How do they match: Occupational Therapy Aides

  • Direct Service Professional
  • Direct Support Professional

  • Assist educational specialists or clinical psychologists in administering situational or diagnostic tests to measure client's abilities or progress.
  • Assist occupational therapists in planning, implementing, and administering therapy programs to restore, reinforce, and enhance performance, using selected activities and special equipment.
  • Prepare and maintain work area, materials, and equipment and maintain inventory of treatment and educational supplies.

  • Encourage patients during therapeutic activities.
  • Engage patients in exercises or activities.
  • Manage control system activities in organizations.