Promoting Occupational Therapy among Primary School Children

Abstract

This article suggests that the promotion of awareness and understanding of occupational therapy could feasibly be extended to Include primary school children. Evidence from two studies carried out by final year occupational therapy students at the University of Ulster shows that children as young as 8 years old are able to understand some of the basic concepts of occupational therapy and to retain this information. One study used a storybook to explain the concept of occupational therapy while the other incorporated the concept of occupational therapy into the more general area of health education.