10/27/2025
🌍 Happy World Occupational Therapy Day!
1️⃣ Play is a child’s occupation.
It’s not just fun — it’s how children build motor skills, language, confidence, and regulation. OT helps make play possible when it’s hard. 🎨
2️⃣ “Occupations” aren’t jobs — they’re the things that give your day purpose.
For a toddler, that might be stacking blocks.
For a parent, it’s morning routines.
OT meets everyone where life happens. 🌿
3️⃣ Behavior is communication.
That meltdown at the grocery store might be sensory overload — not defiance. OTs look beneath the behavior to find the “why.” 💛
4️⃣ Regulation comes before participation.
Before a child can learn or engage, they have to feel safe and regulated in their body. OT builds the foundation. 🧠
5️⃣ Independence looks different for everyone.
Sometimes it’s tying shoes, sometimes it’s using adaptive tools, and sometimes it’s learning to self-advocate. Every version of independence matters. 🌈
This World OT Day, celebrate the therapists who make everyday life possible. 💪
