What is OT?
Occupational Therapy, abbreviated as “OT”, is a holistic practice that uses meaningful activity to help people with limitations or impairments participate in everyday life.
Occupational Therapists work with individuals, families, and groups to improve health and well-being through engagement or re-engagement with meaningful activities (occupations). Occupational therapy relies on understanding the importance of an activity to an individual, analyzing the physical, cognitive, and social components of the activity, and adapting the activity, the environment, or the person’s skills to enable participation.
Common occupational therapy interventions include helping children with special needs participate fully in school, community, and family environments; helping people recovering from injury to regain skills; and providing support for older adults experiencing physical and cognitive changes. Occupational therapy services typically include evaluation, treatment, and consultation.
Inclusive
Holistic
Common occupational therapy interventions include helping children with special needs participate fully in school, community, and family environments; helping people recovering from injury to regain skills; and providing support for older adults experiencing physical and cognitive changes.
Occupational Therapists work with individuals, families, and groups to improve health and well-being through engagement or re-engagement with meaningful activities (occupations).
Inclusive
Common occupational therapy interventions include helping children with special needs participate fully in school, community, and family environments; helping people recovering from injury to regain skills; and providing support for older adults experiencing physical and cognitive changes.
Client-centered
Occupational therapy relies on understanding the importance of an activity to an individual, analyzing the physical, cognitive, and social components of the activity, and adapting the activity, the environment, or the person’s skills to enable participation.