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You may have already noticed the increased mention of mindfulness in blogs and articles mentioning the benefits of this concept to help reduce pain and anxiety and improve quality of life.

 Why are we talking about this?

 Simple, we believe that incorporating mindfulness into your future occupational therapy practice can assist your patients’ recovery and your capabilities as a practitioner.

 Don´t believe us? Read along as we explain how this concept can work together with OT programs.

 How can it work alongside Occupational Therapy?

 According to mindful.org, mindfulness is “the ability to be fully present and aware of where we are and what we are doing.”  

 Nowadays, our minds are often consumed by past and possible future experiences that may lead to anxiety, pain, depression, insomnia, and decreased engagement in occupations.

 Now by adding the concept of mindfulness into our patients’ treatments, we can essentially help them overcome their current problems as well as help them learn how to keep living their best life possible.

 For instance:

 If your patient is experiencing anxiety, mindfulness can help him reduce the volume of distracting thoughts that provoke it.

 If your patient has issues causing them to sleep less, mindfulness can help facilitate sleep by calming their overactive mind and reducing stress.

 If your patience is facing situational depression, mindfulness can help reduce it, improving physical health and increasing your patient’s quality of life perception.

 Mindfulness can undoubtedly be very beneficial, but the choice of whether to add this type of practice to your sessions is entirely up to you.

 However, if studies have shown that mindfulness can help improve people’s mental health, why not incorporate it into your future patients?

 Get One Step Closer To Passing The NBCOT ® Exam With Our Help!

 Of course, before incorporating this concept into your profession, you need to be licensed first, which can only be done by passing the NBCOT® Exam.

 We at Pass the OT offer effective study prep for the NBCOT® exam. We provide our students with comprehensive online classes containing all sorts of beneficial prep material to help them get ready.

 We also possess professional clinicians with profound knowledge of the exam to help our students accomplish their individual goals. We can guarantee that you will be able to pass it with the help of our online programs.

Are you currently studying for the NBCOT® exam?

 Being able to read NBCOT® study guides and take notes from NBCOT® exam prep books can certainly be useful when preparing for taking the exam.

 However, this traditional process can also be quite tedious and could not be very beneficial especially since you are nor allowed to review your incorrect answers when using the NBCOT® study guide .

 If you are one of those people that are having trouble remembering most of what you read and wrote in your notes, don´t worry. There is a simple fix to this.

 Apply memory tricks into your study session!

 It is generally useful to use memory tricks to prepare for this exam. The trick is simply merging those tricks with the topics you are currently studying and having trouble remembering.

 Below are some memory tricks we recommend in using when studying for the NBCOT® Exam:

 ●       The method of Loci: This memory trick is based on the idea that you can remember places that you are familiar with.

 So if you can link the information you need to remember with a place that you know very well, the location will serve as a clue that will help you remember what you need to know.

 ●       Using Mnemonics: This memory trick can take the form of a song, a rhyme, or a sentence that you can link in your brain to some other piece of information.

 ●       There are multiple types of this trick. However, the most common type is when the first letter of each word in a sentence is also the first letter that needs to be memorized. Mnemonics that can make you laugh are often easiest to remember.

 ●       Sleeping on It: Studies have shown that your brain processes and stores information while you sleep.

 Therefore, it could be ideal to always end the day reviewing the topic you have been studying to help retain the information.

 ●       Saying it Aloud: While this type of memory trick is not used often (since most people prefer studying in quiet environments), speaking rather than reading has been proven to create a more distinctive memory.   This is one reason why working with a private tutor via Zoom  or over phone has proven  to be highly effective

 Be Prepared For The NBCOT® Exam With Pass The OT!

 Although using NBCOT study guides, NBCOT practice exams, and even memory tricks can help you prepare when studying for the NBCOT® exam, there are times when you will need help understanding complex topics that are hard to grasp. This is where Pass The OT comes in!

 At Pass the OT, we offer a comprehensive, easy to use, flexible online course that makes studying so much easier without being overwhelming. Our program  consists of over 2000 questions, timed & untimed exams, assessment quizzes, cumulative final exams, 150 easy to understand highlighted study charts with dictation, 50 hours of audio recordings, proprietary videos, games, weekly group tutoring sessions, and optional private tutoring sessions with our seasoned, dedicated licensed tutors, who have been instrumental in helping our students pass the NBCOT® exam through their one-on-one sessions. We also offer customized study plans for students taking their exam in 2, 4, 8, 16, and even 24 weeks.

 We are so confident that with our help  you will be able to pass it that if for some reason you don’t pass, we will offer you our program at not cost the next time you take your exam.  

If you're on the path to becoming a certified Occupational Therapist (OTR®) or Occupational Therapy Assistant (COTA®), then you are most likely getting ready to take the NBCOT® exam which is administered by the National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy.

Preparing for any exam can be incredibly stressful and overwhelming, especially when such an important exam such as this one is at stake. However, if you take the necessary steps to prepare yourself in advance, you can significantly increase your chances of passing the first time.

Our passion at Pass the OT is to help students prepare for the NBCOT® exam, starting with the application and guiding you through the studying process. Here are some of our tips that we want to share with you, to help you become the most prepared when the time comes for taking the OT or OTA exam.

 ●        The first step is for you to obtain a copy of the certification exam handbook provided by NBCOT®. Not only will this handbook inform you about the process you have to take to sign up for and schedule your exam, but it will also offer a detailed description of the type of content which you can expect to find in the exam.

●        After reviewing the certification exam handbook and following the steps required to sign up for the exam, you should take the Entry-Level Self-Assessment to help identify your current knowledge and skills. We recommend doing this first, since it will help you develop a more suitable study plan based on your strengths and weaknesses.

●        Once you have established what you know and don't know using the Self-Assessment tool, you can develop your study plan. It is recommended to establish a study plan and timeline based on your specific needs and learning style. Doing short study sessions during the week tends to work better than having longer study sessions over the weekend. You should also plan what you need to focus on in each study session. This will help you become organized and help you to keep track of the topics you need to focus more on.

●        Finally, construct a list of resources to help you study. NBCOT® offers study material in the form of study packs including: flashcards, knowledge matches, study guides, practice tests, mini-tests, a full mock exam and more. If you want to make your studying much easier or if you are overwhelmed by having too many resources or if you feel that you do not have the correct resources, we at Pass the OT have established a one stop place where you can get everything you need to pass on your first try

We offer not only a comprehensive online course (consisting of over 2000 questions, 150 study easy to use highlighted study charts, 50 hours of audio recordings, proprietary videos, assessment tests, cumulative exams, videos, and more) but also group tutoring sessions via Zoom and optional private tutoring sessions with one of our highly skilled tutors, who are licensed clinicians with tremendous experience in helping others pass the NBCOT® exam.  

We offer different packages that  have been customized for students who are planning on taking the exam in approximately one week, two weeks, four weeks, eight weeks, sixteen weeks and six months or more. This means that you can decide how  you want to use our program as you can work your way through our program as fast or as slow as you like.  Because we have helped so many students who were not able to initially pass the exam, many of them who had already used other study preps such as the AOTA® study prep, NBCOT® study pack, Therapy Ed, the Purple Book, True Learn, we know the biggest mistakes students constantly make which results in them not passing.  Our program is therefore designed to circumvent those mistakes so that you have the tools to pass on your first try.