Will “Pediatric Occupational Therapist” be Replaced By Robots? 🤔

Job Description

Assess, plan, organize, and participate in rehabilitative programs that help build or restore vocational, homemaking, and daily living skills, as well as general independence, to persons with disabilities or developmental delays.

Job Details

• The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 29-1122.00
• The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 83,730.00
• The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 40.00
• Currently, there are 118,070 people on this job

☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Occupational Therapists”.

Also Known As…

• Occupational Therapists
• Staff Therapist
• Staff Occupational Therapist
• Rehabilitation Supervisor
• Registered Occupational Therapist
• Occupational Therapy Co-Director
• Occupational Therapist (OT)
• Industrial Rehabilitation Consultant
• Early Intervention Occupational Therapist
• Assistive Technology Trainer
• Vocational Trainer
• Vocational Rehabilitation Specialist
• Rehabilitation Engineer
• Pediatric Occupational Therapist
• Job Trainer
• Industrial Therapist
• Independent Living Specialist

Tasks for “Pediatric Occupational Therapist”

• Consult with rehabilitation team to select activity programs or coordinate occupational therapy with other therapeutic activities.
• Recommend changes in patients' work or living environments, consistent with their needs and capabilities.
• Train caregivers how to provide for the needs of a patient during and after therapy.
• Design and create, or requisition, special supplies and equipment, such as splints, braces, and computer-aided adaptive equipment.
• Conduct research in occupational therapy.
• Develop and participate in health promotion programs, group activities, or discussions to promote client health, facilitate social adjustment, alleviate stress, and prevent physical or mental disability.
• Help clients improve decision making, abstract reasoning, memory, sequencing, coordination, and perceptual skills, using computer programs.
• Complete and maintain necessary records.
• Provide training and supervision in therapy techniques and objectives for students or nurses and other medical staff.
• Test and evaluate patients' physical and mental abilities and analyze medical data to determine realistic rehabilitation goals for patients.
• Provide patients with assistance in locating or holding jobs.
• Select activities that will help individuals learn work and life-management skills within limits of their mental or physical capabilities.
• Evaluate patients' progress and prepare reports that detail progress.
• Plan and implement programs and social activities to help patients learn work or school skills and adjust to handicaps.
• Lay out materials such as puzzles, scissors and eating utensils for use in therapy, and clean and repair these tools after therapy sessions.
• Advise on health risks in the workplace or on health-related transition to retirement.
• Plan, organize, and conduct occupational therapy programs in hospital, institutional, or community settings to help rehabilitate those impaired because of illness, injury or psychological or developmental problems.

Related Technology & Tools

• Scooters
• Power sanders
• Power drills
• Orthotics
• Single-cut mill saw files
• Portable scanning pens
• Saws
• Mechanical stethoscopes
• Electric wheelchairs
• Splints
• Switch use tools
• Video magnifiers
• Drill presses
• Personal computers
• Tongue switches
• Hoists
• Laptop computers
• Adaptive cutlery
• Trackballs
• Exercise balls
• Computer switch interfaces
• Voice output communication aids
• Resistive exercise bands
• Pulleys
• Wobble switches
• Manual blood pressure cuffs
• Electric knives
• Joy sticks
• Personal digital assistants PDA
• Lathes
• Wheelchairs
• Pressure care garments
• Weights
• Gait and transfer belts
• Soldering irons
• Sewing machines
• Braille printers
• Wheeled walkers
• Adjustable beds
• Goniometers
• Trackpads
• Video cameras
• Alternative computer keyboards
• Electronic blood pressure units
• Lift chairs
• Looms

• BillingTracker
• Special education educational software
• Casamba Smart
• Language arts educational software
• Screen magnification software
• Text scanning software
• Rehab Documentation Company ReDoc Suite
• Math educational software
• Microsoft Excel
• Email software
• HMS
• Microsoft Word
• Science educational software
• Social studies educational software
• Synapse Adaptive Connect Outloud
• Lexrotech LxPediatric
• Speech recognition software
• Crick Software Clicker 4
• Duxbury Braille Translator
• OpenOffice WRITER
• Tactile graphic production kits software
• Music software
• FileMaker Pro
• Microsoft Office
• Word processing software
• Computer drawing software
• Mayer-Johnson Boardmaker
• Physical education educational software
• Screen reader software
• Internet browser software
• Text to speech software
• Spreadsheet software
• Text reader software