Funny, Familiar, Forgotten Feelings

Hong Kong is a long way from home. A 16 hour direct flight away and 12 hours ahead from what's familiar to me. Even so, I've been able to find some familiar and forgotten feelings despite my rough start to my Hong Kong placement experience. So no, maybe it hasn't been so "funny", but I hope someone gets the song reference.

You are Here. (Almost to the Big Buddha!)

An Intervention that doesn't "work out" is an Assessment

I thought I'd start noting some tidbits of wisdom and thoughts from my placement experience. I had the intention of doing this during my last placement, but I never found the time to follow through with it. So I'm buckling down to write some of this tidbits down from this placement.

"An intervention that doesn't work out is an assessment": something wise that my current placement preceptor told me during the first two weeks of placement. I think it applies to any clinical setting and population that OTs work with, but especially applicable to children and their families. If we can see "failed" interventions as an assessment, then we will putting ourselves in a mindset that is ready to learn from our clients! Better yet, we should carry this experimental mindset with each intervention plan. If we put aside our own agendas and idealized results, there will be more possibilities available for our clients.

"What are you Not doing now that you'd Like to be doing?"

Lazying around... When I should be studying.

The title of this post is a question that OTs may find themselves asking their client in an initial assessment. I haven't used this particular question with my volunteer clients in practice interviews, but I really like how the wording is casual. It makes you think about what you can do for yourself to improve your current circumstance right? I also think it's relative to each and every one of us, no matter what stage of life we are in. =)

At the moment, my answer would be: Studying. Hahaha. XD My first exam is at the end of this week and I find myself doing a little blogging...