Occupational Therapy is a science-driven, evidence based profession that enables people of all ages to live life to its fullest by helping them promote health, prevent or live better with injury, illness or disability. This is accomplished through designing strategies for everyday living and customizing environments to develop and maximize potential. By taking the full picture into account – a person’s psychological, physical, emotional and social make up – occupation therapy assists people in:
Achieving their goals.
Functioning at the highest possible level.
Concentrating on what matters most to them.
Maintaining or rebuilding their independence.
Participating in the everyday activities that they need to do or that simply make life worth living.
Occupational Therapy helps individuals design their lives, develop skills, adjust home, school or work environments, and build health-promoting habits and routines. It uses everyday activities as the means to enable people to thrive. Occupational Therapy works to get beyond disability or limitations, creating ways for individuals to live life to its fullest no matter what.
Occupational Therapy services may include comprehensive evaluations of the client’s home and other environments (workplace, school), recommendations for adaptive equipment and training in its use, and guidance and education for family members and caregivers. Occupational Therapists 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.