About Occupational Therapy

From the simplest point of view, occupational therapists and occupational therapy assistants will help people participate in what they want and what they need through life cycle through routine care (career) treatment. Common occupational therapy interventions include assisting children with disabilities to fully participate in school and social situations, restoring people from injuries and recovering skills, and occupational therapy services usually It includes the following items.

Personalized evaluation. Meanwhile, clients / families and occupational therapists will decide on personal goals.

Customized intervention to carry out daily activities and improve people's ability to achieve goals

Evaluation of results to ensure achievement of target and change of intervention plan

Occupational therapy services include comprehensive assessment of clients' families and other settings (workplaces, schools, etc.), training on recommendations on adaptive devices and their use, and guidance and education for family members and carers. Occupational therapy practitioners have holistic views focusing on adapting to the environment to fit people and people are an integral part of the treatment team.

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One of the advantages of occupational therapy is that you can do many related work if you do not want occupational therapy, physical therapists' speech pathologists, rehabilitation consultants, entertainment occupational therapy, etc. Therapist (www.aota.org)

There was a discussion on whether or not occupational therapy is occupation, but the clinical framework of the American Occupational Therapy Association clearly defines sleep as a profession (AOTA, 2012). Occupational sleep is a new practice area in occupational therapy (Watson, Garden, Swedlove, and Brown, 2014). Most adults require about 7 to 8 hours of sleep per day (Watson et al., 2014). However, in communities where there is a possibility of benefiting from occupational therapy intervention, some people suffer from sleep work problems (see Figure 2). These are the ranges from students to workers' movements to nursing personnel. Since students often have to balance with learning and other responsibilities, they may not be able to get enough sleep because they do not have time to get used to everything. Long distance drivers may not have enough time to sleep between driving

Return "S" to occupation: Sleep is a profession - taught by Associate Professor Towanda Machingura of Bond University

Work is the core of occupational therapy. In occupational therapy, occupation is a daily activity that people participate as individuals, families or communities and spend their time to bring meaning and purpose to life (World Federation of Occupational Therapy, 2012). A new paradigm of occupational therapy requires conversion from injury focus to professionalism focus (Machingura & Lloyd, 2017). Therefore paying attention to occupation such as sleep is consistent with modern paradigm.

Return "S" to occupation: Sleep is a profession - taught by Associate Professor Towanda Machingura of Bond University