JOB DESCRIPTION     

                                                                                                       Class Code:  7291

Position Title: OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST

 

Responsible To: Director of Special Education

 

Basic Function: To provide occupational therapy assessments and services that are necessary for the student to benefit from his/her special education program.

 

Performance Responsibilities:

  1. Obtains parent and Admissions and Release Committee permission to evaluate and provide therapy. Maintains communication with parents, teachers, and other staff as appropriate.
  2. Provides assessments for referred individuals, which may include developmental level, sensorimotor, neuromuscular, fine motor, perceptual, self-help, and pre-vocational skills.
  3. Assist ARC in developing goals based on the assessment to enhance motor development, sensory processing, improve self-help skills, and to improve classroom function.
  4. Develops treatment plan to implement the educational goals. Provides activity suggestions for the classroom and the home, when appropriate. Maintains communication with the parents and school staff to implement IEP goals.
  5. Interprets results of the occupational therapy assessment to the parents and appropriate personnel. 6. Assists teachers and parents in techniques for positioning, handling, relaxation, feeding, and self-help skills; assists parents and teachers in modifying the environment and providing appropriate activities.
  6. Determines, recommends, and oversees equipment and architectural modifications which will allow the student to function more independently.

Knowledge of:

 

Minimum Qualifications:

Licenses and Other Requirements:

Valid Occupational Therapist License by the State of Kentucky. Registered by the National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy.

Terms of Employment: Salary and work year to be established by the board of education.

Evaluation: Performance of this job will be evaluated in accordance with provisions of board policy for Professional Personnel.