Occupational Therapy

Adapted from the American Association of Occupational Therapy Definition:
Occupational therapy is a health profession that uses goal-directed activities, appropriate to each person's age and social role, to restore, develop, or maintain the ability for independent, satisfying living. Occupational therapists evaluate, treat, and consult with individuals whose abilities to cope with the tasks of everyday living are threatened or impaired by physical illness or injury, psychosocial disability, or developmental deficits. Occupational therapists work in hospitals, schools, rehabilitation agencies, long-term-care facilities, and other health-care organizations.