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Occupational Therapists

ID

work_healthcare_practitioners/occupational_therapists

Type

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Children

17

Child Nodes (17)

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Test and evaluate patients' physical and mental abilities and analyze medical data to determine realistic rehabilitation goals for patients.

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Complete and maintain necessary records.

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Plan, organize, and conduct occupational therapy programs in hospital, institutional, or community settings to help rehabilitate persons with disabilities because of illness, injury or psychological or developmental problems.

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Plan and implement programs and social activities to help patients learn work or school skills and adjust to handicaps.

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Select activities that will help individuals learn work and life-management skills within limits of their mental or physical capabilities.

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Evaluate patients' progress and prepare reports that detail progress.

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Train caregivers in providing for the needs of a patient during and after therapy.

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Lay out materials such as puzzles, scissors and eating utensils for use in therapy, and clean and repair these tools after therapy sessions.

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Consult with rehabilitation team to select activity programs or coordinate occupational therapy with other therapeutic activities.

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Design and create, or requisition, special supplies and equipment, such as splints, braces, and computer-aided adaptive equipment.

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Recommend changes in patients' work or living environments, consistent with their needs and capabilities.

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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.

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Provide training and supervision in therapy techniques and objectives for students or nurses and other medical staff.

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Help clients improve decision making, abstract reasoning, memory, sequencing, coordination, and perceptual skills, using computer programs.

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Conduct research in occupational therapy.

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Advise on health risks in the workplace or on health-related transition to retirement.

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Provide patients with assistance in locating or holding jobs.