{"id":781,"date":"2023-02-27T22:43:15","date_gmt":"2023-02-27T22:43:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/otd\/?page_id=781"},"modified":"2026-06-09T15:58:48","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T15:58:48","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/otd\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Occupational Therapy (OT)?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Occupation in image: Working and feeding cattle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

As part of the health care community, the focus of occupational therapy is to facilitate participation and engagement in meaningful, purposeful activities in their daily lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stemmed from the root word, occupation, occupational therapy focuses on using tasks, activities, groups, virtual experiences, or education to engage in occupations: those things that matter to an individual, group or population.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Occupational therapy considers the complex and fluid relationship between clients, activities and their environment. Occupational therapists work with individuals, families, caregivers, educational providers, employers and community members to facilitate engagement in valued daily activities that may have had disruption due to injury, illness, social\/emotional deficits, developmental delays or the aging processes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tarleton State’s OTD Mission & Vision<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

OTD Mission Statement<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

It is the\u00a0mission\u00a0of the occupational therapy program\u00a0to\u00a0create\u00a0scholarly\u00a0practitioners\u00a0with a\u00a0strong commitment and passion for lifelong learning,\u00a0community service,\u00a0and\u00a0knowledge\u00a0translation\u00a0through an occupation-based lens.\u00a0\u00a0We fulfill the\u00a0mission\u00a0of Tarleton State through achieving prominence in occupational therapy through teaching excellence, strong interdisciplinary teams, innovative\u00a0scholarship,\u00a0and transformative experiences that reflect the values of the Institution and\u00a0Division.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

OTD Program’s Vision<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Advancing Rural Health through Engagement in Occupations<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Overarching Goal of OT Program of Study<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Graduates from Tarleton State University\u2019s OTD program will be uniquely and intentionally prepared, by their experiences at an interdisciplinary facility at the Division of Health Sciences, to practice within interdisciplinary teams as leaders and innovators in current and emerging practice settings with a strong focus evidenced-based occupational therapy with populations within the community.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tarleton State has received significant, intentional state funding to prepare graduates in health science programs to serve the underrepresented populations and groups in rural communities. The OTD program is part of Tarleton\u2019s commitment to its rural community and improving access to quality health care locally.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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