What is Occupational therapy and what Occupational Therapists Do?

 Occupational therapy (OT) is a branch of health care that helps people of all ages who have physical, sensory, or cognitive problems. Occupational therapists help with barriers that affect a person's emotional, social, and physical needs. To do this, they use everyday activities, exercises, and other therapies.

 How to become an Occupational Therapist?  In today's time there are many people who are not physically and mentally capable and if you enjoy doing the work of curing such people then you can become Occupational Therapist.  Let us tell here that most of the youth of today like to make their career after 12th in this field.  So if you are also a student who is willing to work in this field, then read our today's article completely and know about the complete process of becoming an Occupational Therapist.

 What is Occupational Therapist

 First of all, let us tell you for information that an occupational therapist is a professional who helps people with physical and mental disabilities so that they can lead a normal life.  Explain that for this they use different types of therapies so that the patient can lead his life like ordinary people.  In today's time, the number of people working in this field is increasing very fast, under which qualified professional therapists work in many private and government hospitals of the country.

 

  What is the process to become an occupational therapist

 Students who want to become Occupational Therapist have to pass class XII with Science subject and after that they have to do graduation degree in Occupational Therapy for which there are many institutes across the country but let us tell you here that the students who are interested for this.  One has to clear the entrance exam to get admission in the course.  Also, let us tell you that there are some institutes which admit students on the basis of class 12th without any entrance examination.  In this way, when the candidate completes the degree course, after that the candidate does a master's course in Occupational Therapy, then a lot of work opportunities are available for him, but if he wants, then after graduating in Occupational Therapy  can also work in this field.

 What are the qualifications to become an Occupational Therapist?

 • The student must have at least a Bachelor's degree in Occupational Therapy.

 • Or the student has done B.Sc in Occupational Therapy.  • Candidate should be able to work with and motivate patients.

 • His communication skills should be very good and impressive.  • Must have knowledge of computer.

 People should have the ability to heal physically as well as to relax them mentally.

 Age Range

 • The student must be at least 17 years of age to take the course.  Relaxation in age limit for working in this field is given to students as per government instructions.

 What are the possibilities

 The candidates who successfully complete their occupational therapy course, after that they get many career opportunities where they can work. Explain that an Occupational Therapist gets an opportunity to work in private hospitals as well as government hospitals across the country and can also work in candidate rehabilitation centers. Apart from this, if they want, they can also open their own occupational therapy center.

Where do occupational therapists practise?

Occupational therapists work in a wide range of public and private settings including community health centres, public and private hospitals, aged care facilities, people’s homes, education facilities, mental health settings, alcohol and drug services, private clinics and non-government organisations, correctional institutions, universities and research facilities, corporate and industrial settings, group homes, supported employment and government departments.

When should I see an occupational therapist?

There are a wide range of reasons why a person may benefit from consulting an occupational therapist. This may include accessing assistance to adjust to life after sustaining an injury, acquiring a short- or long-term illness or disability, or are in period of major life adjustment which is impacting health and wellbeing. Occupational therapists work with people with both physical and mental health illnesses and disabilities. Some key areas of activity where occupational therapists may provide support include:

• Daily living activities such as showering, dressing, grooming, eating;
• Multi-step activities that may involve caring for others such as household management activities, shopping, childcare, budgeting, banking, financial management, home maintenance, driving;
• Education activities which allow a person to participate as a learner in a learning environment;
• Leisure and play activities;
• Social participation; and
• Work (paid and unpaid).

What services do occupational therapists provide?

Occupational therapists offer a broad range of services to individuals and groups, or they can provide assistance at a more strategic level. Their support may include:

• Therapeutic use of occupations, and activities, including therapeutic use of self (including one’s personality, insights, perceptions, and judgments, as part of the therapeutic process);
• Skill development in self-care, self-management, home management, and  community/work/school reintegration;
• Education and support of individuals, including family members, caregivers, and others, through collaborative and consultative partnerships and family-centred approaches;
• Care coordination, case management, transition services including discharge planning, client advocacy and onward referral to relevant services;
• Modification of environments (e.g., home, work, school, community) and adaptation of processes, including the application of ergonomic principles;
• Assessment, customisation and oversight of equipment provision including orthotic devices, and training in the use of prosthetic devices;
• Driver rehabilitation and community mobility;
• Use of natural contexts for assessment and intervention (i.e. home, school classrooms, work settings, community); and
• Use of a range of specific therapeutic procedures to enhance performance such as wound care management, techniques to enhance sensory, perceptual, and cognitive processing, and manual therapy technique skills.

 

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 Occupational therapist jobs

 • Providing customized treatment to those         who are physically or mentally disabled.

 • Monitor progress reports of patients.

 • Caring for patients in trauma centers.     .Working in Emergency and Fracture .Management Department of Hospitals.

 • To make life easier for those who are physically or mentally disabled.

 .To help them.  To bring people who have relapsed mental disorders back to daily routine

. To give training To cure patients, they get many types of therapies and exercises.

 Take home message

 Friends, through this article, we told you what is an Occupational Therapist and the qualification required in the student to become one. Along with this, we also gave you this information through this post that the candidates who want to adopt this profession, what process they have to follow for this and when a candidate becomes an occupational therapist. And we also told you that what are the tasks that people working in this position have to do. If you like to serve people and you want to do any course related to paramedical field then you can make a career in this field. In the end, our only request to you is that if you liked the information given by us, then definitely share it with your friends who want to become an occupational therapist.