The mission of occupational therapy is to help all people engage in meaningful occupations including self- care, work, leisure, and social participation. Occupational therapy practitioners help their clients to be more independent to participate in their daily life (ex: leading a financial skills or leisure interest group in an outpatient mental health day program, or teaching someone with a newly acquired stroke how to get dressed). OTs can also adapt the occupation to help their clients more fully participate (ex: making suggestions on how to build a ramp or modify a home environment to be more accessible for someone who is newly requiring the use of a wheel chair). Occupational therapists working with children with disabilities can help them to acquire new skills so that they can be more independent in their home, work, and community environments (including parish life). OTs can teach their clients self-care skills, skills needed to participate in school such as handwriting or postural control to sit at a school desk, or even social skills to interact with their peers.
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