For more than 100 years, occupational therapy practitioners have worked with veterans to help them return to the occupations they value. Hear from Brandon who is thankful that occupational therapy helped him regain his independence.
Share about occupational therapy’s role with veterans and wounded warriors with our fact sheet about polytrauma.
These two programs run by occupational therapists are helping veterans heal through the power of occupations.
As we mentioned, we’ve been doing this for a long time! Occupational therapy practitioners have been helping veterans since 1917, in fact! Learn a little about the history here.
Want to learn more about working with veterans? We have some resources and articles to share.
Learn about Walter Reed’s occupational therapy team, which helps wounded warriors with everything from hand injury to traumatic brain injury and more.
Find out how you can help support your clients with managing finances after a brain injury.
This Quarterly article (pdf) goes over how occupational therapy practitioners can help veterans reintegrate in their communities with the help of service dogs.
Need to brush up on how you can address sexual health and intimacy with your clients? Watch this recorded webinar with Kathryn Ellis, co-author of Sex and Intimacy for Wounded Veterans: A Guide to Embracing Change.
What does the evidence say about OT’s role with veterans? Browse through these articles published in the American Journal of Occupational Therapy (AJOT).A special thank you to all of our veterans including those in the occupational therapy profession! We appreciate your service.