If you’ve landed here, chances are you’ve seen what occupational therapy can do. Maybe you had a family member relearn how to dress after a stroke, maybe a child in your life started thriving after working with an OT, or maybe you shadowed a therapist and thought, “this is it, this is what I want […]
I get a lot of pre-occupational therapy readers here at My OT Spot, and a common question I get from the pre-OT crowd is, “Is occupational therapy school hard?” While I’ve talked about this a bit in other OT school-related articles, I realized I needed to give this question an article of its own, for […]
Occupational science is a very important aspect of the field of occupational therapy and is something you may be wondering about if you are interested in becoming an occupational therapist. You may have even seen that there are some occupational science bachelor’s degrees (which can oftentimes be thought of as pre-occupational therapy degrees). You may […]
Have you heard rehab-related job titles – such as occupational therapy aide, rehab aide, occupational therapy assistant, and occupational therapist – and feel unclear on the differences? Or perhaps you have heard that securing a job as an OT aide or rehab aide is a good way to gain invaluable experience before applying to OT […]
What are the best pre-occupational therapy undergraduate majors to choose from? If you’re seriously considering occupational therapy as a career, there are many undergraduate majors to choose from before you start grad school for occupational therapy. Because of this, I wanted to lay out 7 great undergraduate options to choose from prior to getting your Master’s […]