Occupational Therapist

Duties and Responsibilities:

The duties of being an occupational therapist are to work with a client to help them achieve a fulfilled and satisfied state in life through the use of purposeful activity or interventions designed to achieve functional outcomes which promote health, prevent injury or disability and which develop, improve, sustain or restore the highest possible level of independence. They need to have the ability to perceive, desire, recall, plan and carry out roles, routines, tasks and sub-tasks for the purpose of self-maintenance, productivity, leisure and rest in response to demands of the internal and/or external environment.

 Salary:

The median annual salary for occupational therapist was $75,400 in 2012, according to BLS. The best –paid 10 percent in the profession made$107,070, while the bottom 10 percent made$50,500.

 Education: The profession of occupational therapy appeals to people who enjoy thinking creatively and flexibly to solve problems and who value working with a diverse group of individuals in their life activities. Occupational therapists assist people of all ages with disabilities to perform activities important in their daily lives. These activities may include self-care, work, education, or play and leisure. Occupational therapists work with people who have physical illness or injury, social or emotional difficulties, congenital or developmental problems, or who are in need of preventative strategies to enhance health and well-being.

Occupational therapy (OT) services focus on increasing independence, enhancing development, providing compensatory strategies, and minimizing or preventing disability. Therapists adapt activities and environments, select therapy activities meaningful to clients, and provide client and caregiver education. For example, an OT may teach adaptive dressing techniques to a client who has lost use of her hand following a stroke, help a child with autism interact with peers, or modify a computer for a young adult with a spinal cord injury returning to work.

Occupational therapists practice in rehabilitation centers, outpatient rehabilitation clinics, schools, hospitals, mental health facilities, private practice, skilled nursing facilities, home healthcare, and community health programs. The most common work settings for occupational therapists are school systems (34.4%), hospitals (25.3%), and long-term care facilities (13.4%). The current and future job outlook for occupational therapists is excellent.

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 Student Success Statement

“Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.”

              Mother Teresa

     Reflection:

What mother Teresa was trying to mean is that kind word could come in you but there are some things that just stay in you always and for ever.