| Profession |
Skills Required |
Duties Performed |
| Occupational Therapist |
- Quality Control Analysis: Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance.
- Speaking: Talking to others to convey information effectively.
- Monitoring: Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
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- Recommend appropriate mobility devices or systems such as human guides, dog guides, long canes, electronic travel aids (ETAs), and other adaptive mobility devices (AMDs).
- Recommend changes in patients' work or living environments, consistent with their needs and capabilities.
- Develop rehabilitation or instructional plans collaboratively with clients, based on results of assessments, needs, and goals.
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| Occupational Therapist Aide |
- Operations Analysis: Analyzing needs and product requirements to create a design.
- Complex Problem Solving: Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
- Quality Control Analysis: Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance.
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- Demonstrate therapy techniques, such as manual and creative arts and games.
- Assist occupational therapists in planning, implementing, and administering therapy programs to restore, reinforce, and enhance performance, using selected activities and special equipment.
- 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.
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| Occupational Therapist Assistant |
- Systems Analysis: Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.
- Systems Evaluation: Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system.
- Management of Personnel Resources: Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job.
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- Assist educational specialists or clinical psychologists in administering situational or diagnostic tests to measure client's abilities or progress.
- Observe and record patients' progress, attitudes, and behavior, and maintain this information in client records.
- Assemble, clean, and maintain equipment and materials for patient use.
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