well here I am studying again for the nbcot exam. I failed it the first time by two points! so hopefully this next time i take the NBCOT exam ill pass it. Thanks Miri your awesome and like another instructor to me.
Thank you for studying with me and sharing your OT journey with me. I understand the pain of not passing the exam and that pain is what birthed this UA-cam channel. I hope you can find not only knowledge here, but hope and inspiration to continue your journey with confidence. Take good care, Trevor, and I'lll be eagerly waiting for the good news.
You're welcome, Sarah!! Thank you for leaving a comment and giving me your feedback. It's much appreciated. If you haven't already, please be sure to check out the newly launched NBCOT Essentials Guide. It was just released today: www.otmiri.com/nbcot-exam-essentials/
Awesome! I will have to check it out! I was also wondering if you had any motor learning approaches/motor techniques videos for adults/neuro who are relearning activities? And if not would you be interested in making one? Thanks again :)
oh this is wonderful news! Congratulations, Lucy! I'm so happy to hear the news and I'm sure you're still feeling elated from yesterday! What a great way to kick off the weekend! Thank you for thinking of me and coming back here to share the news, Lucy- means a lot to me! I hope you'll continue to stay in touch and feel supported here in our community. As you begin this new chapter, I wish you nothing but the best, surrounded by people who believe in your and opportunities that help you thrive!! Please be sure to check out my practice setting videos as well as the career guide on my website. It's comprises of everything I wish I had known during the job application process as well as clinical work thereafter: www.otmiri.com/career-guide/ But for now, please enjoy yourself and soak in this accomplishment!! Congratulations again!
Miri! I just passed the NBCOT COTA exam ! Thank you for your videos! They really helped me understand the material better. You are awesome! THANK YOU ❤️
wow wow wow..... while studying these levels I tried to relate them to my own life and was certainly able to attribute aspects of Level 5 to myself. When I heard you say that I immediately rejoiced. Thank you for sharing your ability to make sense of these concepts that initially seem mind boggling, but after much time spent reflecting, they become (almost) crystal clear. You are able to do something POWERFUL here and help so many people in the process! I test for the first time on Wednesday and have used much of your advice in terms of mindset/mentality (and of course, resources) to prepare. thank you thank you thank you!
Hi Molly, thank you for your message. I really appreciate your thoughtful feedback and am happy to know that these videos are helping you conceptualizing the information and gain greater confidence. I hope the remainder of these next few days leading up to your exam bring you peace, calm and courage. I'll be thinking of you, sending you my positive thoughts and love your way, Molly! ❤️
Thanks, Penina! I'm glad you're finding my videos helpful! I am currently finishing up a few requests but plan to do the MET levels within the next couple of weeks. I probably won't be able to get to SCI video anytime soon, but I've been creating memes and posting them on my FB group to go over some of the key concepts and functional levels. If you're not a member already, you can find me by searching [OT Miri] through FB. Good luck studying!
Hi Macy! Thank you for taking a moment to leave me a comment and connect with me! I'm glad you enjoyed this video and hope you'll find the rest of my resources helpful as you continue your NBCOT journey ❤️
This video was so helpful with breaking down the different levels! Thank you! PS my son said that you are a very good drawer! (He means artist/illustrator) ha!! :)
Helpful hint I came up with for levels of assist per each level. If you are familiar with using FIM scores from your level II fieldwork experiences- the levels of assist match the FIM scores with the ACL levels . Example: FIM 4=Min assist & ACL level 4=Min assist, and so on. :)
hi miri Love your videos!!! Im taking the COTA exam for the second time, and im having trouble understand the burn topics, do you have any information that will help me :)
Hi Heather! Thank you for leaving a comment. I'm happy you're enjoying my videos. I don't have a video on the burn topic, but it's on my list, so stay tuned!
Miri I love this video, very understandable compared to the other videos that I've watched. I was wondering maybe you can do a video on MET levels, thank you in advance.
Thank you, Maria!! I appreciate your comment and am really glad you enjoyed the video! Personal stories really helped me to learn the material while I was studying for the board and I do have a strategy for the MET levels that I'm dying to share. It's been really busy for me lately, but I'm gonna get to it as soon as I can!
Hi Miri! My friends and I love your videos and we have been watching them religiously for studying for the NBCOT! I take my exam on Wednesday and you have helped me understand concepts better and in a new way than what I learned in school. I am very appreciative and am feeling good going into my exam. Thank you for everything!
Aww, thank you for connecting with me and leaving me this sweet and thoughtful note, Mitchell! I'm so happy to hear you and your friends have benefitted from watching my videos and am delighted to know that you're feeling good going into the exam. I'll be thinking of you and sending all my love and prayers your way.
I just need you to know that your videos are AMAZING and you explain stuff sooo well. I'm currently reviewing for the NBCOT that I take on Monday and I'm feeling so much better after going over all this info using your videos. Seriously - thank you for making these so comprehensive!
Hi Vanessa, I'm late to reply to your message, but I'm so happy to know that my videos have helped you feel better leading up to your exam day. How did you feel after taking the exam? How are you doing now?
Thank you so much for posting this video (and all of your videos). It really helped me clarify the information I spent hours studying. I found out yesterday that I passed the boards and these videos really aided my study process. Thank you!!
Hi Maria, I'm late to reply, but I wanted to thank you for your sweet message and to congratulate you on passing your exam! I'm so happy for you and elated for what lies ahead. I hope you're always met with support in all your future endeavors and that you'll fall in love with our profession more and more as each year passes.
Hi Miri, Thank you this was very helpful in understanding the levels better and I associated personal things like you did to the levels to better remember them. By knowing broadly what the levels are about like you explained here, do you think we can still have a general understanding without having to know each sublevel like 4.2 etc?
Hi Julia! I'm glad you found this video helpful and even happier that you were able to apply it to make your own personal narratives. I found that it's one of the best ways to make the information stick! In keeping with the NBCOT Code of Conduct, I cannot make any conjectures or assumptions about what may or may not be on the exam, or to what extent we should know certain content areas. But here is my personal suggestion. You should learn each level enough to understand it conceptually and apply it clinically using your rationale. The exam is testing your readiness to be an entry level practitioner. While you may not be able to learn and memorize every single bullet point, your understanding of each level should prepare you to be able to make a clinical judgment about what the patient can and cannot do at each level and what intervention may be appropriate and safe. Once you have that strong foundation, you will be able to form a strong inference even when you can't recall all the details for level 4.2. Remember, it's impossible to learn and master every content area, so it's important to learn how to apply everything you learn by developing strong clinical reasoning skills. I hope that helps!
Hi Shelley! I hope you're doing well and feeling more confident as you prepare for your exam. Since I've never prepared for the COTA exam, I don't have as much insight into all the content areas, but from what I've heard, the formatting of the questions and answer choices are different for the COTA exam. As for the content areas, I believe there is a lot of overlap.
Yay! I was never meant to be an artist and my doodling is very elementary, but if they can provide some comic relief during your studies and make it easier for you to retain information, then I'm all for doodling!! Thank you for studying with me Sandra!
Thinking of you and sending prayers. You already have everything you need within you to pass this exam. Go in there with confidence and show them what you got!
Thank you for leaving a comment, Katrina! Although I didn't enjoy studying for the board exam while I was taking the exam, I realize in retrospect how valuable that time was in allowing me to develop myself, physically and emotionally. It's not an easy journey, but an incredibly rewarding one that stretches and strengthens your mental and emotional fortitude and resolve. Good luck, Katrina. I hope every step of this journey is one that is rewarding and meaningful.
This is SOOO helpful! My OTA cohort is studying for our finals, and most of us were having difficulty conceptualizing the different levels. This is a great explanation!
Thanks for your videos! I am going to be honest: I didn't study much for the exam, not as much as I should have. I watched your videos the day before and morning of my exam. Thank God I did. So much of what you went over was covered on my exam. I scraped by with a 450 needed to pass, and I believe it was due to your invaluable resources on here. THANKS!
YES!!!!! Congratulations, Alex!! A pass is a pass whether you get 450 or 550! I'm so happy to hear it! And it's so wonderful and heartwarming for me to hear that my videos were helpful. This is the reason I do what I do so THANK YOU for coming back here to share this exciting news! As you begin your new chapter, I hope you continue to come across people, resources and tools to help you succeed and thrive. Congratulations again, Alex!!
Hello again Miri! PLEASE DO A SEPARATE VIDEO ON YOUR TRAVELING EXPERIENCES! I think that it would be fascinating to learn about your learning experiences with traveling and perhaps how that influenced you as an OT today. I am an aspiring traveler (never left the country) and recently got my passport. May consider traveling OT in the future too! Thank you, Miri!
That's a great idea for a video! I'd love to do one on my personal travel experiences and share how those moments shaped my desire and transition to OT!
Miri I love your video's. I was trying to open them to start my studying process and I am not able open them up. I would love to use theses video's to study. Please let me know what I need to do. Thanks
Hi Anna, it's great that you're enjoying these videos. I'm not sure why you're unable to open or view these videos, but it might have to do with your computer settings or plugins required to stream the video. Try to install or update or flash plugin and see if that works!
Hi Miri! I love your videos! They're super helpful. I am wondering if you have a trick to learning the smaller levels of acl (1.2, 1.4, etc.). Thanks so much in advance,
Hi Stephanie! Thank you for leaving a comment and connecting with me! I don't have any videos for the more specific levels of ACL. Personally, I focused more on learning the main levels and using my clinical reasoning to deduce what performance may or may not be possible between the main categories. So I didn't memorize each specific levels, rather tried my best to conceptualize the content so that I can truly understand and visualize client's strengths, limitations and assistance needed (particularly related to safety).
Hi Ellyn! Thank you for leaving me a note and connecting with me. I appreciate your support and hope you continue to enjoy these resources. Happy studying!
You are amazing Miri. I'm studying for my NBCOT and this video was very very helpful. Thank you so much. I'll definitely be sharing this video with my cohort!
Hannah, thank you for your comment and for your support! It brightens my day every time I receive feedback that my videos helped with the NBCOT prep in some way. It's my way of giving back to the OT community and it's so rewarding to know that it's making a difference. Thanks, Hannah!
Thank you, thank you, thank you. You are a true gift. Your methods helped me condense all of the most important material needed to learn in order to pass my boards. I recommend your videos to everyone who ask what they should be looking at. Thank you OT Miri!
Jordan, what a sweet and encouraging message to start my day! Thank you for taking a moment to leave your feedback and express your appreciation. I am so happy to know that we were able to share in this journey together and hope you will continue to feel supported and connected here through our community. I very much appreciate you spreading the word and inviting others to join us. A shared journey is a meaningful journey... Please stay in touch and feel free to share your stories and adventures with me as they unfold! This is just the beginning of an incredible journey and you will reach the stars!! With much love and gratitude, Miri
Kaitlin, congratulations on getting to this point and good luck on your exam! I only started making videos a month ago so it's still in its infancy, but I'm glad you stumbled upon the site before the exam. If there is anything you get from here, I hope it's courage, encouragement and confidence in yourself when taking the exam. Thank you so much for leaving a comment and sharing your appreciation. Good luck!!
Miri! I just found these videos. I feel like you also nailed my own journey with your ACL levels 5 and 6. After leaving my desk job and on my trip around south east Asia, I would have benefited greatly from weekly safety check ups! ;) What a great tool you have provided and what an inspiration you are! Thank you, thank you, thank you! I am curious to hear more about where you are now! :)
Hi Suzanna, thank you so much for your message and kind words! I started this channel in December with no expectation other than to share my story and resources with others who may be feeling just as frustrated and lost as I did when I was preparing for the exam. But since then, it has evolved into something so beautiful, meaningful and rewarding and I have been immensely enriched by it. I'm happy to hear you're finding these videos helpful and even more so that you're finding encouragement here. I truly believe that our sense of confidence and passion for our profession is such a huge determining factor when it comes to preparing for and passing the NBCOT exam, so it's great to hear that you're relating to these videos and finding inspiration! I would love to take an opportunity to share more about myself and my background, and will begin to incorporate more personal stories in my videos. Thank you for taking interest, not just in the content of my videos, but in me as a person. I appreciate that, Suzanna. If you haven't already, please join my FB group and connect with me on my FB page for additional resources and tidbit about my personal life. Welcome to the community, and I hope you continue to find all the tools, resources and support to help you pass and succeed!!
That's wonderful to hear, Bianca! I had a lot of trouble with these levels too and it finally clicked when I was able to put stories and faces to these levels. I'm glad you found this video helpful- thank you for listening to my stories!
Thank you so much OT Miri! These videos are so helpful and i find it helpful when you plug in stories about your life because it helps me get to know you better and also remember the content better too. Thank you!!
You're welcome, Adiary! I'm so happy to know you're enjoying these videos. Thank you for being here, studying with me, and getting to know me in the process! I'm grateful for our shared journey.
So you are amazing. Thank you so much Miri for making these videos, this helps so much! I take my NBCOT exam on June 20th.....I am trying not to freak out lol. Your videos make concepts click, thank you!!!! xoxox
You're welcome, Jessica! Tuesday June 20... I will be keeping you in my thoughts. You'll go through a range of intense emotions leading up to the day of the exam, but in those moments, anchor your mind and heart with reminders of how far you've already come to get to this point. The fact that you are getting ready to sit for the exam means that you have accomplished so much, overcome many hurdles and achieved great things that many around the world could only dream of. You are more than ready to tackle this exam and succeed, not just with the board, but with everything that awaits you as you begin your career. I'm rooting for you, Jessica!!
Hi Chad, I'm late to respond to this message, but I wanted to come back and let you know that I appreciate our shared journey. Thank you for having studied with me. Please stay in touch!
@@MiriLee Hey Miri, it’s funny you responded yesterday because my first attempt I had actually failed by only 3 points :/. But today I got my results of my 2nd attempt and I passed by a wide margin, so I went through a similar journey as you and I am so relieved it’s over. Again, thank you for all the help 🙏🏼 you’re amazing
hmmm, not anything can think of off the top of my head. But why don't you post your question on the Peer-to-Peer Learning Center of the OT Miri Forums and see if any of our members have any ideas?? www.otmiri.com/forum/ Good to hear from you Tierra! Hope you're doing well ❤️❤️
You're welcome, Atida! I'm happy you're utilizing these resources! Good luck preparing for your exam. And on the day of the exam, walk into the prometric center and approach every question as if you were already an entry level practitioner- with confidence, optimism and faith in your ability to apply all the knowledge you gained with strong clinical rationale!
If I'm doing my math correctly, you tested today! The waiting game can be tough, but I hope you'll take this time to reflect on how far you've already come. It really is a huge accomplishment and I hope you can take a moment to celebrate YOU! Have a great rest of the week, Atida!
Hi Megan! Glad to hear you enjoyed the video! I'm currently out of the country and don't have access to any of my files but will provide you the link once I upload it in a couple of days.
I take my exam in 3 weeks and I’ve been using your content to help me remember all of these scales!! You have no idea how much this has helped me throughout my prep. I’m starting to feel more and more confident because of your videos
It makes me so happy to hear this! I hope you'll continue to feel more confident and empowered as you approach your exam date. Walk in there with soaring confidence because you already have WITHIN you everything you need to pass the exam!! You can do this Amber!!
Hi! Scores came out today and I found out I passed (on my second attempt), but I still continued to use your videos. It was a tough journey, but your videos played a huge role in making giant concepts memorable. So I just wanted to say thank you for being a source of guidance and comfort throughout this humbling journey! @@MiriLee
@@amb3r_r10 Congratulations!! I'm so happy to hear this wonderful news! Thank you for letting me know and taking the time to share with me. I'm so happy for you!!!
awww that's awesome and wonderful news!!! It's all thunder, lightning, and rain here in Southern California today, but your news was just the light and joy I needed. Thank you for sharing and CONGRATULATIONS!! I'm so happy for you!!!!@@amb3r_r10
You're very welcome, Rob! Thank you for leaving me a comment. It's always good to hear back from our community. Good luck preparing for your exam, Rob!
You're very welcome, Nichole! I love the confidence with which you wrote "soon to be COTA." Yes, let there be no question about that- go in the testing center and approach every question as if you were already a COTA.! ❤️ Rooting for you, Nichole!!!!
Hi Miri- thanks so much for these videos! Super helpful as I study for the NBCOT exam. I appreciate the personal study tips and anecdotes that you share. I noticed that the closed captions that UA-cam automatically provides are not always accurate, especially noted for this video. For accessibility for all of our Deaf friends and others who need the CCs, would you consider captioning your videos or checking what UA-cam shows viewers? Just a thought!
This video is SO HELPFUL. I have such a hard time conceptualizing and retaining ACL and the picture and word association you provide is so helpful
That's wonderful to hear! Thank you for sharing your feedback!
well here I am studying again for the nbcot exam. I failed it the first time by two points! so hopefully this next time i take the NBCOT exam ill pass it.
Thanks Miri your awesome and like another instructor to me.
Thank you for studying with me and sharing your OT journey with me. I understand the pain of not passing the exam and that pain is what birthed this UA-cam channel. I hope you can find not only knowledge here, but hope and inspiration to continue your journey with confidence. Take good care, Trevor, and I'lll be eagerly waiting for the good news.
Miri AWESOME video!!! The personal story you added is what stuck! Thank you so much for all you do!
You're welcome, Sarah!! Thank you for leaving a comment and giving me your feedback. It's much appreciated. If you haven't already, please be sure to check out the newly launched NBCOT Essentials Guide. It was just released today: www.otmiri.com/nbcot-exam-essentials/
Awesome! I will have to check it out! I was also wondering if you had any motor learning approaches/motor techniques videos for adults/neuro who are relearning activities? And if not would you be interested in making one? Thanks again :)
Not yet, but it is definitely on my list of videos to make!
Thank you! for all your amazing videos! I found out I passed the NBCOT -COTA today on my first attempt.
oh this is wonderful news! Congratulations, Lucy! I'm so happy to hear the news and I'm sure you're still feeling elated from yesterday! What a great way to kick off the weekend! Thank you for thinking of me and coming back here to share the news, Lucy- means a lot to me! I hope you'll continue to stay in touch and feel supported here in our community. As you begin this new chapter, I wish you nothing but the best, surrounded by people who believe in your and opportunities that help you thrive!! Please be sure to check out my practice setting videos as well as the career guide on my website. It's comprises of everything I wish I had known during the job application process as well as clinical work thereafter: www.otmiri.com/career-guide/
But for now, please enjoy yourself and soak in this accomplishment!! Congratulations again!
Miri! I just passed the NBCOT COTA exam ! Thank you for your videos! They really helped me understand the material better. You are awesome! THANK YOU ❤️
This was SUCH a good video- you explained the content in a way that is very easy to retain. Thanks for posting girl!
Thank you for your feedback, Emily! I'm glad you enjoyed the video ❤
wow wow wow..... while studying these levels I tried to relate them to my own life and was certainly able to attribute aspects of Level 5 to myself. When I heard you say that I immediately rejoiced. Thank you for sharing your ability to make sense of these concepts that initially seem mind boggling, but after much time spent reflecting, they become (almost) crystal clear. You are able to do something POWERFUL here and help so many people in the process! I test for the first time on Wednesday and have used much of your advice in terms of mindset/mentality (and of course, resources) to prepare. thank you thank you thank you!
Hi Molly, thank you for your message. I really appreciate your thoughtful feedback and am happy to know that these videos are helping you conceptualizing the information and gain greater confidence. I hope the remainder of these next few days leading up to your exam bring you peace, calm and courage. I'll be thinking of you, sending you my positive thoughts and love your way, Molly! ❤️
The levels of assist are very similar to FIM levels
Thank you for saying that because it made it so much easier to remember!
Amazing video so clear and Awesome hints! Helping me study for my NBCOT exam!
Can you do a video on the MET levels and SCI levels ?
Thank you
Thanks, Penina! I'm glad you're finding my videos helpful! I am currently finishing up a few requests but plan to do the MET levels within the next couple of weeks. I probably won't be able to get to SCI video anytime soon, but I've been creating memes and posting them on my FB group to go over some of the key concepts and functional levels. If you're not a member already, you can find me by searching [OT Miri] through FB. Good luck studying!
Thank you so much for this video. It was an extremely helpful tool for board preparation!
Hi Macy! Thank you for taking a moment to leave me a comment and connect with me! I'm glad you enjoyed this video and hope you'll find the rest of my resources helpful as you continue your NBCOT journey ❤️
I passed the OTR exam!!
Yay!! Congratulations Marion!! I'm so happy for you!
This video was so helpful with breaking down the different levels! Thank you! PS my son said that you are a very good drawer! (He means artist/illustrator) ha!! :)
aww Chelsie, please tell your son I appreciate his sweet feedback! That's very endearing and heartwarming...
I love how you use your personal stories to describe each level. Really helped me learn and remember!
Awesome! Thanks for leaving a comment :)
Helpful hint I came up with for levels of assist per each level. If you are familiar with using FIM scores from your level II fieldwork experiences- the levels of assist match the FIM scores with the ACL levels . Example: FIM 4=Min assist & ACL level 4=Min assist, and so on. :)
Thank you for sharing, Caitlin! ❤
Thank you!
You're welcome!
I appreciate that you included the ACL stitches in the levels in which they belong, that was helpful!
hi miri Love your videos!!! Im taking the COTA exam for the second time, and im having trouble understand the burn topics, do you have any information that will help me :)
Hi Heather! Thank you for leaving a comment. I'm happy you're enjoying my videos. I don't have a video on the burn topic, but it's on my list, so stay tuned!
Miri I love this video, very understandable compared to the other videos that I've watched. I was wondering maybe you can do a video on MET levels, thank you in advance.
Thank you, Maria!! I appreciate your comment and am really glad you enjoyed the video! Personal stories really helped me to learn the material while I was studying for the board and I do have a strategy for the MET levels that I'm dying to share. It's been really busy for me lately, but I'm gonna get to it as soon as I can!
Oh, PLEASEEEE do make one for MET levels!!!!! I think I am out of brain space haha
hehehe it's a popular request!!! Alright ladies, it's coming soon!!
Thank you Miri, looking forward to all of your videos 🙂.
Hi Miri! My friends and I love your videos and we have been watching them religiously for studying for the NBCOT! I take my exam on Wednesday and you have helped me understand concepts better and in a new way than what I learned in school. I am very appreciative and am feeling good going into my exam. Thank you for everything!
Aww, thank you for connecting with me and leaving me this sweet and thoughtful note, Mitchell! I'm so happy to hear you and your friends have benefitted from watching my videos and am delighted to know that you're feeling good going into the exam. I'll be thinking of you and sending all my love and prayers your way.
I just need you to know that your videos are AMAZING and you explain stuff sooo well. I'm currently reviewing for the NBCOT that I take on Monday and I'm feeling so much better after going over all this info using your videos. Seriously - thank you for making these so comprehensive!
Hi Vanessa, I'm late to reply to your message, but I'm so happy to know that my videos have helped you feel better leading up to your exam day. How did you feel after taking the exam? How are you doing now?
Thank you so much for posting this video (and all of your videos). It really helped me clarify the information I spent hours studying. I found out yesterday that I passed the boards and these videos really aided my study process. Thank you!!
Hi Maria, I'm late to reply, but I wanted to thank you for your sweet message and to congratulate you on passing your exam! I'm so happy for you and elated for what lies ahead. I hope you're always met with support in all your future endeavors and that you'll fall in love with our profession more and more as each year passes.
Hi Miri,
Thank you this was very helpful in understanding the levels better and I associated personal things like you did to the levels to better remember them. By knowing broadly what the levels are about like you explained here, do you think we can still have a general understanding without having to know each sublevel like 4.2 etc?
Hi Julia! I'm glad you found this video helpful and even happier that you were able to apply it to make your own personal narratives. I found that it's one of the best ways to make the information stick! In keeping with the NBCOT Code of Conduct, I cannot make any conjectures or assumptions about what may or may not be on the exam, or to what extent we should know certain content areas. But here is my personal suggestion. You should learn each level enough to understand it conceptually and apply it clinically using your rationale. The exam is testing your readiness to be an entry level practitioner. While you may not be able to learn and memorize every single bullet point, your understanding of each level should prepare you to be able to make a clinical judgment about what the patient can and cannot do at each level and what intervention may be appropriate and safe. Once you have that strong foundation, you will be able to form a strong inference even when you can't recall all the details for level 4.2. Remember, it's impossible to learn and master every content area, so it's important to learn how to apply everything you learn by developing strong clinical reasoning skills. I hope that helps!
Thank You Miri! You inspire me to keep studying! Really appreciate it!
Hi Marla! Thank you for your message. I hope you continue to gain value and support from this channel and our community.
Hi Miri! I was wondering...I am studying for the COTA exam. Are there pretty much the same questions on the COTA and OT exam?
Hi Shelley! I hope you're doing well and feeling more confident as you prepare for your exam. Since I've never prepared for the COTA exam, I don't have as much insight into all the content areas, but from what I've heard, the formatting of the questions and answer choices are different for the COTA exam. As for the content areas, I believe there is a lot of overlap.
That little drawing of the house on level four is stuck to my brain. I never forget that they get to go home at four lmao thanks Miri!!
Yay! I was never meant to be an artist and my doodling is very elementary, but if they can provide some comic relief during your studies and make it easier for you to retain information, then I'm all for doodling!! Thank you for studying with me Sandra!
Your video on ACL made learning them so much easier than other attempts I'd made. Thank you!
aww, I'm so happy to hear that! I think this might be the first video I ever recorded for UA-cam!
Thank you so much for time and efforts to helping the rest of us prepare for the NBCOT! Your videos are beyond helpful; really, truly appreciate ya!
You're welcome! Thank you so much for leaving a comment and such wonderful feedback. It is much appreciated, Daina!
Thank you!! 2 more weeks until i take the NBCOT! eeeek!
Thinking of you and sending prayers. You already have everything you need within you to pass this exam. Go in there with confidence and show them what you got!
Very helpful, thanks Miri! I plan on taking my test in 2 months :)
Thank you for leaving a comment, Katrina! Although I didn't enjoy studying for the board exam while I was taking the exam, I realize in retrospect how valuable that time was in allowing me to develop myself, physically and emotionally. It's not an easy journey, but an incredibly rewarding one that stretches and strengthens your mental and emotional fortitude and resolve. Good luck, Katrina. I hope every step of this journey is one that is rewarding and meaningful.
This is SOOO helpful! My OTA cohort is studying for our finals, and most of us were having difficulty conceptualizing the different levels. This is a great explanation!
Glad it was helpful! Please say hi to your OTA cohort for me!
Thanks for your videos! I am going to be honest: I didn't study much for the exam, not as much as I should have. I watched your videos the day before and morning of my exam. Thank God I did. So much of what you went over was covered on my exam. I scraped by with a 450 needed to pass, and I believe it was due to your invaluable resources on here. THANKS!
YES!!!!! Congratulations, Alex!! A pass is a pass whether you get 450 or 550! I'm so happy to hear it! And it's so wonderful and heartwarming for me to hear that my videos were helpful. This is the reason I do what I do so THANK YOU for coming back here to share this exciting news! As you begin your new chapter, I hope you continue to come across people, resources and tools to help you succeed and thrive. Congratulations again, Alex!!
Hello again Miri! PLEASE DO A SEPARATE VIDEO ON YOUR TRAVELING EXPERIENCES! I think that it would be fascinating to learn about your learning experiences with traveling and perhaps how that influenced you as an OT today. I am an aspiring traveler (never left the country) and recently got my passport. May consider traveling OT in the future too! Thank you, Miri!
That's a great idea for a video! I'd love to do one on my personal travel experiences and share how those moments shaped my desire and transition to OT!
Miri I love your video's. I was trying to open them to start my studying process and I am not able open them up. I would love to use theses video's to study. Please let me know what I need to do. Thanks
Hi Anna, it's great that you're enjoying these videos. I'm not sure why you're unable to open or view these videos, but it might have to do with your computer settings or plugins required to stream the video. Try to install or update or flash plugin and see if that works!
i learned a lot so much about your OT apps video tnxs and god bless
Hi Miri! I love your videos! They're super helpful. I am wondering if you have a trick to learning the smaller levels of acl (1.2, 1.4, etc.). Thanks so much in advance,
Hi Stephanie! Thank you for leaving a comment and connecting with me! I don't have any videos for the more specific levels of ACL. Personally, I focused more on learning the main levels and using my clinical reasoning to deduce what performance may or may not be possible between the main categories. So I didn't memorize each specific levels, rather tried my best to conceptualize the content so that I can truly understand and visualize client's strengths, limitations and assistance needed (particularly related to safety).
Thank you so much! Your videos are amazing!
Hi Ellyn! Thank you for leaving me a note and connecting with me. I appreciate your support and hope you continue to enjoy these resources. Happy studying!
You are amazing Miri. I'm studying for my NBCOT and this video was very very helpful. Thank you so much. I'll definitely be sharing this video with my cohort!
Hannah, thank you for your comment and for your support! It brightens my day every time I receive feedback that my videos helped with the NBCOT prep in some way. It's my way of giving back to the OT community and it's so rewarding to know that it's making a difference. Thanks, Hannah!
Thanks for being amazing, I appreciate these videos very much.
You're welcome! I appreciate you being here.
Thank you, thank you, thank you. You are a true gift. Your methods helped me condense all of the most important material needed to learn in order to pass my boards. I recommend your videos to everyone who ask what they should be looking at.
Thank you OT Miri!
Jordan, what a sweet and encouraging message to start my day! Thank you for taking a moment to leave your feedback and express your appreciation. I am so happy to know that we were able to share in this journey together and hope you will continue to feel supported and connected here through our community. I very much appreciate you spreading the word and inviting others to join us. A shared journey is a meaningful journey... Please stay in touch and feel free to share your stories and adventures with me as they unfold! This is just the beginning of an incredible journey and you will reach the stars!! With much love and gratitude, Miri
I can't believe I'm only finding your channel 5 days before my test. I wish I would have known about it all along. Thanks for your effort in these!
Kaitlin, congratulations on getting to this point and good luck on your exam! I only started making videos a month ago so it's still in its infancy, but I'm glad you stumbled upon the site before the exam. If there is anything you get from here, I hope it's courage, encouragement and confidence in yourself when taking the exam. Thank you so much for leaving a comment and sharing your appreciation. Good luck!!
Miri! I just found these videos. I feel like you also nailed my own journey with your ACL levels 5 and 6. After leaving my desk job and on my trip around south east Asia, I would have benefited greatly from weekly safety check ups! ;) What a great tool you have provided and what an inspiration you are! Thank you, thank you, thank you! I am curious to hear more about where you are now! :)
Hi Suzanna, thank you so much for your message and kind words! I started this channel in December with no expectation other than to share my story and resources with others who may be feeling just as frustrated and lost as I did when I was preparing for the exam. But since then, it has evolved into something so beautiful, meaningful and rewarding and I have been immensely enriched by it. I'm happy to hear you're finding these videos helpful and even more so that you're finding encouragement here. I truly believe that our sense of confidence and passion for our profession is such a huge determining factor when it comes to preparing for and passing the NBCOT exam, so it's great to hear that you're relating to these videos and finding inspiration! I would love to take an opportunity to share more about myself and my background, and will begin to incorporate more personal stories in my videos. Thank you for taking interest, not just in the content of my videos, but in me as a person. I appreciate that, Suzanna. If you haven't already, please join my FB group and connect with me on my FB page for additional resources and tidbit about my personal life.
Welcome to the community, and I hope you continue to find all the tools, resources and support to help you pass and succeed!!
This was awesome, you're incredible and really help so much. THANK YOU
Yay! So happy to know you enjoyed it. Thank you for studying with me!
This video is awesome! I have always had trouble remembering these levels but now I feel like ive finally got it! :)
That's wonderful to hear, Bianca! I had a lot of trouble with these levels too and it finally clicked when I was able to put stories and faces to these levels. I'm glad you found this video helpful- thank you for listening to my stories!
Thank you so much OT Miri! These videos are so helpful and i find it helpful when you plug in stories about your life because it helps me get to know you better and also remember the content better too. Thank you!!
You're welcome, Adiary! I'm so happy to know you're enjoying these videos. Thank you for being here, studying with me, and getting to know me in the process! I'm grateful for our shared journey.
So you are amazing. Thank you so much Miri for making these videos, this helps so much! I take my NBCOT exam on June 20th.....I am trying not to freak out lol. Your videos make concepts click, thank you!!!! xoxox
You're welcome, Jessica! Tuesday June 20... I will be keeping you in my thoughts. You'll go through a range of intense emotions leading up to the day of the exam, but in those moments, anchor your mind and heart with reminders of how far you've already come to get to this point. The fact that you are getting ready to sit for the exam means that you have accomplished so much, overcome many hurdles and achieved great things that many around the world could only dream of. You are more than ready to tackle this exam and succeed, not just with the board, but with everything that awaits you as you begin your career. I'm rooting for you, Jessica!!
Seriously you just made me cry, you are so motivating!!!!! Thank you Miri!! Much love to you!!!!
Thank you, this was great. Your style of teaching is such a comfort during such a stressful time.
I’m so happy to hear my videos are providing comfort and encouragement during this stressful time. Thank you for studying with me!
I take my NBCOT OTR test in two days, you’ve been a great help 👍. Got a 482 on my practice so I think I got this
Hi Chad, I'm late to respond to this message, but I wanted to come back and let you know that I appreciate our shared journey. Thank you for having studied with me. Please stay in touch!
@@MiriLee Hey Miri, it’s funny you responded yesterday because my first attempt I had actually failed by only 3 points :/. But today I got my results of my 2nd attempt and I passed by a wide margin, so I went through a similar journey as you and I am so relieved it’s over. Again, thank you for all the help 🙏🏼 you’re amazing
Thank you!I need to do a group for my Group Dynamics class based on this. Any ideas?
hmmm, not anything can think of off the top of my head. But why don't you post your question on the Peer-to-Peer Learning Center of the OT Miri Forums and see if any of our members have any ideas?? www.otmiri.com/forum/
Good to hear from you Tierra! Hope you're doing well ❤️❤️
Thank you for your videos I plan on taking notes and binge watching today to review and maybe get a better understanding. I test in 8 days!
You're welcome, Atida! I'm happy you're utilizing these resources! Good luck preparing for your exam. And on the day of the exam, walk into the prometric center and approach every question as if you were already an entry level practitioner- with confidence, optimism and faith in your ability to apply all the knowledge you gained with strong clinical rationale!
If I'm doing my math correctly, you tested today! The waiting game can be tough, but I hope you'll take this time to reflect on how far you've already come. It really is a huge accomplishment and I hope you can take a moment to celebrate YOU! Have a great rest of the week, Atida!
Miri, thank you for these videos. They are a great help after I get burnt out from reading this stuff for so long.
You're very welcome! Thank you for joining our community. I hope you continue to find all the support, resources and tips to help you pass the board.
Do you think you could post a picture of the chart? Some of it is hard to read, but its such a good chart and video!
Hi Megan! Glad to hear you enjoyed the video! I'm currently out of the country and don't have access to any of my files but will provide you the link once I upload it in a couple of days.
Thank you so much I really appreciate
this is soooo helpful!! thank you so much!! So easy to learn!!
Wonderful! I'm so glad to hear that! Thank you for being here to study with me.
Thank you! I'm making a jeopardy game to try to remember everything :-)
That sounds like a fantastic idea, Gregory!
Thank you Miri! I want to be at level 6 for little bit too!!
You're welcome! And yes, we will be together at level 6 as friends and colleagues in our profession!
Thanks a lot 🫰🏼
You're welcome, Norah!
I take my exam in 3 weeks and I’ve been using your content to help me remember all of these scales!! You have no idea how much this has helped me throughout my prep. I’m starting to feel more and more confident because of your videos
It makes me so happy to hear this! I hope you'll continue to feel more confident and empowered as you approach your exam date. Walk in there with soaring confidence because you already have WITHIN you everything you need to pass the exam!! You can do this Amber!!
Hi! Scores came out today and I found out I passed (on my second attempt), but I still continued to use your videos. It was a tough journey, but your videos played a huge role in making giant concepts memorable. So I just wanted to say thank you for being a source of guidance and comfort throughout this humbling journey! @@MiriLee
@@amb3r_r10 Congratulations!! I'm so happy to hear this wonderful news! Thank you for letting me know and taking the time to share with me. I'm so happy for you!!!
awww that's awesome and wonderful news!!! It's all thunder, lightning, and rain here in Southern California today, but your news was just the light and joy I needed. Thank you for sharing and CONGRATULATIONS!! I'm so happy for you!!!!@@amb3r_r10
Thank you for taking the time to help so many of us!
You're very welcome, Rob! Thank you for leaving me a comment. It's always good to hear back from our community. Good luck preparing for your exam, Rob!
THANK YOU!!!! Soon to be COTA :)
You're very welcome, Nichole! I love the confidence with which you wrote "soon to be COTA." Yes, let there be no question about that- go in the testing center and approach every question as if you were already a COTA.! ❤️ Rooting for you, Nichole!!!!
Thank you so much. I am new here and I really like it.
Hi Daniela! For some reason, my previous comment is not showing up, but I wanted to welcome you again and thank you for joining our community. :)
Miri Lee Thanks to you for your amazing videos. You are an inspiration to me. Have a good day. God bless!
well done! thank you!
Thank you for leaving a comment! Glad you enjoyed it :)
You are god sent!
Hi! Welcome to our community and thank you for leaving a comment!
Thank you so much!
You're welcome, Mirline! Good luck preparing for your board exam!
Hi Miri- thanks so much for these videos! Super helpful as I study for the NBCOT exam. I appreciate the personal study tips and anecdotes that you share. I noticed that the closed captions that UA-cam automatically provides are not always accurate, especially noted for this video. For accessibility for all of our Deaf friends and others who need the CCs, would you consider captioning your videos or checking what UA-cam shows viewers? Just a thought!
as a beginner,it’s really helpful for me to learn OT,thanks
You're welcome! Happy to hear these resources are helpful!
Amazing job with the explanation! Thank you so much!!!
You're welcome, Sofia! Thank you for leaving a comment- glad you enjoyed the video :)