Emerging Practice Areas
Each of the six broad practice categories has "emerging practice areas"--areas in which occupational therapy's unique skills and training can be used to meet new and growing societal needs.
These are areas that currently may have fewer full-time practitioners than traditional practice arenas. Also, the practitioners working in emerging practice areas may have additional specialty or interdisplinary training and experience. Reimbursement streams may be less established, and may come from a variety of less traditional sources including private pay.