Overview on Era Presentations

After listening to the era presentations, I was pleased to learn a few interesting facts. First, in the 1940s, Rosie the Riveter was a campaign to recruit female workers. Furthermore, the Second World War created new job opportunities for women and a demand for occupational therapists. In 1943, there was an emergency need for occupational therapists. At this time, people only had to complete two weeks of courses under direct supervision of another occupational therapist to be official. Second, in the 1980s, it was interesting to learn that two recessions happened in just three years. Moreover, this caused people not to spend money and hurt economic growth. In an effort to cut costs, outpatient, nursing, and personal care facilities were offered. Additionally in the 1980s, I enjoyed learning that children focused on video games. In the effort to combat the negative outcomes of video games, occupational therapists helped children with poster and manual dexterity. Lastly, in the 2010s, I thought that it was interesting to learn about children and handwriting skills. Furthermore, this era showed that typing notes could have a negative outcome with handwriting. In fact, thirty-three percent of people can't read their own handwriting. Moreover, this gives occupational therapists the opportunity to help with fine motor skills.