Occupational therapy promotes physical condition by enabling people to do significant and decided occupations. Active process of livelihood: from the start to the end of life, defined as Occupation. Occupations are all the dynamic processes of looking after ourselves and others. People should be enjoying life, and being socially and efficiently productive over the lifetime and in different contexts.
Occupational therapy began from 1700s. In 1917, The National Society for the Promotion of Occupational Therapy was founded but later sometime it became the American Occupational Therapy Association. It was at this time the profession began to incorporate a more technical approach associated with organized medicine.
From recent years, private practice has become a more practical and commercial option for those therapists. Occupational therapists are ever more turning towards opportunities to work in private practice with patients who are home based as well as those in the society. Private practice allows occupational therapists to be independent and flexible as well as grow on the professional front.
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Every year in April, occupational therapists host a month long celebration with the help of occupational therapy assistants, and students in practice showcasing the importance of Occupational Therapy. It's that time when everyone in the profession goes out of their way to tell the world about what we do. They tell us How occupational therapy is become a necessary nowadays? Why there is need to take Occupational therapy? When and where is the need of occupational therapists?
Many children need occupational therapy so that they can improve their fine motor skills and master tasks such as tying shoes and many more activities. School based occupational therapy is available through the public education system. It makes sense that a program of this type is needed.
The Occupational therapist takes a history from the patient by taking thorough interview. Questions are asked about hygiene, eating, dressing, getting in and out of bed, driving, cleaning, working and the patients sex life. A physical assessment is conducted widely focused on range of action. Observations of deformities are noted because they may hold back the performance of the patient. The therapist assesses the need for splints or supports which might benefit the patient and helps design specific assistive procedure.
The major aim of occupational therapy is to enable the client to achieve a satisfying and productive life through the growth of skills that will permit him to function at a level satisfactory to himself and others. Occupational therapy is focused upon enabling the individual to achieve what is significant to him rather than aiming for normality or desired expert opinions.