Statement Of Purpose: A Career In Occupational Therapy

Based on my personality, skills, and values, I decided that I want to pursue a career in occupational therapy. According to the prioritization grid my top 3 vales are family, helping others, and knowledge. This means that I prefer a career that involves constant learning. Also, a career that will allow me to help people better themselves, yet will not take time away from my family (prioritization grid). The purpose of an occupational therapist is to help people with disability accommodate to the world around them. I will have to be constant updating myself with new information about treatment plans as the field continues to evolve. Also as an occupational therapist I will have the freedom to plan my schedule, so that I will still be able to

I think my personality fits that of a occupational therapist according to my results its states that ISFP are “tune in to feelings and needs of others and are flexible in responding to them”(Myers-Briggs). As and occupational therapist, they have to be able to change their plans in order to fit the needs of the patients. I think that happen from being able to sense and feel that a better method would work in for the patients development. Even though my results showed that I tend to be more introvert and extrovert, it will not effect me when I become an occupational therapist and work in a profession that evolves around people. The reason for that is because ISFP “show their warmth through actions rather than words and express…they prefer to observe and support than organize and dominate” (Myers-Briggs). Regardless if I am consider to be shy, as an occupational therapist they need to be supportive and encouraging towards their patients. I think I will be able to do that for patients and keep them engaged during the

However, each school has their own positives and negative within their psychology program. Starting, with CSU Fullerton a positives is that the program is concise and straight to the point. In total the program is 41 units, whereas at CSU Los Angeles it’s 78 units and CSU Long Beach it’s 56 units. I like that it is concise because I know I will not be taking extra classes I do not need. The negative would be that do not have any recourse available like PRO at CSU Long Beach. As for CSU Los Angeles, a positive is the since it is a small campus compare to CSU Fullerton and CSU Long Beach, the classes sizes would be smaller. This would mean I could get more one and one time with my professors if I needed help. The down size is that CSU Los Angles does not have resources available specifically for psychology major students. CSU Long Beach has the Psychology Resource Office (PRO), which is a peer advising specifically for psychology with no appointments required. PRO Guides are students who serve for one year to assisting in the psychology department resources. This resembles a lot like the SI leaders in TAP and think it will be a useful resource. However, CSU Long Beach the negative is that it is a large school and psychology is an impacted major as it is. I want to be able to be able to establish a relationship with my teacher, like in TAP. The smaller class sizes I can establish an