Sports psychologist vs physical therapist

Differences between sports psychologist and physical therapist duties and responsibilities

Sports psychologist example responsibilities.

• Provide psychological therapy for children with autism spectrum disorder, deficit/hyperactive disorder, specific learning disorder and others mental diagnosis.
• Provide consultation regarding appropriate placement/treatment of juveniles in the DJJ system.

Physical therapist example responsibilities.

• Conduct in-services and train colleagues in effective techniques for safely managing the CVA patient.
• Achieve high level of patients satisfaction due to sound clinical management, quality of care and compassion.
• Perform physical therapy evaluation and treatment of orthopedic patients and supervise PTAs.
• Progress patients' functional mobility during treatment sessions by modifying task, intensity, and adaptive equipment utilize.
• Motivate patients to participate in treatment sessions by educating them on the benefits of early mobility following cardiac and thoracic surgery.
• Experience include IFSP and IEP writing and implementation
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