Related Professional Fields

Listing and Definitions of Related Fields

• Occupational Therapy: Occupational therapy uses purposeful activity and adaptive equipment to help clients better participate in their occupations. These occupations include activities of daily living, work, and even play and recreation.

• Physical Therapy: Physical therapy uses the modalities of stretches, massage, heat treatment, exercise, and other physical methods to treat injury or disease.

• Nurse: A nurse is an expert in caring for others in a wide variety of health conditions, whether they are injured, struggling with an illness or disability, or a myriad of other problems.

•  Psychiatrist: A psychiatrist is a scholar of human behavior and the mind as well as a practitioner who diagnoses and treats mental illness.

• Social Worker: A social worker provides social services to people, especially those who are disadvantaged. These services can include help in navigating the job market, child protective services, assistance in foster care and adoption situations, as well as advocating for rights for disadvantaged clients in different situations.

• Speech and Language Pathologist: The speech pathologist focuses on problems and barriers to communication. The pathologist can work with those who have problems speaking or understanding language as well as the Deaf in helping them to better communicate with others.

•  Special Education Teacher: A special education teacher works in the classroom with students with learning or mental disabilities. These teachers can work in exclusive or inclusive classrooms.

• Rehabilitation Counselor: A rehabilitation counselor helps those with disabilities, whether they have lived with them for a long time or have recently acquired them as a result of an accident, to adjust and be prepared for life in their community. This is accomplished mainly by learning about available resources and work skills.