Occupational Therapists

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Occupational therapists help people get back to daily life: a child learning to write or dress, an adult recovering from a stroke, an older person staying safe at home. They work in schools, hospitals, rehab centers and homes.

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High school courses that build toward it

• Psychology · Social Studies

  Builds psychology, which this job uses.

• Child Development · Career and Technical

  Builds teaching and training, which this job uses.

• Health and Wellness · Health and PE

  Builds psychology, which this job uses.

• Anatomy and Physiology · Science

  Builds health and medicine, which this job uses.

• English 10 · English

  Builds reading and writing, which this job uses.

Ranked by how much the job relies on what each course teaches, from O*NET's knowledge ratings. Your school's own courses and the counselor have the final word.