You may want to include the pupils in some activities to make it more interactive. For example, if your audience are 9 or 10 year olds, salt dough modelling may be fun; if your audience are 14 year olds, a guess the gadget competitions may be more appropriate.

Message

Occupational therapy is a rewarding career.

Activities

• Deliver a presentation on the work of an OT - take along equipment and do demonstrations with the students such as Guess the gadget competition
• Ask students to think how someone with a disability would do an activity e.g. someone with one arm polishing their shoes, and then provide an OT solution
• Talk about career opportunities working in occupational therapy – outline your career and what you enjoy about being an OT

The following materials may be used at this event:

• Download Careers Leaflet
  Describes the benefits of becoming an occupational therapist.
• Download Careers handbook
  Gives information about the potential a career in occupational therapy offers and provides advice on how to become an OT.
• Download Careers poster
• Download OT as a career presentation

Merchandise

• Pens – with the message 'Occupational Therapy helping you to live life your way'
• Balloons – with the College logo
• Stickers – 'I support occupational therapy'
• Magnetic bookmarks – 'Occupational Therapy - helping you to live life your way'
• OT tattoos for children – branded with 'I love Occupational Therapy'