Occupational therapy helps children and adults learn how to do everyday tasks they have trouble with because ofan injury or health issue. It's not the same as physical therapy, which focuses on your muscles. It helps you maintain independence by fine-tuning all of your life skills. Occupationa...
Occupational therapy (OT) seeks to promote health and well-being by increasing the client's ability to engage in meaningful activities. Utilizing a strength-based approach, the occupational therapist focuses the evaluation on the ways the individual's personal strengths and social networks impact ...
BA Rider,RM Brashear - 《American Journal of Occupational Therapy Official Publication of the American Occupational Therapy Association》 被引量: 17发表: 1988年 Occupational Therapy Interventions for Adolescents With Autism Spectrum Disorder UnivKristieUnivPattenUnivLiebermanUnivDeborahUnivArbesmanUnivMarianUniv...
The role of occupational therapy in autism is to provide early therapeutic services to them. So, they can learn the concept of self, self-esteem, constructive play, and acceptable social behavior. The occupational therapist uses sensory integration, behavior techniques, group therapy to bring autisti...
Ways of living: self-care strategies for special needs. 2nd ed. Bethesda: American Occupational Therapy Association; 2000. p. 83–122. 3. Herge EA. Beyond the basics to participation: occupational therapy for adults with developmental disabilities. OT Pract. 2003;8:CE1–8. 4. Jaffe L, ...
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(HealthDay)—Occupational therapy focused on sensory integration strategies helps children with autism spectrum disorder and sensory issues improve their ability to perform everyday tasks, according to a study published online Nov. 10 in the Journal of A
In one of the first randomized control trials studying an intervention for sensory problems in children with autism, researchers found that occupational therapy using the principles of sensory integration (OT-SI) provided better outcomes on parent-identified goals than standard care, according to ...
A Study of Mentally Retarded Persons: Applied Research in Occupational Therapy | American Journal of Occupational Therapy An ongoing project is described in which qualitative research was undertaken to guide development of a service program for retarded adults. Several issues concerning the need for rese...
DSV Hulls,LK Walker,JM Powell - 《Physical & Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics》 被引量: 40发表: 2006年 Clinicians' perceptions of the benefits of aquatic therapy for young children with autism: a preliminary study. This purpose of this study was to identify clinicians' perceptions of the bene...