Occupational Therapy Links
- The American Occupational Therapy Association, Inc.
- The Board of Allied Health Professions
- Massachusetts Association for Occupational Therapy
- National Board of Certification in Occupational Therapy
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Call Sinai’s Outpatient Scheduling Coordinator at 781-297-1484
Occupational Therapy
Goal Setting and Treatment Planning
The patient is an important participant in setting the goals for treatment. The process is a collaboration between the patient and the occupational therapist. Occupational therapists are skilled in activity analysis and can help select activities that will be therapeutically beneficial. Based on goals formulated together, the therapist prepares an individually designed therapeutic program that will help the patient do what they need to accomplish.
Occupational therapy is an activity-based treatment. An occupation-based treatment plan uses activities that relate to the preferences and interests the patient enjoyed prior to hospitalization. Traditionally, the therapist “prescribed” activities that were intended as remedial interventions. Today, the occupational therapist involves the patient in expressing their activity preferences, such as gardening, cooking, sports, exercise, woodworking and leisure pursuits. When involvement comes from the heart, it has a profound effect on well-being and progress toward recovery.
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