How do they match: Occupational Therapy Aides

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Perform clerical, administrative, and secretarial duties, such as answering phones, restocking and ordering supplies, filling out paperwork, and scheduling appointments.

  • Administer screening tests to determine abilities or treatment needs.
  • Communicate patient status to other health practitioners.
  • Record vital statistics or other health information.
  • Stock medical or patient care supplies.
  • Teach basic living or other adaptive skills to patients or caregivers.
  • Teach medical procedures to healthcare personnel.