I was assigned the task of trying to use a simple household item to help a client with a SCI at the T3 level. The item I was randomly assigned was a egg carton. I think the most valuable things learned from this project was to think outside the box and not to be afraid to ask for help. After reading the case study I was stumped at how to use the egg carton as an intervention with the client. I reached out to my group and my sister in law, who is an occupational therapist, for help. My sister in law guided me towards looking for how the egg carton might could help the client's balance issues in an assistive technology way. I also learned that once I have found what I am looking for to keeping looking for other ways something might could be used. I found that things can be used in multifunctional ways and this is making the most use out of the limited resources you have. I think this assignment will help me as a future occupational therapist by allowing me to practice my OT think. This project allowed me to find a problem and come up with a solution using the materials I had available. I think this is a valuable trait for an occupational therapist to have.
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