Psychiatric technician vs dedicated aide

Differences between psychiatric technician and dedicated aide duties and responsibilities

Psychiatric technician example responsibilities.

• Prioritize and utilize therapeutic communication and CPI skills to diffuse and manage difficult situations.
• Participate in rehabilitation and treatment programs, also lead prescribed individual and group therapy sessions as part of specific therapeutic procedures.
• Respond to emergency situations such as fire evacuation or the administration of first aid and/or CPR.
• Observe patients comfort levels and mood changes, show compassion and respect to minimize clients stress levels.
• Demonstrate triage and emergency assistance when need, including suicide prevention plans (currently CPR and CPI certify).
• Participate in rehabilitation and treatment programs, help with personal hygiene, and assist with administration of oral medications.
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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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