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1. What Exactly is
Occupational Therapy?
How can one benefit from it?
By : Amanda Guye
Is There A difference?
Occupational and Physical
Therapy are always confused
for the same thing, but they are
completely different!
Physical Therapy deals
with pain, joint of motion,
strength, endurance, and gross
motor functions.
…Continued
Occupational Therapy
deals more with fine motor skills,
cognitive skills, visual perception
skills, and sensory-processing
deficits.
Occupational Therapy is
usually done in rehabilitation
2. centers, while Physical
Therapy is done in hospitals,
mainly.
Benefits & Improvements
Occupational Therapy can
improve cognitive, motor, and
physical skills.
OT can help improve a person’s
sense of self-esteem and
accomplishment.
“Occupational Therapists help
patients improve their ability to
perform tasks in living and working
environments”
-Occupational Therapists
…Continued
Therapy is used to improve simple
and basic motor functions.
“The goal is to help clients have
independent, productive, and
satisfying lives”
-Occupational Therapists
Physical exercise can be used to increase
strength, dexterity, the ability to
discern patterns, and even improve
visual acuity.
3. …Continued
Therapy can sometimes deal with
patients who have suffered from
drug abuse, alcoholism, eating
disorders, stress-related problems,
and can even deal with depression.
Who Will Benefit From OT?
Almost anyone can benefit from
Occupational Therapy.
“Chances are, you or a family
member will need occupational
therapy at some point in your life”
-AOTA
Therapy can be needed by any age group,
from children to elderly.
…Continued
Reasons why someone might need OT
can range from learning problems to
spina bifida to traumatic
amputations.
Therapy can help with working on
fine motor skills, teaching patients
how to grasp and release items, and
to develop good handwriting skills.
…Continued
4. Therapy differs for each person that
does it. Children need a special kind of
treatment that the elderly may not
need, and vice versa.
Therapy can be beneficial for anyone
who cannot accomplish their everyday
activities.
The goal of the therapy is to improve
mobility, independence and self esteem.
Sources Used !
AOTA. "A Consumer's Guide to
Occupational Therapy." AOTA -
The Fund to Promote Awareness
of Occupational Therapy.
2004-2008. Web. 15 Feb. 2011.
<http://www.promoteot.org/CG_C
onsumersGuide.html>.
Manisha. "Difference Between OT
and PT | Difference Between | OT
vs PT." Difference Between
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Difference Between.net, 2011. Web.
5. 10 Feb. 2011.
<http://www.differencebetween.net
/science/health/difference-
between-ot- and-pt/>.
"Occupational Therapists." U.S.
Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Office of Occupational Statistics
and Employment Projects, 10 Oct.
2010. Web. 8 Feb. 2011.
<http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos078
.htm>.
"Occupational Therapy."
KidsHealth - the Web's Most
Visited Site about Children's
Health. The Nemours Foundation,
1 Feb. 2011. Web. 8 Feb. 2011.
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general/aches/occupational_ther
apy.html>.