Job Title: Occupational Therapy Assistant
Position Function: Occupational Therapy Assistant is directly responsible to the administrators of those buildings served and to the Coordinator of Health Services or Occupational Therapy for providing educationally related occupational therapy to special education pupils whose individual educational plan indicates occupational therapy services.
Essential Performance Responsibilities:
- Assist in assessing and/or evaluates pupils' abilities in the areas of self-help, fine motor skills, sensory integration skills, and visual perceptual skills
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Provides assistance in educationally related occupational therapy services to special education pupils in need of therapy and keeps appropriate records of pupils' progress
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Assists with writing progress reports for all pupils receiving direct occupational therapy, and provides a summary of the progress to the classroom teacher
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Provides assistance with written interpretations of all evaluations completed and is an active team member in staffing when writing program needs for individual pupils
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Assists with maintaining, designs, constructs, or obtains adaptive devices to maintain or to improve independent functioning skills and to improve daily living skills in the educational setting
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Participates in and assists during comprehensive evaluations, and conferences for pupils referred for Occupational Therapy evaluations
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Provides assistance between being a liaison service between parents, school personnel, and community agencies to facilitate communication concerning the services provided by Occupational Therapists
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Provides assistance to the parents and to the classroom teacher(s) when adapted or modified equipment is used by an identified individual pupil
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Assists with maintaining special adaptive equipment purchased by USD 259, and recommends to the Coordinator of Health Services or Occupational Therapy any new special equipment needed to meet the educational needs of pupils
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Maintains and assists with inventory of all occupational therapy equipment
Additional Duties: Assists with additional duties as assigned.
Equipment: This position may require the ability to use SMART boards and iPads in addition to basic office equipment such as computers, copiers, scanners, and fax machine. Employees must always comply with WPS guidelines for equipment use.
Travel: Travel between schools and central offices may be required.
Physical and Mental Demands:
- Work in standard office and school building environments
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Ability to work outdoors during outdoor student activities
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Occasional overtime required
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- Ability to communicate both verbally and written in order to communicate with others inside and outside of the organization for the purpose of giving and obtaining information
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Basic computer proficiency and the ability to effectively use Microsoft Word and Outlook which will bedetermined and validated by testing
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Use of good judgment to make decisions on recurring assignments
