Optimal Positioning of Occupational Therapy

Partition of occupational science and occupational therapy.

O ccupational science, as decribed by Clark et al. (1991), has emerged from occupational therapy. This emergence, referred to here as partition, has involved fashioning a discipline out of a profession. It has been a lengthy process requiring considerable thought and discussion. Because the formation of a discipline out of a profession seems to be without precedent in the scientific community, ...

[Occupational therapy].

Students interested in entering the field of occupational therapy may do so with a master's or doctoral degree. It is possible to enroll in either program and apply to transfer to the other later, as both the master's and the doctoral programs share the same curriculum for the first year of study. Students may also decide to apply to both programs if they like. Typically, the doctoral program a...

Occupational Therapy

. No one who has any knowledge of hospitals 'n the United States of America could deny that the utilization of occupation as an adjunct to other means of therapy has reached a point of development far in advance of that attained in any other country. Although occupational therapy had been in existence in the United States for one hundred and fifty years prior to the outbreak of the Great War, t...

Occupational therapy.

Occupational therapists prevent dysfunction and maintain and restore function for people with HIV/AIDS in the areas of work, selfcare and play/leisure. These occupational areas are assessed and treated from psychosocial, physical and environmental perspectives. This article examines occupational therapy assessment and treatment for people with HIV/AIDS with the primary focus on adaptive equipme...

Occupational Therapy