How to Use occupational therapy in a Sentence

occupational therapy

noun
  • Over the course of a year, the children will learn how to use the arms through occupational therapy.
    Ty Russell, ajc, 16 May 2018
  • Her long-term goal is to work in the occupational therapy field.
    Mike Owens, Philly.com, 2 May 2018
  • His services, such as occupational therapy, come to him in the classroom, not the other way around.
    Jessica Saggio|contributing Writer, NOLA.com, 6 Sep. 2020
  • It’s go-time all the time. On family meals: Cooking is the best occupational therapy for me.
    Anna Silman, The Cut, 19 Sep. 2017
  • My very first paycheck working in occupational therapy was the day my son was born in 1998.
    Mort Mazor, sun-sentinel.com, 24 Dec. 2020
  • In lockdown, one can’t simply transfer the ball-pits and swings used in occupational therapy to a FaceTime call.
    Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 17 Apr. 2020
  • Devine had less exposure than the rest of the family, but had to go through occupational therapy.
    Kelly McCleary, CNN, 14 Apr. 2018
  • Picked up by Bierbach on the same route with Lamb was Swanson, 69, who needed to go to an occupational therapy appointment.
    Meg Jones, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 13 Oct. 2017
  • Even after multiple surgeries and hundreds of occupational therapy visits, Shrader lost most of the range of motion in that hand and had to learn to use her left hand to do most tasks.
    Georgann Yara, The Arizona Republic, 14 Oct. 2021
  • And through the physical and occupational therapy he’s received in Milwaukee, he’s gained more strength and control in his arms.
    Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 14 Apr. 2023
  • The clinic will hold rooms for physical and occupational therapies and a 120-foot-long running-walking track.
    Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 19 Nov. 2019
  • Her parents, Rosaura and Enrique Mendoza, helped get Gloria years of speech and occupational therapies, as well as access to top doctors.
    CBS News, 11 Feb. 2018
  • If push came to shove, occupational therapy would always be there; modeling might not be.
    Jeremy Henderson, al, 31 Dec. 2019
  • After the success of the life skills course, leaders with the Playhouse and Mount Mary are eager to continue the partnership with occupational therapy students.
    Sophie Carson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 8 Sep. 2021
  • We were transferred back to Valley Children's Healthcare, and the next month was a blur of exhausting physical, speech, and occupational therapy.
    Kerry Cromwell, Good Housekeeping, 26 July 2018
  • To better serve clients, Strunk’s idea was to bring everything under one roof in a single center, including speech and occupational therapy—as well as ABA.
    Erika Fry, Fortune, 29 July 2022
  • The wide range of services will include physical and occupational therapy, speech pathology and more, Taber said.
    Ed Stannard, Hartford Courant, 19 Sep. 2022
  • Along with baby wipes for students who aren't potty-trained, Moskowitz bought markers, sidewalk chalk and jumbo crayons — good for children in occupational therapy.
    Max Cohen, USA TODAY, 29 Aug. 2019
  • Staff go around with Toughbooks and log things like minutes of physical, speech, and occupational therapy; a doctor’s visit; a mental health consult; an IV; help from the nurse assistants.
    Kevin Scott, Wired, 3 Apr. 2020
  • Harris, in fact, has a master’s degree in occupational therapy and a bachelor’s in nutrition and food science, but that still doesn’t meet the specific requirements for the state.
    Katherine Timpf, National Review, 9 Mar. 2020
  • The school provides students with a variety of services, such as speech and occupational therapy and counseling.
    Kristen Taketa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Sep. 2021
  • The complex now includes a soccer field, an occupational therapy center where patients play board games and gather for group therapy, and a playground for the children’s clinic.
    New York Times, 11 Apr. 2022
  • Frank could no longer lift the 50 pounds required to continue her career as an occupational therapy assistant.
    Matt Higgins Jalen Wright, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2023
  • The occupational therapy team created a system of sticks with different tools attached to the end, such as writing utensils, that the girl could manipulate using her mouth.
    Melanie Feuk, Houston Chronicle, 22 June 2018
  • The occupational therapy program, run jointly with UA-Fayetteville, enrolled its first cohort of students last year.
    Jaime Adame, Arkansas Online, 13 Mar. 2021
  • Schlieder said created the course as part of her doctorate degree in occupational therapy.
    Lauryn Schroeder, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Mar. 2022
  • After years of surgeries, physical and occupational therapy, Spellman was able to play basketball and in high school made his school’s varsity team.
    oregonlive, 24 Feb. 2022
  • Manteufel’s life now includes frequent occupational therapy appointments to perfect his use of arm prosthetics —the kind with metal moveable hooks at the end.
    Washington Post, 27 Sep. 2019
  • Interventions and occupational therapy can help children, young adults, and adults gain and improve many skills.3 Consistent therapy and skill-building may be necessary throughout life.
    Heidi Moawad, Verywell Health, 11 July 2024
  • This combination of technical help and occupational therapy, the researchers say, is crucial.
    Christian Thorsberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 May 2024

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