Under close supervision of an occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant, perform only delegated, selected, or routine tasks in specific situations. These duties include preparing patient and treatment room.

Other names for Occupational Therapist Aides: Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA), Certified Occupational Rehabilitation Aide (CORA), Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant (COTA), Independent Living Specialist, Occupational Rehabilitation Aide, Occupational Therapist, Occupational Therapist Aide (OT Aide), Occupational Therapy Aide (OT Aide), Occupational Therapy Assistant, Occupational Therapy Technician (OT Tech), Rehabilitation Aide (Rehab Aide), Rehabilitation Assistant, Rehabilitation Services Aide, Rehabilitation Technician (Rehab Tech), Restorative Therapist,

• Encourage patients and attend to their physical needs to facilitate the attainment of therapeutic goals.
• Report to supervisors or therapists, verbally or in writing, on patients' progress, attitudes, attendance and accomplishments.
• Observe patients' attendance, progress, attitudes, and accomplishments, and record and maintain information in client records.
• Manage intra-departmental infection control and equipment security.
• Evaluate the living skills and capacities of physically, developmentally, or emotionally disabled clients.
• Prepare and maintain work area, materials, and equipment, and maintain inventory of treatment and educational supplies.
• Instruct patients and families in work, social, and living skills, the care and use of adaptive equipment and other skills to facilitate home and work adjustment to disability.
• Supervise patients in choosing and completing work details or arts and crafts projects.
• Assist occupational therapists in planning, implementing, and administering therapy programs to restore, reinforce, and enhance performance, using selected activities and special equipment.
• Perform clerical, administrative and secretarial duties such as answering phones, restocking and ordering supplies, filling out paperwork and scheduling appointments.
• Demonstrate therapy techniques, such as manual and creative arts, and games.
• Transport patients to and from the occupational therapy work area.
• Adjust and repair assistive devices and make adaptive changes to other equipment and to environments.
• Assist educational specialists or clinical psychologists in administering situational or diagnostic tests to measure client's abilities or progress.
• Accompany patients on outings, providing transportation when necessary.

• Cutlery or utensils for the physically challenged
• Adaptive communication switches for the physically challenged
• Bead accessories
• Braille devices for the physically challenged
• Canes or cane accessories
• Letter or symbol boards for the physically challenged
• Crochet hooks
• Crutches or crutch accessories
• Desktop computers
• Dressing sticks for the physically challenged
• Power sanders
• Weights or sets or accessories for rehabilitation or therapy
• Hand sewing needles
• Lacing or stringing accessories
• Weaving accessories
• Leather accessories
• Special purpose telephones
• Saws
• Orthopedic splint systems
• Personal computers
• Photocopiers
• Awls
• Rasps
• Leather accessories
• Reachers for the physically challenged
• Training ramps for rehabilitation or therapy
• Rivet tools
• Leather accessories
• Balance beams or boards or bolsters or rockers for rehabilitation or therapy
• Domestic sewing machines
• Sewing needles
• Therapeutic balls or accessories
• Gait belts for rehabilitation or therapy
• Wheelchairs
• Walkers or rollators
• Wood chisels

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