Restful Rehabilitation: Sleep’s Essential Role in Occupational Therapy Education, Intervention, and Research

All humans have the occupational right to sleep; therefore, occupational therapy practitioners must prioritize sleep with their clients. In this column, we identify ways to incorporate sleep health into the education and training of occupational therapy practitioners. This starts with identifying entry-level and continuing education opportunities to proclaim sleep as an occupation and a basic biological need. Current practitioners must recognize that sleep health is multidisciplinary, and existing interventions can help clients achieve good sleep health throughout their lifespan. Given the paucity of sleep research in occupational therapy, the potential exists to investigate new, occupation-based assessments and interventions. We provide specific approaches to expand sleep and sleep health knowledge in occupational therapy education, practice, and research.

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American Journal of Occupational Therapy
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2024-10-09
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https://doi.org/10.5014/ajot.2024.050915
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3
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Sleep and related disorders
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Abstract

All humans have the occupational right to sleep; therefore, occupational therapy practitioners must prioritize sleep with their clients. In this column, we identify ways to incorporate sleep health into the education and training of occupational therapy practitioners. This starts with identifying entry-level and continuing education opportunities to proclaim sleep as an occupation and a basic biological need. Current practitioners must recognize that sleep health is multidisciplinary, and existing interventions can help clients achieve good sleep health throughout their lifespan. Given the paucity of sleep research in occupational therapy, the potential exists to investigate new, occupation-based assessments and interventions. We provide specific approaches to expand sleep and sleep health knowledge in occupational therapy education, practice, and research.

American Journal of Occupational TherapyVol. 78(6)
HAN University of Applied Sciences (NL), Medical University of South Carolina (US), Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust (GB), University of Pittsburgh (US), University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (US), Mental Health Foundation (GB), University Surgical Associates (US), Quinnipiac University (US), University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center (US), Saint Joseph's University (US), Radford University (US), Colorado State University (US)
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