What is OT?
Therapy that encourages rehabilitation through the performance of activities required in daily life
What is occupational therapy?
Any of the many activities people do on a daily basis that have meaning to them and "occupy" their time
What is occupations?
What area of practice deals with children?
What is pediatric OT/early intervention?
Providing OT services through video calls is called.
What is telehealth OT?
Classes such as Anatomy and Physiology or Biology are considered these kind of courses for graduate programs
What is Pre-requisites?
A national professional association established in 1917
What is American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA)?
A client wants to join a weekly board game group to make new friends.
What is social participation?
This practice area helps children succeed during school by improving handwriting and focus.
What is school-based OT?
Using smart home devices or adaptive tech to support independence is called.
What is assistive technology?
This experience allows you to observe practicing OTs and learn about the profession before applying to graduate programs.
What are observation or shadowing hours?
This treatment strategy focuses on adapting the environment, modifying the task, and teaching the skills
What is interventions?
You help a stressed college student build a bedtime routine and healthy sleep habits.
What is rest and sleep?
An OT helps a patient in the hospital learn how to use a walker right after hip surgery.
What is acute care?
This approach ensures therapy focuses on what is meaningful to the client.
What is client-centered practice?
This is the national exam you must pass in the U.S. to become a licensed occupational therapist.
What is the NBCOT exam (National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy)?
This official document from AOTA outlines OT’s domain and process, serving as a guide for practice.
What is the practice framework?
What is an ADL and IADL and give an example of each.
What is Activities of Daily Living and Instrumental Activities of Daily living?
An OT visits a client’s house to recommend grab bars and safer furniture placement.
What is home health OT?
This practice area involves helping clients adjust their environment and routines at home.
Home health OT?
This online service is used to apply to most occupational therapy graduate programs in the U.S.
What is OTCAS (Occupational Therapy Centralized Application Service)?
The international organization that represents OT worldwide.
What is the World Federation of Occupational Therapists (WFOT)?
Name all 8 areas of Occupation
What is ADL, IADL, Work, Play, Leisure, Social Participation, Education and Rest/Sleep.
An OT runs a group session in a psychiatric clinic where clients practice coping strategies.
What is skilled nursing/long-term care?
This AOTA initiative describes the future of OT as being accessible, collaborative, and focused on equity and inclusion by the year 2030.
What is AOTA’s Vision 2030?
This hands-on portion of OT programs allows students to practice skills directly with clients under supervision.
What is fieldwork?