Occupational Therapy Benefits

Without occupational therapy, millions of people would struggle to live their everyday lives. Occupational therapists give specialized assistance to people with physical, developmental, social or emotional problems. This assistance is used to live productive and independent or semi independent lives. Occupational therapists can be used, and is effective for people of all ages. Many people have not heard of occupational therapy and are not aware of the positive impact it has on members of our society. With this paper I want to spread the knowledge that I have about occupational therapy. Many people that could benefit from occupational therapy do not even know that it exists. This career is difficult for everyone involved, but the impact it has …show more content…
This website contains information on almost every job! This website contains a brief summary of the job, pay outlook, work environment, what to do to get into that occupation, and more! From this website I learned that occupational therapists treat ill, injured, or disabled patients. They also help patients recover, improve, and maintain skills needed for working and living. Occupational therapists have a bigger role in people’s lives than I was aware of so I was surprised. This website also told me about the typical work day of occupational therapists. They spend most of the day being active and on their feet. Also, depending on if they work in a hospital, clinic, or anywhere else, their job hours may be different. No matter where they work, they may be required to work weekends, and holidays as well as their normal long and tiring work days. This did not come as a surprise to me because many jobs require this. Another thing i learned is that most occupational therapists have their master’s degree in occupational therapy and they are always required to be licensed by the state, which is typical of any job in the medical field. One last interesting thing I found from this website was many people before they become occupational therapists volunteer in an occupational therapy setting, or job shadow an occupational therapist. I knew this was done in other job occupations …show more content…
I chose to research this college for the reason of it meeting the criteria that I was looking for. I was choosing between three colleges to research about. These colleges are Western Michigan University, Grand Valley State University, and Eastern Michigan University. I was trying to find a college that was in Michigan and that offers occupational therapy. There were many options with my specifications, but I was drawn to Western Michigan University. There were many elements that made me choose Western over the others. I found that 82% of people that apply are accepted. This is a larger amount than the other two colleges, which I believed was crucial. Even though Western has the highest room and board price out of all three schools, Western offers the lowest in state tuition out of the three. Paying less for tuition is imperative to me since college comes with many other expenses as well, so being able to pay less for tuition is great. Another reason I chose to research about Western is I liked that they have a large amount of students enrolled but it is not an overpowering amount of students. Finding that info out leads me to want to find out more about this college and see how well of a fit it would be for becoming an occupational therapist. Western offers a strong occupational therapy program, and according to the website, there are many required classes to receive this degree. I previously had