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Assess, plan, and organize rehabilitative programs that help build or restore vocational, homemaking, and daily living skills, as well as general independence, to persons with disabilities or developmental delays. Use therapeutic techniques, adapt the individual's environment, teach skills, and modify specific tasks that present barriers to the individual.



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$93.1k

Annual median Salary

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Education

Most of these occupations require graduate school. For example, they may require a master's degree, and some require a Ph.D., M.D., or J.D. (law degree).


86%

Master's degree

14%

Bachelor's degree

Careers

Typical Job Titles

Certified Hand Therapist (CHT)

Occupational Therapist (OT)

Pediatric Occupational Therapist (Pediatric OT)

Registered Occupational Therapist (OTR)

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