{"id":488,"date":"2014-10-10T14:47:16","date_gmt":"2014-10-10T18:47:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/groups.etown.edu\/ot\/?p=488"},"modified":"2014-10-10T14:58:51","modified_gmt":"2014-10-10T18:58:51","slug":"think-spring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/groups.etown.edu\/ot\/2014\/10\/10\/think-spring\/","title":{"rendered":"Think Spring!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Spring is a busy fieldwork season at Elizabethtown College! We have 2 cohorts of students, all of whom must complete\u00a010 visits of level I fieldwork during this semester. The juniors are starting their very first level I fieldwork in sensory, perceptual and cognitive assessment and treatment (OT 332). The seniors are wrapping up their third and final level I fieldwork in psychosocial assessment and intervention (OT 434).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/groups.etown.edu\/ot\/files\/2014\/10\/crocus-640x426.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-492\" style=\"border: 1px solid black\" alt=\"bright purple crocuses\" src=\"http:\/\/groups.etown.edu\/ot\/files\/2014\/10\/crocus-640x426.jpg\" width=\"314\" height=\"209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/groups.etown.edu\/ot\/files\/2014\/10\/crocus-640x426.jpg 640w, https:\/\/groups.etown.edu\/ot\/files\/2014\/10\/crocus-640x426-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 314px) 100vw, 314px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Our program is growing!\u00a0This spring, we anticipate having <strong>48 seniors<\/strong> in OT 434 and <strong>37 juniors<\/strong> in OT 332.\u00a0<strong><span style=\"color: #339966\">We can only make this happen with your help<\/span><\/strong> \u00a0&#8211; our local clinicians as well as some of our clinicians who are further away from Etown \u2014(some students may do 5 days of level I fieldwork over spring break March 2-6, 2015). Level I fieldwork will begin during the 3rd or 4th week of January, and most placements during the semester are needed on <strong><span style=\"color: #339966\">Mondays and Wednesdays<\/span><\/strong>. \u00a0There is a real shortage of psych-based OTs everywhere and it seems especially in south central PA. Of the 4 psych OTs within an hour\u2019s drive, only 1 can take level I students. We rely primarily on non-OTs\u00a0from diverse healthcare backgrounds in south central PA to help our students understand psychosocial dimensions and the delivery of psychosocial interventions in various settings. \u00a0We need everyone to consider how they can help students recognize and intervene with psychosocial issues with any age group, in any setting.<\/p>\n<p>Student supervision and education is critical to our students\u2019 learning objectives but also in touching the future of occupational therapy and in fulfilling AOTA&#8217;s\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aota.org\/AboutAOTA\/Centennial-Vision.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Centennial Vision<\/a><\/strong>. I would be glad to talk to you and your organization about how fieldwork education can benefit everyone! \u00a0Please contact me to discuss how you can help support Etown this coming spring semester. \u00a0Thank you!<\/p>\n<p>Christine L. Achenbach, MEd., OTR\/L<br \/>\nAcademic Fieldwork Coordinator &amp; Instructor<br \/>\nPhone: 717-361-1146<br \/>\nEmail: <a href=\"mailto:achenbachc@etown.edu\">achenbachc@etown.edu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spring is a busy fieldwork season at Elizabethtown College! We have 2 cohorts of students, all of whom must complete\u00a010 visits of level I fieldwork during this semester. The juniors are starting their very first level I fieldwork in sensory, &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/groups.etown.edu\/ot\/2014\/10\/10\/think-spring\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Think Spring!<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fieldwork"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/groups.etown.edu\/ot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/488","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/groups.etown.edu\/ot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/groups.etown.edu\/ot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/groups.etown.edu\/ot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/groups.etown.edu\/ot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=488"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/groups.etown.edu\/ot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/488\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":495,"href":"https:\/\/groups.etown.edu\/ot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/488\/revisions\/495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/groups.etown.edu\/ot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/groups.etown.edu\/ot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/groups.etown.edu\/ot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}