By Timothy Gibson An occupational therapist is a health professional. Their main activity is to help their clients participate in normal d...

Choosing The Top Ot For Your Child

By Timothy Gibson


An occupational therapist is a health professional. Their main activity is to help their clients participate in normal daily activities. They work with children even with adults with muscle problems. They are trained so that they can be in a position to rehabilitate the muscles of their clients. There are a few things that you should expect from your ot. They should have an open communication with you whether you are the client or it is your child who is in therapy.

If this is the first time you are doing this, it can be very difficult to find the best. Below are a few tips that you can use to help you in your search. One of them is that you can talk to people you trust that use the same services. This can be friends or family members. You choose them because they are most open to you and will not be biased.

Once you talk to your friends there are some vital questions you should ask them. One of the questions to ask is if they do like their therapist. If they do like them you should ask them the reason they like them. Listen to their reason. One mistake people do is to think that since their friends like their therapist they will like them too. This is mostly a lie.

If your friends do not like their therapist a lot you can use other avenues to find a therapist. One of the things to consider is going online. There are applications that have been developed to help the different therapists market their services. And help them find new clients. In these applications they will put their pictures and a small profile for people to read.

Different people have different needs. Others feel comfortable with a member of a certain gender. They have their own reasons maybe is due to their up-bringing. If you are one of them you should not choose a person from the gender that you want. This will make you uncomfortable and the therapy might not work as it is supposed to work.

The other thing that you should consider is the beliefs of the therapist. People have different beliefs. It is important that you find a therapist that has the same beliefs as you do. This is one way of making sure that the two of you are compatible. This can be very tricky to discover. You can read through the articles and they will give you an idea.

After you have made a list of all the therapist you are considering, call them. Make sure you have prepared a few questions that you want to ask them. Some of them include the school that they attended. They should have attended the top schools since it means they had the best training and are in a good position to help you.

During the call you can judge if you are comfortable talking to them. Also you can choose depending on how they answer the questions. The answers should simple yet comprehensive. They should use lay mans language.




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