The document discusses how socializing is an important part of many occupations and how occupational therapists recognize its benefits. It notes that during fieldwork placements, the author socialized with clients and other occupational therapists through conversations and activities to learn about them and the community. Socializing involves coming together with other people to actively share experiences in occupations and is part of finding identity and valuing beliefs according to cultures and traditions. Occupations are essentially social and occur in a social context.

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2. INTRODUCTION
• Socializing with groups of people is a major ingredient in what we, human
beings, do naturally, when taking part in a large percentage of occupations in
our life time. It is, for some occupations and individuals the reason why they
take part in a occupation/s – for the participation of socialization, to talk and
mingle with people who have similar interests, beliefs and links. To share the
experience and knowledge.
• As a Occupational Therapist student, during my fieldwork placement studies I
socialized with clients and other Ot’s in conversations, and activities; to learn
about them, and the community – to make people(myself) feel included and
belong.
Clients daily came to the service to socialize with one
another at one of my placements.
At my other placement, we (the Ots’) went to the client’s
homes, and would informally talk with them, to see how
things are there.

3. DOING, BEING, BECOMING & BELONGING
Occupational therapists recognize the power of enabling occupations to
social groups promoting human doing, being, becoming – and
particularly belonging (Christiansen & Townsend, 2010).
Soci al i zi ng i nvol ves t he com ng t oget her w t h ot her
i i
peopl e t o act i vel y shar e t he exper i ence i n an occupat i on.
As a t r adi t i on and as par t of a cul t ur e, w soci al i ze t o
e
f i nd our i dent i t y and val ue our bel i ef s.

4. ‘Occupations are
essentially social
and occur in a social
context.’
Christiansen & Townsend,
2010, p.203
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