The primary mission of the Department of Occupational Therapy is the preparation of excellent, innovative, adaptable, and responsible occupational therapists as professional leaders for the state and the nation. Human beings are able to influence their physical and mental health and their social and physical environment through purposeful activity. Human life is a process of continuous adaptation. Adaptation is a change in function that promotes survival and self-actualization. Biological, psychological and environmental factors may interrupt the adaptation process at any time throughout the life cycle, causing dysfunction.
Purposeful activity facilitates the adaptive process.
Activity as used by the occupational therapist includes both an intrinsic and a therapeutic purpose. The philosophical base of occupational therapy.