occupational therapy
ok-yoo-PAY-shun-ul THAIR-uh-pee
ˌɒkjʊˈpeɪʃənəl ˈθɛrəpiːListen
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a health profession concerned with enabling people to participate in the activities — occupations — of everyday life, including self-care, work, and leisure, through therapeutic use of meaningful activities and environmental modification; in cognitive rehabilitation, occupational therapists assess the functional impact of cognitive impairments on activities of daily living and design interventions that address real-world task performance in natural environments; occupational therapy approaches to cognitive rehabilitation include activity-based interventions that embed cognitive strategy training in meaningful daily tasks, home assessment and modification to reduce cognitive demands and support independence, and graduated return-to-work programmes that accommodate cognitive limitations while rebuilding work capacity; occupational therapists work within multidisciplinary rehabilitation teams and provide the crucial link between the cognitive capacities addressed in neuropsychological rehabilitation and their translation into functional participation in daily life
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