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LEVEL ON PAY GUIDE:15 HOURS PER DAY: 8 DAYS PER YEAR: 191

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SUMMARY
Assists the OT with planning, organizing, and conducting occupational therapy program in the school setting to facilitate development and rehabilitation of mentally, physically, or emotionally disabled students.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

Plans program involving activities such as manual arts and crafts.

Provides practice in functional, prevocational, vocational, and homemaking skills, and activities of daily living.

Coordinates participation in sensorimotor, educational, recreational, and social activities designed to help students develop or regain physical or mental functioning or adjust to disabilities.

Consults with other members of the multi-disciplinary team to select activity program consistent with needs and capabilities of individual and to coordinate occupational therapy with other activities.

Selects constructive activities suited to individual's physical capacity, intelligence level, and interest to upgrade individual to maximum independence, prepare individual for employment, assist in restoration of functions, and aid in adjustment to disability.

Teaches individuals skills and techniques required for participation in activities and evaluates individual's progress.

Designs and constructs special equipment for individual and suggests adaptation of individual's work-living environment.

Requisitions supplies and equipment.

Lays out materials for individual's use and cleans and repairs equipment at end of sessions.

Attends training programs or participates in training teachers and other workers in occupational therapy techniques and objectives.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES
This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

QUALIFICATIONS To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE
Associate Degree as a COTA, from a program accredited by the AOTA.

LANGUAGE SKILLS
Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively to students, parents, and employees of the organization. Ability to communicate effectively with students who have speech and language disabilities.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS
Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

REASONING ABILITY
Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS
Arizona COTA licenses.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, peripheral vision, and ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Certified Occupational Therapist Assistant