How do they match: Occupational Therapy Assistants

  • Physical Therapist Assistant

  • Teach patients how to deal constructively with their emotions.
  • Assist educational specialists or clinical psychologists in administering situational or diagnostic tests to measure client's abilities or progress.
  • Attend continuing education classes.
  • Evaluate the daily living skills or capacities of physically, developmentally, or emotionally disabled clients.
  • Order any needed educational or treatment supplies.
  • Work under the direction of occupational therapists to plan, implement, or administer educational, vocational, or recreational programs that restore or enhance performance in individuals with functional impairments.

  • Teach basic living or other adaptive skills to patients or caregivers.
  • Teach medical procedures or medical equipment use to patients.
  • Teach medical procedures to healthcare personnel.
  • Attend educational events to update medical knowledge.