What is Occupational Need? Occupational need is when an individual encounters difficulties engaging in their occupations of daily living. Being able to engage in occupations can be influenced by environmental factors (physical, cultural, social or institutional environments), opportunity, education and resources.

What is the example of occupational?

Occupation includes all the activities or tasks that a person performs each day. For example, getting dressed, playing a sport, taking a class, cooking a meal, getting together with friends, and working at a job are considered occupations.

What does occupational being mean?

Occupational scientists view people as occupational beings (Yerxa et al., 1990), meaning that engaging in occupation is part of the essential nature of being human.