What+is+Occupational+Therapy



[|Occupational Therapy] (OT) is a health profession that assists people across the lifespan to participate in the things they want and need to do through the use of meaningful and purposeful activities. Occupational therapy practitioners work with individuals across the lifespan, with populations and organizations. They work with individuals and groups who have disabilities (physical and/or mental) as well as healthy individuals. The [|World Federation of Occupational Therapists]describes OT as follows: “Occupational therapy is a profession concerned with promoting health and well-being through occupation. The primary goal of occupational therapy is to enable people to participate in the activities of everyday life. Occupational therapists achieve this outcome by enabling people to do things that will enhance their ability to participate or by modifying the environment to better support participation.” OT gives people the "skills for the job of living" necessary for independent and satisfying lives. (WFOT, 2001; AOTA.org).