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Celebrating 100 years of occupational therapy
2017 marks the 100th anniversary of the occupational therapy profession. In addition, April is Occupational Therapy Month! GHAEA occupational therapists (Cheryl Case, Jill Clayton, Michele Harrison, Kim Madsen, Cheryl Mulligan, Martin Mulligan, Amy Whipp and Julie Williams) provide services to infants, birth to three, who have or are at risk for developmental delays, and to students (3-21 years old) who have motor or sensori-motor challenges that impact their participation in educational activities. They make a difference by collaborating with parents and school teams to provide strategies that maximize self help and fine motor function in the home and school settings. Amy J. Lamb, president of The American Occupational Therapy Assoc., says the occupational therapy practitioners focus on helping clients perform everyday activities to their highest potential. "In the past 100 years, occupational therapy practitioners have facilitated function and independence by helping countless children of all abilities access education, facilitating relearning life skills lost as a result of illness or injury . . . . As we embark on our next 100 years, occupational therapy practitioners will continue to improve health care outcomes through the therapeutic use of meaningful, necessary and familiar occupations." Today more than 213,000 OTs nationwide help people of all ages participate in the things they want and need to do!
2017 marks the 100th anniversary of the occupational therapy profession. In addition, April is Occupational Therapy Month! GHAEA occupational therapists (Cheryl Case, Jill Clayton, Michele Harrison, Kim Madsen, Cheryl Mulligan, Martin Mulligan, Amy Whipp and Julie Williams) provide services to infants, birth to three, who have or are at risk for developmental delays, and to students (3-21 years old) who have motor or sensori-motor challenges that impact their participation in educational activities. They make a difference by collaborating with parents and school teams to provide strategies that maximize self help and fine motor function in the home and school settings. Amy J. Lamb, president of The American Occupational Therapy Assoc., says the occupational therapy practitioners focus on helping clients perform everyday activities to their highest potential. "In the past 100 years, occupational therapy practitioners have facilitated function and independence by helping countless children of all abilities access education, facilitating relearning life skills lost as a result of illness or injury . . . . As we embark on our next 100 years, occupational therapy practitioners will continue to improve health care outcomes through the therapeutic use of meaningful, necessary and familiar occupations." Today more than 213,000 OTs nationwide help people of all ages participate in the things they want and need to do!
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