Occupational Therapy

A career for the new millennium

To become an occupational therapist a person has to go through the proper training, a bachelor’s degree in O. T. is the minimum requirement for entry into this field(www.aota.org). To obtain a license applicants must graduate from an accredited educational program and must also pass a national certification examination anyone considering this profession should take high school courses in chemistry, biology, physics, health art and the social sciences (www.aota.org) Colleges admissions also look favorably at paid or volunteer experience in the health care field (www.aota.org).

Practitioners, students and educators must be actively involved in the process of studying, understanding and consciously utilizing theories of O.T. The person who graduates from an occupational therapy program needs to be independent, critical thinker who is at home with principles and interrelationships among concepts (the practice of occupational therapy Pg.5). Once a person is in this field there are a few skills that if did not have they will need to develop them over time to survive this profession. First of all they must be a people person, t

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