Occupational Therapy

Spalding Rehabilitiation outpatient occupational therapists treat patients with a wide vareity of impairments.

About Occupational Therapy

Occupational therapy is skilled treatment that helps individuals achieve independence in all facets of their lives. Occupational therapy assists people in developing the "skills for the job of living" necessary for independent and satisfying lives.

Skills Developed through Occupational Therapy

• Strength
• Range of motion
• Activities of daily living both basic ( hygiene and dressing) to higher level ( finances, meal prep, return to work)
• Transfers
• Functional mobility
• Activity tolerance
• Coordination/fine motor movement
• Perception
• Cognition
• Feeding/Swallowing and pain

Our Occupational Therapists

Occupational therapy practitioners are skilled professionals whose education includes the study of human growth and development with specific emphasis on the social, emotional, and physiological effects of illness and injury.

The occupational therapist enters the field with a bachelors, masters, or doctoral degree. The occupational therapy assistant generally earns an associate degree.

Practitioners must complete supervised clinical internships in a variety of health care settings, and pass a national examination. Most states, including Colorado, regulate occupational therapy practices.