Occupational therapy...?

how do you go about to be an occupational therapist?

You have to attend a college that offers OT as a major.

If you want to be an OTA (assistant), there are medical schools that offer it as a two year program. Once you finish the program you take a certification exam.

to be an OTR you have to have a 4 year degree. The biggest difference is that an OTR does evaluations and makes a bigger paycheck.

Most actual therapy is done by OTA/s

I think you can get a two year degree in occupational therapy, but if I were you, I'd look it up online, and then look into a specific program and find out about it.

You must go to a four year school and have some sort of medical or knowledge of the muscalature of the human body.

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