Leadership Summit

A Leadership Summit was completed among myself and 3 other students in my class to plan for our next group facilitation. We were all scheduled to lead our first independent group facilitation February 19^th, 2018. The summit was very helpful and beneficial!

Based on our interactions when meeting, I think that we were all a little worried since we were the first group of people to lead a group session by ourselves. However, through collaboration, the stress started to fade. The summit was informative and encouraging. We shared different suggestions to do for warm-up activities, discussed our topics, and what we planned to do during our group session. It was helpful to have peers who I could go to for advice and opinions. In addition, it was warming to have the support from others.

From this experience, I learned that comparing notes and sharing idea among peers can be very helpful. I am most grateful for the feedback that I received from others. It was a way for me to take in their opinion and make adjust to material as need. Collaboration is important in the profession of occupational therapy. We collaborate with out clients, colleagues, etc. Having this experience is something that I can carry with me lifelong after occupational therapy school and into the profession when I began to practice.