What do we mean by occupational therapy?

You are welcome to use any parts of this for your OT Month Celebrations, or to use it as the basis for creating your own description. Occupational therapy is the only profession that helps people across the lifespan to do the things they want and need to do through the therapeutic use of daily activities (occupations). read more

Occupational therapy is the use of occupations to improve occupational performance. We use tasks that are carefully selected to be therapeutic for the client. Our primary outcome with patients is to improve their quality of life through participation in life's activities. read more

Occupational therapy practitioners have a holistic perspective, in which the focus is on adapting the environment to fit the person, and the person is an integral part of the therapy team. This brochure describing occupational therapy can be downloaded and distributed for educational purposes only. read more

We need creativity as an "idea accelerator" (Edwards, D., 2008) to move occupational therapy research, education, and practice to the eminent forefront of helping people achieve health. This blog will expose readers to ideas gleaned from the "best and brightest" of innovation, creativity, avant-garde, and meta-modernist ideas the writer can find, for your contemplation and elevation of your "game". read more