Occupational Therapy is a therapeutic process aimed at returning individuals to the purposeful activities that give them meaning in life. This includes activities of work, leisure, play, maintenance of self as well as maintenance of home and objects. To achieve this, we use meaningful occupation as a form of therapy - in other words, our clients heal because we treat them with activities that not only mean something to them, but have recuperative properties in the movements, the social interaction, and the cognitive processes that underlie the activity.

Absolutely not. To be a skilled occupational therapist, you must have a broad base of knowledge that allows you to tailor your treatment plan to the client. A good OT will consider the effects of the environment, the social atmosphere, and the cognitive and physical limitations of the client. By understanding the why and how of these factors, they will be able to understand the client's limitations and intervene appropriately.

From all of these considerations, OTs have developed many techniques to help their clients. These include adaptations, which are changes to the client's environment which can come in the form of equipment or alterations in the way the individual lives and organizes their space. OTs also use purposeful activity, and depending on the client they may work from a particular framework such as Sensory Integration Therapy, Neurodevelopmental Treatment, and much more. Finally, OTs also engage in therapeutic use of self. That's right, the very relationship established with the client is part of the healing process.

There are no other professions out there that take this multi-dimensional approach to therapy for the express purpose of restoring the client to function in their own lives and within their communities.

OTs can be found in hospitals, clinics, mental heatlh settings, schools, short and long term care facilities, community centers, and more. Our profession grants us many ways and places to practice.

Of course you can still be in SOTA! Missing meetings is not a big issue. You can come join us anytime, regardless if you've been there before or not. No one will hate you for it, we promise!

You can pay $6 per semester, which would total $12 after you pay for both Spring and Fall. Or, you can do one lump sum payment of $10 for the entire year.