Bachelor of Occupational Therapy

What is Occupational Therapy?

Occupational Therapy is a health profession concerned with enabling people of all ages who may have physical, mental and/or social challenges to participate in their activities of everyday life, thereby, promoting their health and well-being through occupation. Enhancing someone's ability to participate in everyday activities is a central part of occupational therapy. Occupation addresses the range of activities that people want or need to do in their everyday lives, such as looking after themselves (self-care), enjoying life (play and leisure), and contributing to the social and economic fabric of their communities (productivity).

Occupational therapists enable people to do things that will enhance their ability to participate, or by modifying the environment to better support participation. Clients are actively involved in the therapeutic process, and outcomes of occupational therapy are diverse, client-driven and measured in terms of participation or satisfaction derived from participation. Occupational therapy enables people to achieve health, well being and life satisfaction through participation in occupation.