occupational therapy
noun
: therapy based on engagement in meaningful activities of daily life (such as self-care skills, education, work, or social interaction) especially to enable or encourage participation in such activities despite impairments or limitations in physical or mental functioning
occupational therapist
noun
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The company provides skilled nursing, physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, and additional services from more than 330 branch offices.
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Special To The Denver Post, Denver Post, 14 May 2025
Stanley also has worked in occupational therapy and as a math teacher.
—Imani Cruzen, Twin Cities, 13 May 2025
The next twenty months were spent recovering from 3rd-degree burns over 40 percent of my body and enduring countless surgeries, along with physical and occupational therapy, until my medical retirement in 2006.
—Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Apr. 2025
Lydia Park, a Naperville Central High School student, will be attending St. Louis University to study occupational therapy.
—Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 27 May 2025
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Special To The Denver Post, Denver Post, 14 May 2025
Stanley also has worked in occupational therapy and as a math teacher.
—Imani Cruzen, Twin Cities, 13 May 2025
The next twenty months were spent recovering from 3rd-degree burns over 40 percent of my body and enduring countless surgeries, along with physical and occupational therapy, until my medical retirement in 2006.
—Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Apr. 2025
Lydia Park, a Naperville Central High School student, will be attending St. Louis University to study occupational therapy.
—Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 27 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for occupational therapy
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“Occupational therapy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/occupational%20therapy. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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