Are All Occupational Therapy Schools Roughly The Same Quality?

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Are All Occupational Therapy Schools Roughly The
Same Quality?
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• Are you planning to be an occupational
  therapist? Before you decide which school to
  enroll it is best that you think twice with
  regards to your decision as to which school you
  will enroll in. After all, the school will
  ultimately be the building foundation of your
  chosen career. Nowadays there is obviously a
  great demand for OT (occupational therapists) and
  this simply means that once you become a
  certified OT (occupational therapist) you will
  definitely not be jobless. With the modern
  stressful life everyone is living and with the
  rising incidents of stress-related diseases there
  is definitely a need for many trained therapists.
• The job of a therapist is to help people cope up
  with their physical and mental abnormalities or
  impairments. The task of a therapist is very
  heavy since the condition of the patient lies
  solely on the therapist's ability to outline the
  perfect and accurate physical activities or
  exercises that would deliberately help the
  patient regain his normal motor skills in order
  to perform simple day to day tasks with or
  without the aid of gadgets or technology like
  wheelchair or prosthetic limbs etc.

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• The above mentioned responsibilities and tasks
  of a therapist would mean that one would
  definitely require specialized training in order
  to address the problem of the patient. The
  services of a therapist is usually called upon in
  cases wherein the patient has suffered major
  injury such as car crash, fire, plane crash while
  majority of the patients are brought upon the
  occupational therapist's care because of old age.
  A therapist helps people afflicted with
  debilitating illness/injury to recover slowly and
  regain their ability to perform simple day-to-day
  functions. This means you would need specialized
  training to handle the mental pressures as well
  the skills and techniques needed to perform
  efficiently.
• The services of a therapist is usually called
  upon in cases wherein the patient has suffered
  major injury such as car crash, fire, plane crash
  while majority of the patients are brought upon
  the occupational therapist's care because of old
  age. Usually, an occupational therapist services
  are called for in cases of major injuries and age
  related illnesses. People who end up becoming
  bed-ridden for a long time after a major accident
  often find it hard to resume their daily
  functions easily. They have to be guided during
  this period of convalescence to gradually
  re-learn essential motor skills.

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• There are also instances when a therapist's
  services will be required for a longer period of
  time especially when the situation of the patient
  would need long-term treatment. This would mean
  that the therapist has to have outlined
  rehabilitating plans. Aside from that he must
  avoid negative emotions such as impatience, anger
  and hopelessness he must not show his negative
  emotions to his patience or else the patient will
  lose hope in getting back his normal life. Modern
  lifestyle such as not having enough sleep,
  pollution, chemicals in the food and abuse of
  substances have brought about health conditions
  such as stroke, high cholesterol, heart disease,
  Parkinson disease etc and all these would somehow
  require the help and services of an occupational
  therapist.
• Not all schools have the same quality of
  education when it comes to occupational therapy
  degree, that is why it is necessary that you do a
  background research about each prospect schools
  that you intend to enroll in.
• If a career as an occupational therapist seems
  like something you could be interested in you can
  search for occupational therapy schools right now
  by clicking the featured links to our free online
  Occupational Therapy Guide.