Personal Assessments Reflection

            Before this class, I never took a personal assessment test. I enjoyed being able to learn about myself through these tests. For the True Color’s test, I received blue. I wasn’t surprised by this because I am aware I am a very nurturing person. Yet, my second color by only two points was orange. I was surprised by this because I have never seen myself as free and spontaneous. Yet, as I read more about the orange, I understood why I received this color. I played competitive softball for most of my life, and I feel like orange personality traits are ones I have developed from the athletic world. I believe both blue and orange personability traits will help me in the occupational therapy field. These personality traits deal with their connection to the people around them and tuning in the emotional side of people. As an occupational therapist, it is crucial to be able to connect with your client but also the community you’re serving. An area of improvement I noticed based on the results of this test is more structure. I would benefit from punctuality and scheduling. As an occupational therapist, I will need to be goal-orientated and responsible for the progression of my client, not just the emotional connection. 

            For the IRM Mode Assessment, I was also surprised by my results. I was certain I was going to be mostly empathizing. Yet, my results came out as 50% advocating, 33% empathizing, 33% encouraging, and 33% problem solving. I found this interesting because I was unaware of my advocating skills. Learning more about it advocating is going to be helpful when I am an occupational therapist. A strength I have is being able to advocate for the well-being of my clients. Being able to put my client first and speak up for their needs is going to be a big part of my strength as an occupational therapist. As well, I want to work within the disability community therefore, this skill will be valuable. Areas of improved I noticed in this test was a scored a 0% in collaborating and instructing. As I learned in the true colors test, I am not the most structured person. Yet, as an occupation therapist I am going to have to instruct and collaborate with my collages and clients. An area of improvement is going to be taking charge and being able to develop leadership skills. 

            The last test was the Big 5 personability traits. I received the extraversion personality. I was not surprised by this result. Extraversions seek stimulation from the outside world. Reading the description, I found it interesting to learn that extraversions love the emotional payoff a person gets from achieving a goal. I feel like that is truly why I got into occupational therapy and the motivator to go into this field is the happiness I receive from seeing other’s reach their goals. That emotional connection to my client is my biggest strength as an occupational therapist. On the contrast, as an extraversion I base a lot of my joy off others. Especially, if I have a client that does not like me as much, I will defiantly take that personality. An area of improvement is focusing on the goals of the client instead of trying to make them happy. As well, an area of improvement is going to be instructing the client when things get hard not just the happy end result.