What is Occupational Therapy? 

Occupation Therapy (OT) provides functional life skill development using real-world activities. We utilize activity analysis to adapt or remediate habits, roles and, routines across occupational roles. This includes but is not limited to:

• Activities of Daily Living: dressing, grooming, hygiene, sex and intimacy
• Instrumental Activities of Daily Living: parenting, driving, community management, safety and emergency management, shopping, home management, financial management
• Sleep: night and day routines, integrating mind-body activities into daily life 
• Work: retirement, return to duty, adjustment to new roles, volunteering 
• Education: formal or military training, cognitive strategies 
• Health Management: medication, symptom/condition management, communication with health care system, nutrition, personal care and device management
• Play and Leisure: as a stress management strategy, improve quality of life
• Social Participation: group participation, developing/maintaining social support network 

Occupational Therapy Services

Services for occupational therapy differ depending on the program. Below are services based on program. 

Intensive Outpatient Program

• In coordination with Speech Language Pathology, OT offers a five course cognitive series focusing on memory, attention, executive functioning, comprehension, and habits. This course is educational with experiential components focusing on adapting and remediating cognitive deficits
• We also offer supplemental courses focusing on assistive technology and vision/reading

TBI Outpatient Program

• Neurological Occupational Therapy  
• Behavioral Health Occupational Therapy 
• Vision Therapy 
• Adaptive Sports 
• Assistive Technology 
• Recreational Therapy 
• Thinking Out Loud – six-week cognitive series taught in coordination with SLP 
• READ – four week reading and comprehension series taught in coordination with SLP