How do they match: Occupational Therapy Aides

  • Direct Support Professional

  • Supervise patients in choosing and completing work assignments or arts and crafts projects.
  • 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.
  • Prepare and maintain work area, materials, and equipment and maintain inventory of treatment and educational supplies.
  • Report to supervisors or therapists, verbally or in writing, on patients' progress, attitudes, attendance, and accomplishments.
  • Transport patients to and from the occupational therapy work area.

  • Administer screening tests to determine abilities or treatment needs.
  • Monitor work areas or procedures to ensure compliance with safety procedures.
  • Perform clerical work in medical settings.