Occupational Therapist - Decatur, United States - Allied Instructional Services

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Job Description

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The Occupational Therapist functions as a member on a student's educational team to provide comprehensive assessment and treatment of impaired fine motor skills, gross motor skills, visual motor integration, sensory processing skills, self-care, and other activities of daily living in pre-school and school age children that limit a child's ability to access their school and participate with their peers. The candidate must possess a working knowledge of assessment and treatment practices, evidence-based research, recommended best practices, adaptations for access to the school environment, and expected roles and responsibilities of an Occupational Therapist within a school environment.

The OT will:

1. Utilize current evidence-based practices to assess and treat impaired fine motor, gross motor, visual-motor integration, self-help, and sensory processing skills

2. Comply with special education services within federal state/county procedural guidelines.

3. Participate in the development and implementation of IEP's for those students identified as having a disability as a related service and as a member of an interdisciplinary team.

4. Provide ethical and evidence-based treatment, guided by data collection, response to treatment, and on-going analysis of gross motor skills.

5. Communicate and consult with students, parents, educators, administrators, and outside agency professionals.

6. Provide supervision of COTA, if applicable

Requirements:

1. A valid degree in Occupational Therapy

2. A valid issued OT license for the state of GA