Occupational Therapy helps people to improve their ability to perform task in their daily living, working environment and play activities to promote and maintain health, prevent disability, increase independent function and enhance development.
Special education is a specially designed individualized or group instruction or special services or programs to meet the unique needs of students with disabilities. Special education services and program are provided at no cost to the parent.
In Malaysia, special education child must enter special education school as early as 7 years old regardless of where they live and who they are. Government provides allowances as high as RM 250.00 per month for each special education student.
Generally, Occupational Therapy helps the student to engage successfully in purposeful and meaningful school occupations in area of educational, self care, play and social participation. Besides, Occupational Therapy assess students with educational settings with ecological model and assessment to determine their needs. In addition to that, they provide treatment, program consultation and environmental modifications for the students function
There are several types of condition under special education definition which are physically handicapped, orthopedics handicapped, other health impaired, auditory handicapped, visually handicapped, deaf-blind, mentally retarded, emotionally disturbed, learning disabled, speech handicapped, autistic, multiple handicapped and traumatic brain injury (TBI).
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