Occupational Therapist (COTA's Welcome to Apply) Woodridge

Guiding Light Academy • Woodridge, IL, United States • $200k - $250k / year • 1m ago

OT Job Description - Guiding Light Academy

Occupational therapists at GLA support a student’s ability to participate in desired daily school activities or occupations (American Occupational Therapy Association, 2016). School OTs support academic and non-academic functional outcomes in schools by completion of the following tasks:

1. Assessment Responsibilities

Record review (reviewing progress student has made over the past three years)
Environmental analysis (student observation in classroom environment on multiple occasions to develop an accurate baseline of environmental factors that impact occupation/activities for students)
Conducting evaluations and assessments
1. Administration
2. Scoring and interpretation of scores
3. Writing summary of scores and documentation
Task analysis of occupation (determining areas of student difficulty and strengths)
Teacher interviews
Parent interviews
Parent and teacher communication to support in completion of assessments/questionnaires
Documentation and presentation of results in re-evaluation meeting

2. Treatment Responsibilities

Provide Direct OT minutes as mandated by student IEP (individual sessions)
OT groups
Support behavioral management
Task analysis of occupation (determining area of occupation/activity that is difficult for or a relative strength of a student to determine treatment priorities/direct treatment)
Reduction of barriers within a school environment (providing accommodations to support student participation in a classroom or functional activity/occupation)
Provide AT
Address physical limitations
Promote self-advocacy for students
Development and implementation of sensory programs in the OT room and in the classroom
Therapeutic material management (inventory, ordering, documentation of equipment requests)

3. IEP Team Responsibilities

Create and participate in IEP plans (goals, accommodations)
1. Document Present Level of Functional performance
2. Help create the adverse effect statement
3. Create goals and goal benchmarks
4. Document accommodations
5. Complete re-integration forms indicating students current needs to aid in determination that student is in the least restrictive environment
6. Determine/document student’s OT minutes for the current IEP period
Participation in meetings
1. Participation in annual review meetings with IEP team
2. Participation in progress meetings
3. Pre-IEP planning and collaboration meetings
4. Quarterly Progress report

4. Administrative and Documentation Responsibilities

Data collection for sessions
Notes (consult, session, communication with team members)
Management of files and student OT minute time sheets
Quarterly Progress reports (Documentation of progress on all student goals and annual benchmarks)

5. Collaborative and Consultative Responsibilities

Collaborate with educational team (parents, teachers, paraprofessionals, RS providers)
Training of teachers and paraprofessionals
Support parent engagement and education
Parent communication
Team communication
Classroom check-ins
Participation in community outings with students to promote participation

6. Program Improvement and Professional Development Responsibilities

Create plan for current and future student needs
OT team development
Weekly department meetings to collaborate, case studies, etc.
Advocate for individuals under IDEA (individuals with disabilities education act)
Professional development (GLA professional development days, GLA training, OT specific training)
Collaboration on school building updates