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Occupational Therapy Assistants (also known as OTAs) provide treatment to children and adults of all ages with disabilities, injuries, and illnesses under the supervision of occupational therapists. Initially OTAs work together with occupational therapists to develop a treatment regimen for the patient. They provide direct hands-on assistance by implementing treatment plans as developed by the occupational therapist.

Job Duties Include:

• Assist patients in carrying out daily activities
• Help patients with poor social skills and learning disabilities improve everyday function
• Teach patients how to use special equipment to assist with improving quality of life
• Work in collaboration with occupational therapists to establish and carry out a rehabilitation plan
• Supervise patients' activities to ensure they are done properly
• Work with disabled children and assist them in play activities that enhance skillfulness
• Report the patient's progress to occupational therapists

Occupational therapists treat injured, ill, or disabled patients through the therapeutic use of everyday activities. They help these patients develop, recover, and improve the skills needed for daily living and working.




Job Duties Include:

• Meets the patient's goals and needs and provides quality care by assessing and interpreting evaluations and test results; determining occupational therapy treatment plans in consultation with physicians or by prescription
• Helps patient develop or regain physical or mental functioning or adjust to disabilities by implementing programs involving manual arts and crafts, practice in functional, prevocational, vocational, and homemaking skills, activities of daily living, and sensorimotor, educational, recreational, and social activities; directing aides, technicians, and assistants
• Promotes maximum independence by selecting and constructing therapies according to individual's physical capacity, intelligence level, and interest
• Evaluates results of occupational therapy by observing, noting, and evaluating patient's progress; recommending and implementing adjustments and modifications
• Completes discharge planning by consulting with physicians, nurses, social workers, and other health care workers; contributing to patient care conferences
• Assures continuation of therapeutic plan following discharge by designing and instructing patients, families, and caregivers in home exercise programs; recommending and/or providing assistive equipment; recommending outpatient or home health follow-up programs
• Documents patient care services by charting in patient and department records
• Develops occupational therapy staff by providing information; developing and conducting in-service training programs
• Complies with federal, state, and local legal and certification requirements
• Provides supervision to COTAs within the facility as required by the Wyoming Board of Occupational Therapy