Yu pikin insɛf nid ɛp? Lɛ wi lan bɔt Ɔkupeshɔn Tɛrapi!

Yu go dɔn notis se sɔntɛnde, wi pikin dɛn kin gɛt smɔl prɔblɛm fɔ du sɔm pan dɛn wok dɛn. Sɔntɛm dɔktɔ dɔn tɛl yu bɔt ‘ɔkupeshɔn tɛrapi’ ɔ ɔkupeshɔn tɛrapi. So, wetin na ɔkupeshɔn tɛrapi? Wetin mek i impɔtant fɔ wi pikin dɛn? Lɛ wi tɔk bɔt am tide insay wan simpul we we izi fɔ ɔndastand.

Wetin na Ɔkupeshɔn Tɛrapi?

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, Ɔkupeshɔn Tɛrapi na spɛshal wok fɔ kia fɔ wɛlbɔdi biznɛs. I kin ɛp pipul dɛn we gɛt ɔl kayn ej, frɔm bebi to pikin dɛn we dɔn rich skul ej, yɔŋ pipul dɛn, ɛn ol pipul dɛn, we gɛt prɔblɛm wit dɛn bɔdi, sɛns, ɔ no. Di gol na fɔ ɛp dɛn fɔ lan fɔ du di wok dɛn we dɛn kin du ɛvride fɔ dɛnsɛf ɛn wit gladi at.

Imajin, sɔm pipul dɛn kin gɛt prɔblɛm fɔ kɔntrol dɛn filin (imɔshɔnal nid dɛm), fɔ intarakt wit ɔda pipul dɛm na sosayti (sɔshial nid dɛm), ɔr fɔ du sɔm tin dɛm na dɛn bɔdi (di bɔdi nid dɛm). Di wan dɛn we de mɛn pipul dɛn we de wok fɔ dɛn kin no dɛn tin ya we de ambɔg dɛn, fɛn sɔlv dɛn, ɛn ɛp fɔ win dɛn. Dɛn kin yuz tin dɛn we dɛn kin du ɛvride, difrɛn difrɛn ɛksesaiz, tɔys, difrɛn tin dɛn, ɛn ɔda tritmɛnt dɛn fɔ du dat. Dis tan lɛk fɔ ɛp pɔsin ‘fɔ tinap bak’, fɔ ɛp am fɔ du ‘di wok’ na ɛvride layf fayn fayn wan.

Us ɛp Occupational Therapy de gi yɔŋ pikin dɛn?

Naw lɛ wi si us kayn ɛp ɔkupeshɔn tɛrapi kin gi yɔŋ pikin dɛn. I kin rili ɛp fɔ mek pikin dɛn ebul fɔ ple, fɔ wok na skul, ɛn fɔ du smɔl smɔl tin dɛn we dɛn kin du ɛvride (lɛk fɔ it, drɛs, ɛn wɛr sus). Nɔto dat nɔmɔ, i kin ɛp bak fɔ mek pikin gɛt mɔ rɛspɛkt fɔ insɛf ɛn fɔ no se i dɔn du sɔntin. Aw di gladi at we pikin kin gɛt we i du sɔntin fɔ insɛf, nɔto so?

Na sɔm ɛgzampul dɛn bɔt aw dɛn tritmɛnt ya kin ɛp pikin dɛn:

• Fayn Mɔtal Skil: Dɛn tin ya na smɔl smɔl wok dɛn we dɛn kin du wit di finga dɛn. Tink bɔt tin dɛn lɛk fɔ ol ɛn fri tɔys fayn fayn wan, fɔ ol pensil kɔrɛkt wan ɛn rayt fayn fayn wan, fɔ kɔt pepa wit siza, fɔ bɔtin shirt, fɔ tay shuz, ɔ fɔ yuz di kɔmpyuta kibɔd. We pikin nɔ ebul fɔ du dɛn tin ya fayn, i kin at fɔ mek dɛn du skul wok, nɔto so? Dɛn kin fil bak se dɛn nɔ kin fil fayn smɔl we dɛn de ple wit ɔda pikin dɛn.
• I de mek di Ay-an Kɔdineshɔn bɛtɛ:Dat min se yu fɔ praktis aw fɔ kɔntrol yu an fɔ ansa wetin yu si. Fɔ ɛgzampul, dis abiliti rili impɔtant fɔ tin dɛn lɛk fɔ nak bɔl wit bat, fɔ pik tɔys na grɔn, ɛn fɔ rayt sɔntin na blakbɔd. If dis na gud tin, i go izi fɔ mek pikin ple ɛn lan.
• Dɛn kin tich di bɛsis tin dɛn fɔ liv ɛvride: tin dɛn lɛk fɔ was, fɔ drɛs, fɔ brus yu tit, fɔ it yu wan, ɛn fɔ tɔylɛt. Dɛn tin ya kin tan lɛk smɔl tin, bɔt dɛn rili impɔtant fɔ mek pikin in indipɛndɛns ɛn fɔ mek i gɛt rɛspɛkt fɔ insɛf. Imajin aw i go izi fɔ yu we yu pikin dɔn yus fɔ du dɛn tin ya fɔ insɛf!
• I de tich aw fɔ biev fayn ɛn aw fɔ de wit ɔda pipul dɛn: I nɔ kin izi fɔ sɔm pikin dɛn fɔ kɔntrol dɛn wamat ɔ fɔ fil bad. Sɔntɛm dɛn nɔ go want fɔ ple ɔ tɔk to ɔda pipul dɛn. Dɛn kin praktis aw fɔ biev we dɛn kayn tin ya apin, aw fɔ de wit ɔda pipul dɛn, ɛn aw fɔ tɔk di rayt we aw dɛn de fil.
• Fɔ gi spɛshal tin dɛn fɔ mek di pikin ebul fɔ du wetin i want: Sɔm pikin dɛn kin nid spɛshal tin dɛn fɔ mek i izi fɔ du dɛn wok ɛvride. Di wan dɛn we de mɛn pipul dɛn we de wok fɔ dɛn kin ɛp dɛn fɔ pik ɛn yuz dɛn tin ya. Fɔ ɛgzampul, wilchia, splin, tin dɛn fɔ was, tin dɛn fɔ drɛs, ɛn tin dɛn we dɛn kin yuz fɔ tɔk to pipul dɛn.

Udat nid Ɔkupeshɔn Tɛrapi?

Okay, so udat na di pikin ɛn yɔŋ pipul dɛm we kin bɛnifit mɔ frɔm ɔkupeshɔn tɛrapi? Si if yu pikin gɛt ɛni wan pan dɛn tin ya. Ɔkupeshɔn tɛrapi kin rili ɛp fɔ pipul dɛm wae gɛt dɛn sik ya:

• Pikin dɛn we gɛt injury we dɛn bɔn ɔ we dɛn bɔn pikin dɛn we nɔ fayn .
• Pikin dɛn we gɛt disɔda we dɛn kɔl Sensory Processing Disorders . Dat min se sɔm pikin dɛn kin rili fil bad bɔt tin dɛn lɛk sawnd, layt, tɔch, smɛl, ɛn teist (lɛk fɔ kɔba dɛn yes we dɛn yɛri lawd nɔys), ɔ dɛn kin nɔ no bɔt dɛn tin dɛn de (lɛk fɔ nɔ fil bad ilɛksɛf dɛn fɔdɔm).
• Insay kes dɛm lɛk traumatik injuri na di bren ɔ spaynal kɔd .
• Pikin dɛn we gɛt prɔblɛm fɔ lan (e.g., prɔblɛm wit raytin, ridin).
• Fɔ pikin dɛn we gɛt ɔtizm spɛktrum disɔda .
• Pikin dɛn we gɛt jɔyn sik lɛk Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis .
• Pikin dɛm wae gɛt mɛntɛl hεlth prɔblɛm ɔr bihayvya prɔblɛm (e.g. ADHD, wɔri).
• Afta we di bɔdi brok ɔ ɔda bad bad tin dɛn we gɛt fɔ du wit di bon dɔn wɛl, yuz di an we gɛt di sik fayn fayn wan.
• Divɛlɔpmɛnt DilɛysFɔ pikin dɛn we de. Dat min se, pikin dεm we de let fכ du tin dεm we כda pikin dεn de du we dεn ej (lεk fכ tok, waka, ple).
• Fɔ di wan dɛn we de wɛl frɔm ɔpreshɔn , fɔ go bak to di tin dɛn we dɛn kin du ɛvride.
• Fɔ di wan dɛn we de sɔfa wit bɔn , ridyus di tɛnsiɔn na di skin ɛn mek di limb dɛn wok mɔ.
• Pikin dεm we gεt nεv sistεm kכmplikεshכn lεk Spina Bifida .
• Fɔ di wan dɛn we dɔn gɛt traumatic amputations , yus fɔ yuz atifishal limb.
• Pikin dɛn we de wɛl frɔm kansa nid fɔ gɛt dɛn trɛnk bak ɛn yus to di wok dɛn we dɛn de du ɛvride.
• Afta siriɔs injuri dɛn na yu an dɔn wɛl, mek yu an wok bak.
• Mek layf izi fɔ di wan dɛm wae gɛt sik dɛm wae kin teik lɔng tɛm lɛk Multiple Sclerosis ɛn Cerebral Palsy .

As yu kin si frɔm dis list, ɔkupeshɔn tɛrapi na bɔku tritmɛnt opshɔn. If yu pikin gɛt ɛni wan pan dɛn prɔblɛm ya, i impɔtant fɔ tɔk to dɔktɔ bɔt if i nid fɔ gɛt ɔkupeshɔn tritmɛnt. Nɔ wɔri, dis na jɔs ɛp.

Wetin na di difrɛns bitwin Fizik Tɛrapi ɛn Ɔkupeshɔn Tɛrapi?

Wan big kwɛstyɔn fɔ bɔku pipul dɛn na wetin na di difrɛns bitwin fizik tɛrapi, we na wetin wi kɔl ‘Fizik Tɛrapi’ (PT), ɛn ɔkupeshɔn tɛrapi (OT). Dɛn tu tin ya aim fɔ mek pikin dɛn (ɛn big pipul dɛn) gɛt bɛtɛ layf, bɔt di tin we dɛn de pe atɛnshɔn pan difrɛn smɔl. Dɛn ɔl tu gɛt fambul, ɛn sɔntɛnde pikin kin nid dɛn tu.

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, Fizik Tɛrapi (PT) kin ɛp mɔ wit:

• Ridyus di pen we yu de fil .
• Divɛlɔp trɛnk .
• inkrεs di jכyn rεnj fכ muv , dat na di abiliti fכ bεnd εn εksεnd di limb dεm fayn fayn wan.
• Mek yu ebul fɔ bia bɛtɛ .
• Divεl כp di gros mכtalman skil dεm . Dis na big big muvmɛnt dɛm we de yuz di an, leg, fut, ɔ di wan ol bɔdi (lɛk fɔ waka, rɔn, jomp, fɔ klaym stej).

Bɔt, Ɔkupeshɔn Tɛrapi (OT) kin ɛp mɔ wit:

• Divεlכ p fayn mכtalman skil dεm . Wi dɔn tɔk bɔt dis bifo, smɔl smɔl wok dɛn we dɛn kin du wit di finga dɛn (lɛk fɔ tɔch, rayt, ɛn bɔtin).
• Divɛlɔp di skil dɛn fɔ si ɛn ɔndastand . dat min se di ebul fכ כndastand εn akt pan wetin di yay dεn de si (e.g., fכ no shep dεm, fכnshכn pat we nכ de na pikchכ).
• Divεlכp kכgnitiv skil dεm (e.g. mεmכri, atεnshכn, prכblεm-sכlv skil dεm).
• fכ adrεs di prכblεm dεm we de fכ di sεns-prכsεs min fכ praktis fכ rεspכnd di rayt we to di sεns dεm we de kכmכt frכm di envayroment.

Tink bɔt am dis we. If pɔsin wund in leg pan aksidɛnt, fizik tɛrapi (PT) kin ɛp am fɔ waka, rɔn, ɛn gɛt trɛnk bak. Bɔt if dɛn gɛt prɔblɛm fɔ it, drɛs, rayt, ɔ du ɛvride wok bak, ɔkupeshɔn tɛrapi (OT) kin ɛp. Wan de pe atɛnshɔn mɔ pan di gros motoka skil ɛn trɛnk, we di ɔda wan de pe atɛnshɔn mɔ pan fayn motoka skil, kɔgnitiv skil, ɛn sɛns ishu dɛm we nid fɔ wok na ɛvride layf. Yu si di difrɛns?

Udat de du dis ɔkupeshɔn tɛrapi?

Naw yu go de wɔnda, udat de gi dis savis we dɛn kɔl Occupational Therapy? Dis nɔto sɔntin we ɔlman kin du, pipul dɛn de we dɔn gɛt spɛshal trenin fɔ dis. Tu lɛvul dɛn de mɔ fɔ mek pɔsin sabi du in wok:

1. Ɔkupeshɔn Tɛrapist (OT): Dɛn pipul ya kin gɛt 4 ia bachɛlɔ digri pan sɔntin we gɛt fɔ du wit am (lɛk bayoloji, sayɛns, wɛlbɔdi sayɛns) ɛn masta digri frɔm akreditɛd ɔkupeshɔn tɛrapi program. Dɛn kin asɛs di sik pipul dɛn, mek tritmɛnt plan fɔ dɛn, ɛn kia fɔ da tritmɛnt de.

2. Ɔkupeshɔn Tɛrapist Asisten (OTA): Dɛn pipul ya dɔn gɛt Asosiet Digri frɔm wan akreditɛd ɔkupeshɔn tɛrapi ɛstɛt program. Dɛn kin impruv di tritmɛnt plan dɛm we wan ɔkupeshɔn tɛrapist (OT) dɔn mek ɔnda di OT in sɔpɔtishɔn. Bɔt dɛn nɔ kin alaw dɛn fɔ du di evalueshɔn fɔ di pɔsin we sik.

Ɔl tu di ɔkupeshɔn tɛrapist (OT) ɛn ɔkupeshɔn tɛrapi ɛstɛt (OTA) fɔ dɔn di fil wok program dɛn we dɛn de supavayz. Dɛn fɔ pas bak nashɔnal sɛtifiket ɛgzam (na bɔku kɔntri dɛn). Insay bɔku kɔntri dɛn, lɛk Sri Lanka, gɔvmɛnt rɛjista ɔ laysens fɔ praktis na sɔntin we pɔsin fɔ du fɔ praktis dis savis. Dɛn fɔ atɛnd kɔntinyu ɛdyukeshɔn klas bak fɔ ɔpdet dɛn no.

Usay Ɔkupeshɔn Tɛrapist dɛn de wok?

Ɔkupeshɔn tɛrapist dɛn kin wok na difrɛn say dɛn. Yu kin fɛn dɛn na ples dɛn lɛk:

• Na gɔvmɛnt ɛn prayvet ɔspitul dɛn
• Na skul dɛm (especially skul dɛm we gɛt pikin dɛm we gɛt spɛshal edyukeshɔn nid) .
• Na rihabiliteshɔn sɛnta dɛn
• Na mental wɛlbɔdi sɛnta ɛn klinik dɛn
• Na prayvet mɛdikal sɛnta ɛn klinik dɛn
• Na pikin dɛn klinik ɛn pikin dɛn divɛlɔpmɛnt sɛnta dɛn
• Sɔntɛnde, dɛn kin gɛt wɛlbɔdi biznɛs na os.

So, if yu pikin nid dis savis, i nɔ go at fɔ fɛn fayn ples fɔ am.

Aw fɔ fɛn gud ɔkupeshɔn tɛrapist?

If yu tink se yu pikin go bɛnifit frɔm ɔkupeshɔn tɛrapi, na sɔm tin dɛn ya yu kin du:

• Aks yu pikin in pikin ɔ famili dɔktɔ fɔ mek dɛn sɛn am to gud ɔkupeshɔn tɛrapist. Bɔku tɛm, dɔktɔ dɛn kin no udat ɛn usay gud, ɛkspiriɛns ɔkupeshɔn tɛrapist dɛn bi.
• If yu pikin de na skul, tɔk to di skul in ticha dɛn, spɛshal ɛdyukeshɔn ticha dɛn, ɔ gayd advays. Dɛn kin ebul fɔ rɛkɔmɛnd pɔsin bay di tin dɛn we yu pikin nid fɔ lan ɔ fɔ liv wit ɔda pipul dɛn.
• Chek wit gɔvmɛnt ɔspitul we de nia yu (especially di rihabiliteshɔn dipatmɛnt) ɔ big prayvet ɔspitul. Dɛn kin ebul fɔ ɛp yu bak ɛn gi yu infɔmeshɔn.
• Insay Sri Lanka, prɔfɛshɔnal bɔdi dɛn de lɛk di Sri Lanka Sɔsayti fɔ Ɔkupeshɔn Tɛrapist dɛn (SLSOT) . Yu kin fɛn infɔmeshɔn bɔt di tritmɛnt pipul dɛn we rɛjista na dɛn wɛbsayt ɔ bay we yu kɔntakt dɛn.
• Aks ɔda mama ɛn papa dɛn. If yu sabi mama ɛn papa dɛn we dɔn yuz dɛn savis ya, dɛn ɛkspiriɛns dɛn rili impɔtant.

Di tin we impɔtant pas ɔl na fɔ pik pɔsin we fit yu pikin gud gud wan, pɔsin we go ebul fɔ tɔk to di pikin fayn fayn wan, pɔsin we di pikin lɛk, ɛn pɔsin we go mek yu fil se yu gɛt kɔnfidɛns. Fɔ mek gud padi biznɛs bitwin di pɔsin we de mɛn di pikin ɛn di pikin rili impɔtant fɔ mek di tritmɛnt go bifo.

Fɔ dɔn, tin dɛn we wi fɔ mɛmba

Okay, so naw a op se yu gɛt gud ɔndastandin bɔt wetin wi dɔn de tɔk bɔt wit Ɔkupeshɔn Tɛrapi. Na wan savis we rili valyu. Na sɔm impɔtant tin dɛn we yu fɔ mɛmba:

• Occupational Therapy na spɛshal tritmɛnt we de ɛp pikin dɛn (ɛn big pipul dɛn) fɔ du di wok dɛn we dɛn kin du ɛvride fɔ dɛnsɛf, yuz dɛn abiliti dɛn di bɛst we, ɛn liv gladi ɛn fɔ dɛnsɛf.
• Dis kin ɛp fɔ divɛlɔp fayn fayn motoka skil dɛm, gros motoka skil dɛm, balans, ay-an kɔdineshɔn, wok dɛm ɛvride, lan skil dɛm, bihayvya patɛn, sɔshal skil dɛm, ɛn ple skil dɛm .
• If yu pikin gɛt prɔblɛm we dɛn bɔn wit, we i nɔ de divɛlɔp, i nɔ ebul fɔ lan, i gɛt prɔblɛm lɛk ɔtizm spɛktrum disɔda, di prɔblɛm wit di we aw i de du tin wit sɛns, ɔ ɛni disabiliti afta aksidɛnt, ɔkupeshɔn tɛrapi kin ɛp am bad bad wan.
• If yu gɛt ivin smɔl dawt, di bɛst tin fɔ du fɔs na fɔ tɔk to dɔktɔ ɛn gɛt advays.Dɛn go tɛl yu di rayt we if yu pikin nid dis ɔ nɔ nid am.
• Dis nɔto natin fɔ shem ɔ fɔ ayd. Di impɔtant tin na fɔ ɛp wi pikin dɛn fɔ du ɔl wetin dɛn ebul fɔ du. Sɔntɛnde, na smɔl ɛp nɔmɔ dɛn nid.

Mɛmba se ɔl pikin difrɛn. Ɛni pikin de divɛlɔp bay in yon pawa. Na wi wok fɔ gi dɛn di lɔv, kia, ɛn, if nid de, spɛshal ɛp we dɛn nid fɔ mek da joyn de. Ɔkupeshɔn tɛrapi tan lɛk gud padi we kin ɛp dɛn pan da joyn de. Nɔ fred fɔ fɛn ɔltin bɔt am!

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