occupational therapy
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4.0
- noun
- /ˌɑkjʊˈpeɪʃənl ˈθɛrəpi/
- Specialized
:
terapia ocupacional
- During her recovery, she attended occupational therapy sessions to help her regain independence in daily tasks.
- physical and occupational therapy
- speech and occupational therapy
- occupational therapy and physiotherapy
Examples
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Participants included graduate students from the psychology, occupational therapy, and physical therapy departments.
Academic text (2014) -
The cause was clear, and the treatment, through physical and occupational therapy, was also clear.
Academic text (1996) -
This is where occupational therapy takes place.
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Thus, health and daily activities are considered to be closely related to occupational therapy.
Academic text (2015) -
I am a student at the University at Buffalo, and I am an occupational therapy major.
Blog text (4) -
None of the participants completed the prescribed course of physical or occupational therapy.
Academic text (2004) -
Thereafter, weeks or months of physical and occupational therapy might lie ahead for him, with no guarantee of effectiveness.
Fiction book (1992) -
Two patients then participated in half-hour physical and occupational therapy sessions three times a week for 10 weeks.
Academic text (2001) -
Specifically, this study evaluated graduate students in three programs: psychology, occupational therapy, and physical therapy.
Academic text (2014) -
Likewise, physiotherapy and occupational therapy roles were clearly understood.
Academic text (2003)
How Helpful
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- Specialized
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2.1
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound is partly compositional: 'occupational' (relating to work/activities) + 'therapy' (treatment) will cue a learner that this is a form of treatment connected to occupations or everyday activities, so a basic sense is recoverable. However, it is a professional/technical label whose precise scope (rehabilitation to enable daily living and meaningful activities, not only return-to-work) is specialized and not fully predictable from the parts, so it is only partially transparent to B1 learners.
Etymology
Occupational therapy comes from the word occupation, which here means everyday jobs or activities, and therapy, meaning treatment. Therapists use real tasks like dressing, cooking, or simple work to rebuild skills, so the name means using everyday activities as treatment to help people 'live independently'.