tu Viña del Mar.
On sunday I had lunch with a really good friend. It's funny, but we live near and never meeting us, and this weekend we met in the beach! Obviously we promised meeting straight.
On the beach I was relax, without pollution and with family and friends. The dreaming weekend!
I had 4 days of weekend, because on friday I hadn't class and on monday is holiday.
On friday I painted my bookcase and my jacket, in the afternoon I went to my dance class and at night I went to eat out with my family. That was a "day for me"
On saturday I must to work at lunchtime, so I did it, I spent money and had good time.
Then I met with a mexican friend to drink coffee and he told me that he must get back to his country because he broke his leg and he must been operated. We spoke a lot and at night he accompanied me to the bus station, because I must take a bus tu Viña del Mar.
On sunday I had lunch with a really good friend. It's funny, but we live near and never meeting us, and this weekend we met in the beach! Obviously we promised meeting straight.
On the beach I was relax, without pollution and with family and friends. The dreaming weekend!
Thursday, May 10, 2007
Assignment 2: Recommended Websites in Occupational Therapy
I'm in my 3rd year in Occupational Therapy, and I have notice that not many people know what Occupational Therapy is.
I knew this career, because my mom work in a Medical Centre, where work a Occupational Therapist. Here go people who had an industrial accident, and the staff help them to reinstate at work.
I like this career very much, because here I work directly with different persons who need that someone help them to take part in society.
If you are an Occupational Therapist, you can work in a physical centre, like my mom, or in a phsychiatric. You can work with babys, kids, adults or old people, with only one person each time, or with groups of people. You can use traditional therapys, like excercise or social therapy, or use a different, like bach flower essences, reiki, or dance therapy.
You can do many different things, so get bored is impossible!
One of the most important thing in Occupational Therapy is that the therapy is always aim to one specific user, or group of users. If you don't know your patient, but you know what is his diagnostic you NEVER must say: "This patiente has schizophrenia, so I must do social therapy":
you must do you treatment plan After you know the user.
Las year I was in a group that worked in a phsychiatric hospital. We work with drug addicts and alcoholics, in a staff with a phsychiatrist, a phsicologist, a social worker and an occupational therapyst. Everybody decide what's the better way to treat the users, together: not only the doctor. Each profession contribute from his perspective to development a better treatment plan.
Occupational Therapy is based in Occupational Science, a new science who is development in Southern California University and Karolinska Institut. The University of Chile begann to make science since few years, but with good results.
Make click in the links and check other links that are relate with this.
I knew this career, because my mom work in a Medical Centre, where work a Occupational Therapist. Here go people who had an industrial accident, and the staff help them to reinstate at work.
I like this career very much, because here I work directly with different persons who need that someone help them to take part in society.
If you are an Occupational Therapist, you can work in a physical centre, like my mom, or in a phsychiatric. You can work with babys, kids, adults or old people, with only one person each time, or with groups of people. You can use traditional therapys, like excercise or social therapy, or use a different, like bach flower essences, reiki, or dance therapy.
You can do many different things, so get bored is impossible!
One of the most important thing in Occupational Therapy is that the therapy is always aim to one specific user, or group of users. If you don't know your patient, but you know what is his diagnostic you NEVER must say: "This patiente has schizophrenia, so I must do social therapy":
you must do you treatment plan After you know the user.
Las year I was in a group that worked in a phsychiatric hospital. We work with drug addicts and alcoholics, in a staff with a phsychiatrist, a phsicologist, a social worker and an occupational therapyst. Everybody decide what's the better way to treat the users, together: not only the doctor. Each profession contribute from his perspective to development a better treatment plan.
Occupational Therapy is based in Occupational Science, a new science who is development in Southern California University and Karolinska Institut. The University of Chile begann to make science since few years, but with good results.
Make click in the links and check other links that are relate with this.
Sunday, May 6, 2007
Assignment 1: One if my favorites English songs
Good night everyone!
First, I want to say sorry because I didn't go to my English class with Ksenia last thursday. I was really tired and I must study a lot for a test that I had next day. Fortunately, I think that I could gave a good test.
A classmate said me that last class Ksenia said that everyone must look for a song that we like (in english, obviously).
I choose one of the soundtrack of Magnolia. Here is Wise Up:
WISE UP
Aimee Mann
It's not
What you thought
When you first began it
You got
What you want
Now you can hardly stand it though,
By now you know
It's not going to stop
It's not going to stop
It's not going to stop
'Til you wise up
You're sure
There's a cure
And you have finally found it
You think
One drink
Will shrink you 'til you're underground
And living down
But it's not going to stop
It's not going to stop
It's not going to stop
'Til you wise up
Prepare a list of what you need
Before you sign away the deed
'Cause it's not going to stop
It's not going to stop
It's not going to stop
'Til you wise up
No, it's not going to stop
'Til you wise up
No, it's not going to stop
So just...give up
That is a desesperated song, but I like it because his music is beautiful and I remember the movie's scene.
Let's see that scene in the next link. I hope you want see all the movie then.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86ZOUkSnGk0
Enjoy!
First, I want to say sorry because I didn't go to my English class with Ksenia last thursday. I was really tired and I must study a lot for a test that I had next day. Fortunately, I think that I could gave a good test.
A classmate said me that last class Ksenia said that everyone must look for a song that we like (in english, obviously).
I choose one of the soundtrack of Magnolia. Here is Wise Up:
WISE UP
Aimee Mann
It's not
What you thought
When you first began it
You got
What you want
Now you can hardly stand it though,
By now you know
It's not going to stop
It's not going to stop
It's not going to stop
'Til you wise up
You're sure
There's a cure
And you have finally found it
You think
One drink
Will shrink you 'til you're underground
And living down
But it's not going to stop
It's not going to stop
It's not going to stop
'Til you wise up
Prepare a list of what you need
Before you sign away the deed
'Cause it's not going to stop
It's not going to stop
It's not going to stop
'Til you wise up
No, it's not going to stop
'Til you wise up
No, it's not going to stop
So just...give up
That is a desesperated song, but I like it because his music is beautiful and I remember the movie's scene.
Let's see that scene in the next link. I hope you want see all the movie then.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86ZOUkSnGk0
Enjoy!
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