Whether dealing with a small child or dealing with senior citizens, OTs help their patients improve their everyday fine motor skills. They help their patients regain their loss of function as well as improving basic movement skills and neurological functions (Hoffman). For children, OTs help them participate in school and social situations whereas for older adults they help to provide support to those that are going through mental, emotional, and physical changes (“AOTA The American Occupational Therapist Association, Inc.). To do this, each patient has a goal that they are trying to meet when they first are brought to the clinic. Once the goal is made, activities to help the patients reach their independent goal is prepared. The goal for every patient of an occupational therapist is to lead their patients into having a healthy, full, productive lives (Hoffman). According to the American Occupational Therapy Association, services of an Occupational Therapist include: “an individualized evaluation, during which the client/family and occupational therapist determine the person’s goals, customized intervention to improve the person’s ability to perform daily activities and reach the goals, and an outcomes evaluation to ensure that the goals are being met and/or make changes to the intervention plan” (“AOTA The American Occupational Therapist Association, Inc.). Along with this, occupational therapy services can also take place in at the work place, clinics, schools, or even at the clinics home. Having this kind of job requires an abundance of personal skills. This includes listening, speaking, reading, writing, and communication skills
Whether dealing with a small child or dealing with senior citizens, OTs help their patients improve their everyday fine motor skills. They help their patients regain their loss of function as well as improving basic movement skills and neurological functions (Hoffman). For children, OTs help them participate in school and social situations whereas for older adults they help to provide support to those that are going through mental, emotional, and physical changes (“AOTA The American Occupational Therapist Association, Inc.). To do this, each patient has a goal that they are trying to meet when they first are brought to the clinic. Once the goal is made, activities to help the patients reach their independent goal is prepared. The goal for every patient of an occupational therapist is to lead their patients into having a healthy, full, productive lives (Hoffman). According to the American Occupational Therapy Association, services of an Occupational Therapist include: “an individualized evaluation, during which the client/family and occupational therapist determine the person’s goals, customized intervention to improve the person’s ability to perform daily activities and reach the goals, and an outcomes evaluation to ensure that the goals are being met and/or make changes to the intervention plan” (“AOTA The American Occupational Therapist Association, Inc.). Along with this, occupational therapy services can also take place in at the work place, clinics, schools, or even at the clinics home. Having this kind of job requires an abundance of personal skills. This includes listening, speaking, reading, writing, and communication skills