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Occupational Therapists: reported tasks and exploration worksheet

Assess, plan, and organize rehabilitative programs that help build or restore vocational, homemaking, and daily living skills, as well as general independence, to persons with disabilities or developmental delays. Use therapeutic techniques, adapt the individual's environment, teach skills, and modify specific tasks that present barriers to the individual.

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This source lists 17 tasks, including 16 marked Core and 1 marked Supplemental. Labels and dates are retained below. Employers can combine or divide these responsibilities differently; explore the task itself before assuming it belongs in every version of the role.

Task source dates: 08/2021.

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Core · Task 349 · 08/2021 · Occupational Expert

Test and evaluate patients' physical and mental abilities and analyze medical data to determine realistic rehabilitation goals for patients.

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Core · Task 347 · 08/2021 · Occupational Expert

Complete and maintain necessary records.

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Core · Task 351 · 08/2021 · Occupational Expert

Plan, organize, and conduct occupational therapy programs in hospital, institutional, or community settings to help rehabilitate persons with disabilities because of illness, injury or psychological or developmental problems.

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Core · Task 358 · 08/2021 · Occupational Expert

Plan and implement programs and social activities to help patients learn work or school skills and adjust to handicaps.

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Core · Task 350 · 08/2021 · Occupational Expert

Select activities that will help individuals learn work and life-management skills within limits of their mental or physical capabilities.

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Core · Task 348 · 08/2021 · Occupational Expert

Evaluate patients' progress and prepare reports that detail progress.

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Core · Task 15231 · 08/2021 · Occupational Expert

Train caregivers in providing for the needs of a patient during and after therapy.

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Core · Task 359 · 08/2021 · Occupational Expert

Lay out materials such as puzzles, scissors and eating utensils for use in therapy, and clean and repair these tools after therapy sessions.

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Core · Task 353 · 08/2021 · Occupational Expert

Consult with rehabilitation team to select activity programs or coordinate occupational therapy with other therapeutic activities.

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Core · Task 357 · 08/2021 · Occupational Expert

Design and create, or requisition, special supplies and equipment, such as splints, braces, and computer-aided adaptive equipment.

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Core · Task 352 · 08/2021 · Occupational Expert

Recommend changes in patients' work or living environments, consistent with their needs and capabilities.

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Core · Task 355 · 08/2021 · Occupational Expert

Develop and participate in health promotion programs, group activities, or discussions to promote client health, facilitate social adjustment, alleviate stress, and prevent physical or mental disability.

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Core · Task 356 · 08/2021 · Occupational Expert

Provide training and supervision in therapy techniques and objectives for students or nurses and other medical staff.

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Core · Task 354 · 08/2021 · Occupational Expert

Help clients improve decision making, abstract reasoning, memory, sequencing, coordination, and perceptual skills, using computer programs.

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Core · Task 361 · 08/2021 · Occupational Expert

Conduct research in occupational therapy.

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Core · Task 360 · 08/2021 · Occupational Expert

Advise on health risks in the workplace or on health-related transition to retirement.

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Supplemental · Task 362 · 08/2021 · Occupational Expert

Provide patients with assistance in locating or holding jobs.

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