How do they match: Occupational Therapists

  • Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant
  • Licensed Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant

  • Conduct research in occupational therapy.
  • Consult with rehabilitation team to select activity programs or coordinate occupational therapy with other therapeutic activities.
  • Lay out materials such as puzzles, scissors and eating utensils for use in therapy, and clean and repair these tools after therapy sessions.
  • 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.
  • Provide training and supervision in therapy techniques and objectives for students or nurses and other medical staff.
  • Train caregivers in providing for the needs of a patient during and after therapy.

  • Develop treatment plans that use non-medical therapies.