How do they match: Occupational Therapists

  • Industrial Rehabilitation Consultant
  • Industrial Therapist
  • Independent Living Specialist
  • Pediatrics and Acute Care Occupational Therapist
  • Vocational Rehabilitation Specialist

  • Assess, plan, and organize rehabilitative programs that help build or restore vocational, homemaking, and daily living skills, as well as general independence, to persons with disabilities or developmental delays. Use therapeutic techniques, adapt the individual's environment, teach skills, and modify specific tasks that present barriers to the individual.

  • Advise on health risks in the workplace or on health-related transition to retirement.
  • Design and create, or requisition, special supplies and equipment, such as splints, braces, and computer-aided adaptive equipment.