STANDARD COMPETENCIES:

 

 1. Practice using available resources for collecting evaluation data relevant to the client.

 2. Select information from data sources (including medical/psychological history, social services, and/or family reports) that is relevant to the needs of the client.

 3. Gather pertinent data regarding a client through interviews and skilled observation.

 4. Perform assigned evaluation procedures and selected assessments to obtain information relevant to client performance with the use of occupation as the purpose of assessment.

 5. Develop age and socio-culturally appropriate programs based on short and long term goals in collaboration with the supervising occupational therapist.

 6. Perform treatment interventions which reflect identified goals for an individual or group of clients.

 7. Describe the meaning and dynamics of occupation and purposeful activity, including the correlation between areas of occupation, performance skills, performance patterns, and contexts.

 8. Describe the effects of health, disability, disease processes, and traumatic injury to the client within a variety of contexts, family, and social structures.

 9. Present instructions and select appropriate media/techniques in implementation of intervention.

 10. Prepare and perform techniques of group dynamics to achieve group goals when working with a more than one client.

 11. Identify and report the need for intervention change to the supervising occupational therapist.

 12. Determine client needs, socio-cultural background, environment and contexts when initiating and establishing a therapeutic relationship.

 13. Determine the safety needs of the client, self, and team members.

 14. Interact, in a therapeutic manner, to specific manifestations of client behavior.

 15. Explain to the client and client’s family members to the nature and purpose of the occupational therapy process with sensitivity for their socio-cultural background.

 16. Communicate and collaborate with supervisor and other pertinent team members in order to select, adapt, and sequence relevant occupations and purposeful activities to facilitate implementation of treatment goals. These occupations should be client centered and directly related to the clients’ areas of occupation, performance skills, performance patterns, and contexts in order to maximize participation and independence.

 17. Compile therapeutic adaptation with occupations pertinent to the needs of the client. This shall include, but not be limited to: family/caregiver training, environmental and behavioral modifications, orthotics, prosthetics, assistive devices, adaptive equipment, DME, and other technologies.

 18. Establish and maintain accurate written reports/records as required and appropriately be able to distinguish between subjective and objective data.

 19. Coordinate discharge planning by reviewing the needs of the client, their environment, and available resources. This includes, but is not limited to, identification of community resources, education to client and/or caregiver, recommendations for environmental adaptation, and home programming.

 20. Recommend the need for termination of occupational therapy services when goals have been achieved, progress has stopped, or other situations that would deem discontinuation of skilled occupational therapy services necessary. This includes a summary of occupational therapy outcomes, appropriate recommendations and/or referrals, and discussion with the client of post-discharge needs.

 21. Apply time management skills for preparation, maintaining equipment, supplies, and treatment area while implementing the assigned treatment interventions.

 22. Participate in opportunities to learn new techniques or refine those already known and establish service competency through documenting continuing education.

 23. Modify behavior in response to supervisory feedback.

 24. Identify and respect the client’s rights to confidentiality, privacy, and choice to participate in treatment.

 25. Develop skills to handle personal and/or professional problems so that they do not interfere with the performance of fieldwork expectations.

 26. Operate in accordance to the policies and procedures of the facility.

 TOPICAL OUTLINE:

 

 I. Content will be developed on an individualized basis in collaboration with the fieldwork site.