Professional Growth

Professional Learning
1. Critical Thinking
  1. Professional Reasoning
    1. Remember different kinds: scientific, diagnostic, procedural, narrative, pragmatic, ethical, interactive, and conditional
  2. Pratice critical thinking through IDEAS: Identify, Deepen, Enumerate, Assess, Scrutinize
  3. Practice the skills of interpretation, analysis, evaluation, inferene, explanation, and self-regulation
2. Lifelong learning
  1. Novice to Expert
  2. attend events and workshops to enrich my base of knowldge
3. Learn the reimbursement systems for fieldwork sites and jobs ahead of time
4. Program evaluation
5. Documentation
  1. Practice writing accurate, clear, and consice documentation at a faster pace
  2. Always write notes, even when not needed, to prevent losing the skill
  3. Write notes as soon as possible
  4. Think of OT session in documentation terms
Behaviors
1. Advocacy
  1. Keep OTAC and AOTA membership. Become more involved
  2. Create awareness of OT profession everywhere, all the time
  3. Advocate for clients
2. OT Code of Ethics
3. Emotional Intelligence
  1. Necessary for sensitive, supportive, and empathetic interactions in therapeutic interventions
    1. Commit to a regular minfulness practice to access emotional intelligence in difficult situations
4. Time management
  1. Be clear and concise, set time limits, complete assignments promptly
Communication
1. Open and truthful communication for effective team work
2. Practice having crucial conversations using Non Violent Communication techniques, or using STATE my path : 1) sharing my facts 2) tell my story 3) ask for other's paths 4) talk tentatively 5) encourage testing.
3. Apply emotional Intelligence
Management
1. Aim to build trust, initiate open communication, act with integrity, make timely and educated decisions, and meet goals.
2. Engage in supervision, volunteer to supervise OT students
Leadership
1. Assume role as a Transformational Servant Leader
  1. Aim to become a servant leader by engaging in active listening, being empathic, inducing healing, being aware of others, having foresight, being committed to the growth of others, and building community.
    1. "Serving to lead and leading to serve"
  2. Aim to become a transformational leader, by getting to the root of the problem and modeling the way, while inspiring and empowering others to create change.
Resources
1. AOTA
2. OTAC
3. Books and materials from graduate classes
4. WFOT
5. CBOT
6. NBCOT
7. International Association of Yoga Therapists
8. Colleagues and supervisors
Personal Values
1. Kindness
2. Self Care is fundamental
  1. Nature, Mindfulness, Relaxation, Balance, Community, Dance, Art
3. Cooperation
4. Gratitude
5. Integrity
6. Compassion
7. Generosity
  1. Continue to volunteer at senior centers and other community spaces once a week
Career Trajectory
1. I would like to engage in direct, group, and community-based services. As well as consultation work once I become emore xperienced
2. SNF
  1. Home Health
3. Pediatric SI Clinic
4. MBSR Certification
5. Mental Health
6. Yoga Therapist

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	Created by Barbara Moran almost 8 years ago