Occupational Therapy - Occupational Therapist, Ergonomics, Sensory Integration Dysfunction, Stroke Recovery, Sensory Processing Disorder (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 43. Chapters: Occupational therapist, Ergonomics, Sensory integration dysfunction, Stroke recovery, Sensory processing disorder, Speech generating device, Occupational therapy in the management of cerebral palsy, Canadian model of occupational performance and engagement, National Rehabilitation Hospital, Goniometer, Hippotherapy, Occupational therapy in the United Kingdom, Cognitive rehabilitation therapy, Assistive Technology Industry Association, International Society for Alternative and Augmentative Communication, Sensory defensiveness, Arequipa Pottery, Activities of daily living, History of occupational therapy in America, Occupational therapy in India, Ra'ad Rehabilitation Goodwill Complex, Bobath concept, Splint, History of occupational therapy in New Zealand, Horticultural therapy, American Occupational Therapy Association, Occupational apartheid, Millbrook House. Excerpt: Occupational therapy promotes health by enabling people to perform meaningful and purposeful activities. Occupational therapists work with individuals who suffer from a mentally, physically, developmentally, and/or emotionally disabling condition by utilizing treatments that develop, recover, or maintain clients' activities of daily living. The therapist helps clients not only to improve their basic motor functions and reasoning abilities, but also to compensate for permanent loss of function. The ultimate goal of occupational therapy is to help clients have independent, productive, and satisfying lives. Furthermore, occupational therapists are becoming increasingly involved in addressing the impact of social, political and environmental factors that contribute to exclusion and occupational deprivation. The World Federation of Occupational Therapists provides the following definition of Occupational Therapy: "Occupational therapy is as a profession conc...