What does an occupational therapist assistant (OTA) do?
The occupational therapy assistant utilizes purposeful activity with persons who are limited by physical injury or illness, psychosocial dysfunction, developmental or learning disabilities, poverty, cultural differences, or the aging process. Specific occupational therapy direct services include teaching daily living skills; developing perceptual motor skills and sensory integrative functioning; and promoting play skills, vocational abilities, and leisure capacities. In addition, they fabricate and apply selected orthotic devices and assistive technology; adapt work, home and school environments; and administer standardized assessments.
