http://ajot.aota.org/article.aspx?articleid=1869922 The author of this article is a former editor of AJOT. She reflects on her career as an occupational therapist and how her style of thinking about the profession changed from component driven work to community involvement through broadening her horizons. Hasselkus explained that she began to read a produce literature that forced her to explain the meaning of her treatment. Her work was read by occupational therapists all over the world, which opened her eyes to worldwide occupational therapy advances. She intertwined practice with education by going back to school. In her later years as a practitioner, she delved further into the nature and experience of occupation. She exclaimed in their article that in order to be a full member of the profession, you must dig deep to get to the heart of it.
The author of this article is a former editor of AJOT. She reflects on her career as an occupational therapist and how her style of thinking about the profession changed from component driven work to community involvement through broadening her horizons. Hasselkus explained that she began to read a produce literature that forced her to explain the meaning of her treatment. Her work was read by occupational therapists all over the world, which opened her eyes to worldwide occupational therapy advances. She intertwined practice with education by going back to school. In her later years as a practitioner, she delved further into the nature and experience of occupation. She exclaimed in their article that in order to be a full member of the profession, you must dig deep to get to the heart of it.