Occupational Therapy

Occupational therapy (often called OT) is the use of treatments to develop, recover, or maintain the daily living and work skills of people with a physical, mental or developmental condition.

Practitioners of occupational therapy are called occupational therapists. Their role is to work with a client to help them achieve a fulfilled and satisfied state in life through the use of "purposeful activity or interventions designed to achieve functional outcomes which promote health, prevent injury or disability and which develop, improve, sustain or restore the highest possible level of independence."

Occupational therapy is not a medical specialty and does not require an M.D. to practice; however, most occupational therapists have post-secondary degrees, such as a Ph.D.