Occupational Therapist
- Help individuals regain independence through personalized therapeutic programs.
- Make a meaningful impact by restoring daily living skills to those with disabilities.
- Use creative techniques to adapt environments and overcome unique challenges.
💰 Earn $99K-$129K
📚 Master Degree
Overview
Assess, plan, and organize rehabilitative programs that help build or restore vocational, homemaking, and daily living skills, as well as general independence, to persons with disabilities or developmental delays. Use therapeutic techniques, adapt the individual's environment, teach skills, and modify specific tasks that present barriers to the individual.Scoop
Excellent (Increasing by 5% or more)
Day-to-Day
- Test and evaluate patients' physical and mental abilities and analyze medical data to determine realistic rehabilitation goals for patients.
- Complete and maintain necessary records.
- Plan, organize, and conduct occupational therapy programs in hospital, institutional, or community settings to help rehabilitate those impaired because of illness, injury or psychological or developmental problems.
- Plan and implement programs and social activities to help patients learn work or school skills and adjust to handicaps.
- Select activities that will help individuals learn work and life-management skills within limits of their mental or physical capabilities.
Best For You If...
YOU Like 💕
- Relating with or serving others
- Thinking and problem solving
You are skilled in 💫
- Service Orientation
- Social Perceptiveness
- Critical Thinking
- Speaking
- Reading Comprehension
- Active Listening
You value 🙏
- Job security
- Accomplishing things
- Personal relationships
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