“Man, through the use of his hands, as they are energized by mind and will, can influence the state of his own health.” Mary Reilly, EdD. This quote helps us explain the role of occupational therapy.
This quotes enlightens that by doing an activity or occupation, not only you learn but you will improve your own health.
To begin with, the role of occupational therapy is to help people across their lifespan to participate in things they want and need to do by therapeutic use of daily activities(occupation).
Basically the goal of an occupational therapist is to assist the client with their occupation, identify goal and work with them towards achieving them.
Now how is the profession that is well known for working in a physical environment related to mental health you ask?
OTs that work in mental health settings have completed additional training to develop skills to work with people who experience mental health issues.
People with mental health issues benefit from occupational therapy because of the functional approach to the treatment.
ROLE OF OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY IN TREATING CLIENTS:
- Cognitive assessment and cognitive treatment
- Sensory strategies
- Group programs
- Socio-emotional skills
- return to work support
- development of communicational skills
- development of independent living skills such as cooking.
FUN FACT
DID YOU KNOW?
Despite being well known for our role of occupational therapy in the physical health environment, OTs originally started working in mental health settings.
REFERENCES:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupational_therapy
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We support Occupational Therapy !!!
This gives alot more clarity about Occupation Therapy. Very well written about it.