50 Informative Occupational Therapy Blogs
Occupational therapy is a branch of assistance that has thankfully received much more respect and recognition over the years. The workers who seek to support the improvement of suffering people through art, movement, and other meaningful activities is now universally seen as crucial component and occupation for our society.
People who seek to take up the title of occupational therapist are naturally endowed with large and loving hearts, and it's not unnatural for them to expand their affection for their job to the Internet. Many in the OT community have taken to blogs to voice the ups and downs of the post, and we've picked the best fifty of those blogs for your enjoyment.
Top Five
- NYC Therapist Tells All: For anyone concerned about this potentially errant therapist breaching the standard boundaries of confidentiality, worries won't be necessary; blogger Dr. DeMarco qualifies the blog's title as one meant solely in jest. What readers will find on his clean and well-organized blog here is a bounty of insights into the profession of occupational therapy and the job's affect on those who actively practice it.
- Why We Love It: A therapist takes his blog as the opportunity to lay on his own couch and confess details about it all. This is a charming and lovingly crafted page.
- Favorite Post: Therapists Are Like Shoes
- WiiHab: When the Wii video gaming device first hit the entertainment scene a few years ago, Nintendo's new product won the adoration of serious gamers and families alike, for its uncanny ability to activate the energy in erstwhile sloths and do-it-later-types. This occupational therapist has harnessed this capacity in the Wii to the end of improving the situations and motor abilities of people undergoing physical and occupational difficulty.
- Why We Love It: Never has a video game system seemed so purposeful as it does on this insightful OT page.
- Favorite Post: Wii Therapy in Detroit
- DeLana Honaker: Dr. DeLana brings a lifelong commitment to occupational therapy and education to this blog's every post. She writes primarily on issues of OT as they affection children and young people, but readers of all ages will find much to glean and ruminate on in this sweet, satisfying blog. Anyone considering potentially entering the profession will have a lot to learn from Dr. DeLana's expertise, which she deftly manages to include throughout.
- Why We Love It: An excellent occupational therapist takes to the Web and demonstrates both her aptitude and affection.
- Favorite Post: What is Occupational Therapy?
- The Recycling Occupational Therapist: This blog manages to combine into a beautiful melange many of our favorite contemporary topics. Environmental consciousness and a spirit of helpfulness are among those well represented on this site. Barbara has an excellent gift for re-appropriating various items and rechristening them with new purposes, designed to assist those in need of support and therapy.
- Why We Love It: A blogger demonstrates active concern for our environment and those in need in her community.
- Favorite Post: Recycling Stereogram
- TechnOT: Blogger Anita is quite savvy in her understanding that online education is the wave of the future, and the now. She blends her awareness of that trend to the occupational therapy community in this blog. This would be one of the initial web blogs to which to direct anyone considering taking up a post in this profession, as it will advise them on means of accessing the proper education needed for the job all by using their computer.
- Why We Love It: A great blog not only for occupational therapy, but also for showing how great online education can be.
- Favorite Post: iPad: Therapeutic Marvel
The Rest of the Best
- ABC Therapeutics: This blog is the ideal starting place for people interested in OT to learn more. It walks you through the basic qualities and details of the profession.
- About Occupational Therapy: The American Occupational Therapy Association provides a wealth of knowledge and insight for those who seek it. Those curious about OT will glean a ton of info here.
- ADHD and ADD Blog: The disorders of this blog's title can be significantly supported with OT. The head writer here composes posts with caring and authentic concern.
- Advance: Many highly respected members of the OT community contribute regularly to this site. It's a great site to learn the profession's effect on those who practice it.
- American Journal of Occupational Therapy: This blog helps to field the articles of one of the country's most respect OT organizations. You can find detailed new scientific reports on the latest field research.
- Ang Therapist: This site looks to link up OT professionals and other therapists from a Filipino background. The ethnic focus, though, does not prohibit anyone from taking a visit.
- APTA: This blog for the American Physical Therapy Association shows a different capacity of the OT community. There's a lot to learn here about the professional practice of healing.
- CAOT: The Canadian Association of Occupational Therapist's site can yield rewards for those who don't live in the North. There's a great deal of basic information on OT here.
- Change Therapy: This Canada-based therapist lends an open heart and an open ear to the concerns of various patients. Visitors can learn a lot on the details of great therapy here.
- Counselling Resource: This blog is the ideal site for those interested to gain a lot of info on on therapy and real life intertwine. Occupational therapists in particular will enjoy themselves here.
- Everyone Needs Therapy: This blog acknowledges how everyone goes through suffering at some point and needs support. The posts have strains of true caring and sympathy.
- Fuzzy Pink Slippers: Blogger Janet is a young woman suffering from quite a few issues and who benefits from OT. You can learn of an OT recipient's perspective on it all here.
- Grand Care: Oftentimes, it is the elderly who stand the most to gain from effective occupational therapy. This blog delves into that understanding with gusto.
- HealthSkills: This blog deals with the unfortunate subject of chronic pain, from which many people suffer. It shows how OT can help to combat the dilemma.
- In Therapy: This blog comes at OT from the perspective from a practicing therapist. It shows that psychotherapy is a true and viable form of holistic life improvement.
- Jobs in OT: Looking to start the search for an open OT job? This blog will direct you to the best leads, and provide you with some understanding on the profession as well.
- Jung at Heart: This blog, referring to the famed psychotherapist in its title, shows a more psychic perspective on OT. It reveals how great therapy can prompt great turnarounds.
- Kat Blog: This blog documents the everyday realities of being an occupational therapist. The writing here is as honest as it is warm and welcoming.
- Keuka OT: This blog for a university's OT study program does more than detail upcoming tests and events. It also goes deeply into what being a great occupational therapist means.
- Left Brain Right Brain: This blog shows the benefits of OT on those struggling with autism. The issue is sensitively handled and people can learn a ton on both topics here.
- Master of OT: Blogger Kimberly is a budding OT professional of the highest rank. Her opinion and honest writing on her community is something to sink your teeth into.
- Mental Help: OT's specialty is augmenting the well-being of those with mental challenges is evidenced here. You can learn a ton on all sorts of disorders in the articles here.
- Mike Reinold: Blogger Mike specializes in using occupational therapy to give improvement to people involved with sports and performance. It lends an athletic vein to the OT conversation.
- Notes from a Therapist's Chair: Blogger Lisa is a professional therapist who understands how much empathy is important to the process. Anyone curious about OT can benefit from her perspective.
- Occupational Therapy in Egypt: America is not the only country to thoroughly engage with great OT practices. This blog sheds light on how occupational therapy is helping people in Egypt.
- Occupational Therapy Info: Anyone with even a mild interest in OT and what it means can satisfy their curiosity with this site. The posts are always thoughtful and super-informative.
- Online Therapy Institute: This blog thoroughly believes in the power and reality of providing therapy to people via the Internet. Skeptics are advised to read a few posts here before writing it off.
- OT at USC: The University of Southern California is producing some top-tier OT professionals lately. This blog invites several students to voice their appreciation of the OT possibilities.
- OT Students: This is the perfect blog for current OT students to gain some perspective on their education. Anyone considering an OT career would be advised to read here often.
- Outlook: OT: Visit this site when you're on the search for OT news with an extra dose of care and attention. The writing gives you an energized take on the occupational therapy community.
- Pass the NBCOT Exam: One hurdle that every OT professional must surmount is the NBCOT exam. This blog drills you on what you need to know to succeed.
- Prolotherapy: This blog covers well the intersection between two therapies, physical and occupational. As we learned, the pair actually have a lot in common.
- Public OT Journal: This blog seeks to locate occupational therapy in an international discourse. It also puts up the latest and most important headlines in the OT community.
- Rehab News: This blog puts together a great assemblage of posts and headlines related to rehab and OT concerns. It's an easy way to incorporate more of an OT perspective into your web surfing.
- RehabCare: This blog writes on occupational therapy from the point of view of a college recruiter. It's understanding that more and more young people are interested in OT.
- Salford OT : Salford University's OT program is one of the most prestigious around. You can learn here more of how occupational therapy is instructed at the institution.
- Stroke Survivor Blog: There are few more devastating things to suffer through than a stroke. This blog shows the benefits that OT can provide those who've experienced this.
- Tales of a (Recovering) Disordered Eater: This blog writes candidly on a form of pain that OT regularly deals with. Eating disorders can, with great occupational therapy, begin to be healed.
- Therapy Careers: When you're beginning your OT job search, this is a perfect place to begin. Learn about the ins and outs of OT employment here.
- Therapy Times: This blog covers the concerns for many branches of therapy. Naturally, there are quite a few resources just reserved for those interested in OT.
- Thriving in School: This blog chronicles the goings-on of a community of current OT students. Those earning their degree now can relate to many of the issues on these writers' minds.
- Today in OT: This blog does a great job of locating occupational therapy in the context of contemporary American society. The articles never fail to enlighten you.
- Today in PT: PT, just like occupational therapy, has the aim of coaxing improvement from those who have suffered pain. Learn more on the similarities between the two here.
- Yogi Claire Bear: This blog shows how yoga can, alongside OT, yield change and growth. The perspective of the site is fresh and warmly written.
- Your Therapy Source: Occupational therapists write well and thoughtfully on their profession here. Physical therapists contribute often as well.
