How do they match: Occupational Therapists

  • Assistive Technology Trainer
  • Job Trainer
  • Vocational Trainer

  • 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.

  • Train caregivers in providing for the needs of a patient during and after therapy.
  • 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.
  • Plan and implement programs and social activities to help patients learn work or school skills and adjust to handicaps.
  • Plan, organize, and conduct occupational therapy programs in hospital, institutional, or community settings to help rehabilitate those impaired because of illness, injury or psychological or developmental problems.
  • Provide training and supervision in therapy techniques and objectives for students or nurses and other medical staff.
  • Select activities that will help individuals learn work and life-management skills within limits of their mental or physical capabilities.

  • Train caregivers or other non-medical personnel.
  • Train medical providers.
  • Develop treatment plans that use non-medical therapies.
  • Encourage patients or clients to develop life skills.