About Me

Being a member of the Education Component helped me to evaluate my capabilities for the program and how I can develop and contribute in the process. It is critical that we develop a program that the children can carry in a variety of settings. Learning is an important experience for the children to know and apply what we have taught them in order to improve their quality of life and satisfaction.

Planning for the program required my time to contribute to the research and analysis of the different communities in the city. It also involved extensive collaboration with the other members of the group. Planning for the community-based rehabilitation program gave me the opportunity to look at and broaden my view on the individuals in the community, as well as educate myself in an occupational therapy viewpoint. Based on the data from the meetings, I had to examine several significant factors. Documenting it in the worksheet and comprehending the data to generate the analysis allowed me to grasp it not only through a student's perspective. Rather, I feel empathetic towards the struggles being faced by the individuals. Transcribing the stakeholder's meeting and documenting the findings was not only a task to be done for compliance. Rather, we planned the program with sincerity, with the purpose of allowing individuals to have takeaways from the program and understand how they would be able to implement it independently. It enabled me to consider how we should apply our interventions or administer our program. Planning a community-based rehabilitation program is critical because, at this point, we go and obtain the answers via the process of determining and analyzing the difficulties. It also outlines what we need to do to address its primary issue, the sources of the issue, and how to lessen the impacts. As we investigate how these individuals are affected, I was able to understand my lack of awareness of the challenges confronting a community. However, identifying these gaps in my understanding enabled me to do what I could to fill in the gaps and reach out to the individuals involved.

In designing the program, it was important for us to implement a holistic perspective and to consider the effects of the activities which must be beneficial to the students. “Play to Cope, Learn to Hope” was a brainchild of our component and I remembered how much effort we have exerted not only to design for the program design but also in ensuring that the program will embed in the children’s learning experiences. The parents’ responses during the meetings have enabled us to shape a program that will address the participants’ current challenges and difficulties. I think one of the things that makes the program important for them was that it teaches them how to apply symptom and condition management through educational play activities. We ensured that these activities are applicable to the child’s experiences in the long run.

One of my responsibilities in implementing the program was to write the script that the hosts will utilize. It was crucially important for me to make it as comprehensive as possible in order to avoid conflicts during the presentation. My toughest and only issue was writing the script in dialect since I had difficulties in conveying my ideas in Bisaya. The technique I used was to write the script first in English. That way, I'll be able to see and read my ideas as well as visually track the sentences that need to be translated. It took me quite a while to finish but I knew I did and completed my responsibility as a member.

During the program, I was able to acknowledge my feelings that have been surging as I witness the participants being engaged in our activities. I felt elated looking at the children being participative at our given activities. It made me to remember the process of how we designed the program and incorporated the different aspects to make it an immersive experience for them. Overall, my heart is full of gratitude for being able to be a part of this program.

I really appreciate and enjoyed how the application part of this course allows us to practice and serve individuals in real-time and effectively manage a community-based rehabilitation program well. During the finals season, I was able to immerse in how we can enhance the process and the application aspect when we offer the program. It is also vital that we, as occupational therapists, assess the long-term benefits of any programs we provide. My own prior experiences have assisted in my knowledge of this course. I believe that community-based rehabilitation programs have several rehabilitative outcomes that we can achieve through developing our skills. What I especially appreciate about community-based rehabilitation programs is their purpose. Working as a team with other professionals also allows us to understand more about their roles and what we can do to help them launch these initiatives. We must analyze our thought processes and guide ourselves with an evidence-based framework. It is also vital that we include our culture in order to effectively perform rehabilitation programs relevant to our community. We must consider what effects there will be after the program and how we might help the participants further. We must also allow participants to exercise their own creativity in terms of growing their knowledge or skills. This is important because they will feel more motivated and encouraged to expand their capacity. I feel that allowing them to practice their own meaning in their daily lives helps them stay motivated in everything they do.

We have encountered a lot of struggles through the course as we conduct the process in order to properly deliver our program. But, we appreciate the feedback that was given to us as they were constructive and helpful in attaining what needs to be achieved. I've also been enabled to plan on how to further establish my skills in order to become more responsible, attentive, and knowledgeable about my city. It has also informed me of how much effort I ought to do as a person in order to give back to my community. I believe that going through this course has helped me to see and generate concrete ideas for how I may help.