Music therapy internship vs registered occupational therapist

Differences between music therapy internship and registered occupational therapist duties and responsibilities

Music therapy internship example responsibilities.

• Customize recreational therapy interventions with patients who have acquired either a traumatic brain injury or spinal cord injury.
• Help with casting limbs and making splints.
• Assist occupational therapists with fabricating splints for orthopedic conditions involving the upper extremities.
• Develop and implement therapeutic activities for individuals, groups under direction of OTR/L.
• Document all patient interactions through skil observation and coordinate information both verbally and electronically to supervising OTR/L.
• Conduct initial assessments, document patient progress in group activities; discuss patients' progress in multidisciplinary therapy meetings.
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Registered occupational therapist example responsibilities.

• Collaborate and co-treat with school-base team to help students achieve IEP goals and objectives.
• Restructure and lead weekly ADL cooking groups that maximize the ability to focus on individual students' skills and advance them.
• Provide therapeutic interventions for returning patients to prior level of function and achieving maximum independence for performing activities of daily living.
• Recommend adaptive equipment and self-care aids to promote residents independence in everyday life activities.
• Perform home evaluations and environment assessments for safety, and provide recommendations for home modifications and adaptive equipment.
• Employ as lead OTR within SNF environment.
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