I decided to be a pediatric OT because if you help kids at a young age, their problems don’t have a chance to grow bigger,Considering the Future: Occupational Therapy,I decided to be a pediatric OT because if you help kids at a young age, their problems don’t have a chance to grow bigger
Meet Ahuva Arieh MS OTRL. That means Ahuva is a registered/licensed occupational therapist. We sat down for a chat about her advice for teens considering her line of work.
Q: What were some challenges you faced as a teen and how did you overcome them?
A: Growing up in Far Rockaway I attended a community school. My class was very diverse; my classmates didn’t necessarily have the same backgrounds and hashkafos that my family had. Many extracurricular activities chosen by my classmates weren’t the types of activities my parents encouraged.
To overcome this challenge I worked to find common ground with my classmates — such as working on school projects spending time on Shabbos with special-needs adults or having fun doing exercise videos.
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