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Communicate and collaborate with other healthcare professionals involved with the care of a patient.
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Evaluate the daily living skills or capacities of clients with physical, developmental, or mental health disabilities.
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Attend care plan meetings to review patient progress and update care plans.
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Select therapy activities to fit patients' needs and capabilities.
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Perform clerical duties, such as scheduling appointments, collecting data, or documenting health insurance billings.
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Alter treatment programs to obtain better results if treatment is not having the intended effect.
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Implement, or assist occupational therapists with implementing, treatment plans designed to help clients function independently.
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Demonstrate therapy techniques, such as manual or creative arts or games.
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Observe and record patients' progress, attitudes, and behavior and maintain this information in client records.
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Transport patients to and from the occupational therapy work area.
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Monitor patients' performance in therapy activities, providing encouragement.
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Order any needed educational or treatment supplies.
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Teach patients how to deal constructively with their emotions.
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Assist educational specialists or clinical psychologists in administering situational or diagnostic tests to measure client's abilities or progress.
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Attend continuing education classes.
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Work under the direction of occupational therapists to plan, implement, or administer educational, vocational, or recreational programs that restore or enhance performance in individuals with functional impairments.
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Design, fabricate, or repair assistive devices or make adaptive changes to equipment or environments.
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Aid patients in dressing and grooming themselves.
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Assemble, clean, or maintain equipment or materials for patient use.
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Instruct, or assist in instructing, patients and families in home programs, basic living skills, or the care and use of adaptive equipment.
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Report to supervisors, verbally or in writing, on patients' progress, attitudes, and behavior.
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Maintain and promote a positive attitude toward clients and their treatment programs.