How do they match: Occupational Therapy Aides

  • Assist occupational therapists in planning, implementing, and administering therapy programs to restore, reinforce, and enhance performance, using selected activities and special equipment.
  • Encourage patients and attend to their physical needs to facilitate the attainment of therapeutic goals.
  • 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.

  • Implement therapeutic programs to improve patient functioning.