Occupational Therapy - Emerging Practice Areas

Emerging Practice Areas

As society changes, individuals' occupational needs change as well. In order to ensure occupational therapy stays modern, the American Occupational Therapy Association develops a list of emerging practice areas in which occupational therapists may play a role. The following are the most current emerging practice areas. To learn more about these areas, please visit http://www.aota.org/Practitioners/PracticeAreas/EmergingAreas.aspx.

Children & Youth

  • A Broader Scope in Schools
  • Autism
  • Bullying
  • Childhood Obesity
  • Driving for Teens With Disabilities
  • Transitions for Older Youths

Education

  • Distance Learning
  • Re-entry to the Profession

Health & Wellness

  • Chronic Disease Management
  • Obesity
  • Prevention

Mental Health

  • Depression
  • Recovery and Peer Support Model
  • Sensory Approaches to Mental Health
  • Veterans’ and Wounded Warriors’ Mental Health

Productive Aging

  • Community Mobility and Older Drivers
  • Aging in Place and Home Modifications
  • Low Vision
  • Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia

Rehabilitation

  • Autism in Adults
  • Cancer Care and Oncology
  • Hand Transplants and Bionic Limbs
  • New Technology for Rehab
  • Telehealth
  • Veteran and Wounded Warrior Care

Work and Industry

  • Aging Workforce
  • New Technology at Work

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