Occupational Therapy Assistants

01

Instruct, or assist in instructing, patients and families in home programs, basic living skills, or the care and use of adaptive equipment.

02

Maintain and promote a positive attitude toward clients and their treatment programs.

03

Report to supervisors, verbally or in writing, on patients' progress, attitudes, and behavior.

04

Implement, or assist occupational therapists with implementing, treatment plans designed to help clients function independently.

05

Monitor patients' performance in therapy activities, providing encouragement.

06

Observe and record patients' progress, attitudes, and behavior and maintain this information in client records.

07

Select therapy activities to fit patients' needs and capabilities.

08

Attend continuing education classes.

09

Aid patients in dressing and grooming themselves.

10

Evaluate the daily living skills or capacities of physically, developmentally, or emotionally disabled clients.