A Career in Occupational Therapy

“Nobody can go back and start a new beginning but anyone can start today and make a new ending.”-Marla Robinson. Occupational Therapists guide and support their patients in a planned treatment program to help them to learn how to live a daily, independent life. Occupational Therapists employ a substantial amount of leisure and social skills. This is an excellent profession to look into. I chose Occupational Therapy because growing up I always admired my mom’s career as a speech therapist. I would go to work with her and help her as much as I could as an eight year old child. As I have grown up now, I realized my dream to be in the therapy field is just in my reach. I plan to job shadow an Occupational Therapist and look into therapy courses at nearby colleges to get my dream on the right track. Occupational Therapy includes a rigorous course of study and excellent benefits for those who wish to promote skills for independent daily living.
Occupational Therapists supervise and plan recreational yet productive activities to enable individuals with developmental, physical, and psychological disabilities. These activities consist of the adaptation of a new skill, retraining of skills taken away or affected by injury or illness. The adapting of the new daily skill of the home or work environment will help the patient ease the pain. Occupational therapists train and work with their clients to push and help them to care for themselves, and develop leisure and social skills. The overall goal of an Occupational Therapist is to help dependent patients become independent, productive individuals again (Chronicle Guidance Publications 14).
Occupational therapists use their unique training to help their patients function better in the world. ...

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...sometimes things do not work as out that conveniently and the graduate will have to search and land a job on their own. Graduates looking for a position can call the employers directly and ask for an interview or an appointment.
All in all, if one does not have the sincere desire to help others then the field occupational therapy is not suitable. There is a lot more to the job rather than just planning activities and recording progress on patients. The bond with an occupational therapist and the patient should be nothing less than positive, loving, and encouraging. Occupational therapists must support and believe strongly in their patients, and to do this they must guide the patients in programs and activities leading them back to a normal lifestyle. An occupational therapist is the helping hand to the disabled and discouraged to help put their life back on track.