The profession

Occupational therapy enables people to organize and perform the activities they consider important: Caring for themselves and others;Achieving personal, academic and professional fulfillment;Having fun, such as leisure activities; and Developing, such as play.

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Goals of occupational therapy:

  • Fostering the autonomy of individuals

  • Enabling people to have a satisfying quality of life

  • Facilitate their maintenance in a living environment that meets their needs and preferences.

  • Facilitate their integration into the community.

    Taken entirely from the site of the Ordre des ergothérapeute du Québec (OEQ ).