What outcomes can I expect from the JCHS Master of Science in Occupational Therapy?
What is Occupational Therapy? Occupational Therapy (OT) is an allied health profession. Its primary aims are to provide intervention to individuals whose lives have been disrupted by adverse circumstance, assist them in gaining or improving their quality of life, and make them capable, using specific skills required of them, to function effectively within their own dynamic environments. To this end occupational therapist use meaningful / purposeful “occupations” (those tasks and functions of life that time and energy which otherwise able-bodied individuals take for granted) to develop or redevelop necessary and/or desired skills for life. These life tasks include, but are not limited to, self care skills such as bathing, dressing, and toileting; interpersonal communication skills such as carrying on a telephone conversation or speaking with family members or an employer about sensitive issues; everyday living tasks such as the roles of a homemaker, vocational interactions and the roles
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