Occupational therapy assistant vs dedicated aide

Differences between occupational therapy assistant and dedicated aide duties and responsibilities

Occupational therapy assistant example responsibilities.

• Order patient equipment as well as developing and fabricating inexpensive adaptive equipment for patients to use.
• Educate patients and family members on the importance of using adaptive equipment and following proper safety precautions.
• Provide all occupational therapy services to facility patients, including charting their progress, developing and maintaining treatment plans.
• Assist in rebuilding the therapy department in an inner city SNF.
• Perform therapy to patients with hip replacements, knee replacements, CVA, and multiple disorders.
• Help patients adapt to the use of wheelchairs, braces, canes, crutches and prosthetic/orthotic devices.
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Dedicated aide example responsibilities.

• Help student become more independent and achieve organizational goals by using self-monitore checklists and adaptive technology.
• Substitute secretary filling in for k-5 secretary, answering phones, doingdaily communiques.
• Implement and enforce the students IEP and behavioral plan; a deep commitment to a child's developmental and education progress.
• Provide personalized attention and assistance to the development of students to improve skills in academic areas as needed per their IEP.
• Assist in traditional pre-kindergarten classroom.
• Work under supervision of classroom teacher to develop thematic learning units in Pre-Kindergarten classroom.
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