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"What would you do if..."
  • What would you do if suddenly you were unable to button your shirt, wash your back, put on your socks, open a jar, or cut your own food?
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"Occupational Therapy"
  • Occupational Therapy
  • trains patients to use
  • adaptive equipment so they
  • can perform
  • these everyday
  • tasks.
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YOU WORK HARD AT SCHOOL
  • but become frustrated and embarrassed when you print your letters backward. Will you ever learn to write clearly and quickly enough to keep up with your classmates?


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OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY
MAKES IT POSSIBLE


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EVERYTHING’S SO DIFFERENT
  • since the accident. One moment you’re fine, and the next moment you’re faced with life in a wheelchair. How will you drive, work, or even brush your teeth?


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YOUR HANDS HAVE EARNED YOU A LIVING
  •    for many years, but now they’re so painful that you can’t type or hold a tool. How can you continue to function at work and at home?
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OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY MAKES IT POSSIBLE


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DEPRESSION AFFECTS YOUR THINKING, FEELINGS
  •    and ability to relate to other people. With new treatment, though, you’ll soon be able to live on your own again. But will you be able to cope in the outside world?
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"OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY MAKES IT POSSIBLE"
  • OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY MAKES IT POSSIBLE


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Occupational Therapy helps people help themselves by equipping them with the skills needed to regain the highest level of independence possible.
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Occupational Therapy works in three major
areas of healthcare:

  • DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILTIES
  • PSYCHOSOCIAL SETTINGS
  • PHYSICAL DYSFUNCTIONS
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STARK STATE GRADS ARE EMPLOYED AT LOCAL HOSPITALS…
  • Aultman Hospital
  • Akron City Hospital
  • Edwin Shaw Hospital
  • St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
  • Doctor’s Hospital
  • Mercy Medical Center
  • Cleveland Clinic Foundation
  • Wadsworth-Rittman Hospital
  • Wooster Comm. Hospital
  • Massillon Comm. Hospital
  • Children’s Hospital Med. Center
  • Alliance Comm.Hospital


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Stark State Grads Employed in psychiatric Settings…
  • Heartland Behavioral
  • Cambridge Psychiatric Hospital
  • Aultman Hospital
  • Mercy Medical Center



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Stark State grads employed in Developmental Disabilities…
  • Stark Co. Schools
  • Canton City Schools
  • E.J. School based Therapy


  • Stark Co. MRDD
    • Southgate School
    • Eastgate School
    • Higgin Workshop
    • Whipple-Dale Workshop
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Stark State Grads Employed Long Term Care Facilities and Outpatient CLINICS…..
  • Arbors of Canton
  • Cuyahoga Falls Country Place
  • Rockynol Health Center
  • Absolute Care Center
  • Rose Lane Health Care
  • Concorde Therapy
  • Portage Physical Therapy Clinic
  • Crystal Clinic