Occupational therapists are always coming up with new and innovative strategies to provide evidenced-based and experience-based treatment to their clients. We hope this collection of articles will inspire you to try some new techniques in your own treatment sessions.
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- Understanding environmental modifications
Environmental modifications make changes to the environment—not the client or the occupation—in order to improve client performance of the occupation… - Recommending home modifications for younger adult patients
When working with younger adult clients who require home modifications due to the recent onset of a physical disability, it… - Assessing medication management
If you’ve worked in a SNF or other inpatient rehab setting for any length of time, you probably know that… - Determining the heart of what makes an occupation meaningful
We hear a lot about determining what occupations are meaningful for our clients, but many times simply identifying the occupation… - Weighing the costs and benefits of an OT intervention
I still remember this young veteran patient I worked with. Like many other patients I’d seen, he and his wife…