Occupational Therapy Skills

Information

Proficiency Scale

1 = No Experience

2 = Need Training

3 = Able to perform with supervision

4 = Able to perform independently

Assessment Section

Work Setting

✔ General Acute Care *
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
✔ Adult/Adult ICU *
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
✔ Pediatrics/PICU *
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
✔ Children's Hospital *
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
✔ Hand Therapy *
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
✔ Home Health Care *
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
✔ Outpatient Neuro *
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
✔ Outpatient Ortho *
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
✔ Psychiatric Hospital *
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
✔ Rehabilitation Hospital/Inpatient Rehabilitation Unit *
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
✔ Skilled Care Facility *
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
✔ School Setting *
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
✔ Early Intervention *
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
✔ Subacute *
★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Orthopedics

✔ Hand Injury *
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
✔ Total Joint Replacement/Upper Extremities *
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
✔ Lower Back/Spinal Surgeries *
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
✔ Arthritis Programs *
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
✔ Soft Tissue Injuries *
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
✔ Knee Injuries & Total Knee Replacement *
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
✔ Hip Fractures & Total Hip Replacement *
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
✔ Mobilization Techniques *
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
✔ Prosthetics/Amputations *
★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Neurologic

✔ Alzheimer's/Dementia *
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
✔ Degenerative Diseases of the CNS *
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
✔ Multiple Sclerosis *
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
✔ Parkinson's Disease *
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
✔ Spinal Cord Injury *
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
✔ Adaptive Equipment *
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
✔ Neurodevelopmental Testing (NDT) *
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
✔ Wheelchair Evaluation *
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
✔ Stroke Acute *
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
✔ Stroke Rehabilitation *
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
✔ Functional Splinting *
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
✔ Traumatic Brain Injury *
★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Pediatric Assessments

✔ Neurodevelopmental Testing *
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
✔ Developmental Screening *
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
✔ Sensory-Motor Testing *
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
✔ Visual Perceptual Testing *
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
✔ Feeding/Swallowing/Oral Motor *
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
✔ Seating & Positioning Assessment (i.e. w/c) *
★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Other Assessments

✔ Physical Capacity Evaluation *
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
✔ Home Assessments/Home Accessibility *
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
✔ Activities of Daily Living *
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
✔ Driving Evaluation *
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
✔ Cognitive/Perception *
★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Treatment Approaches

✔ ADL *
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
✔ Cognitive Retraining *
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
✔ Community Re-Entry *
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
✔ Energy Conservation/Work Simplification Techniques *
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
✔ Functional Transfer Training *
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
✔ Home Safety *
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
✔ Lymphedema Management *
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
✔ Orthotics/Prosthetics Training *
★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Treatment Approaches - cont

✔ Patient, Family & Staff Training *
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
✔ PNF (Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation) *
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
✔ SI (Sensory Integration) *
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
✔ Therapeutic Exercises/Activities *
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
✔ Work Hardening *
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
✔ Neurodevelopmental Testing (NDT) *
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
✔ Incontinence Management *
★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Prosthetics/Orthotics

✔ UE Prosthetics *
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
✔ Static Splints *
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
✔ Dynamic Splints *
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
✔ Serial Casting *
★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Other

✔ Burn Management *
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
✔ Cardiac Rehabilitation *
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
✔ Cognitive Retraining *
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
✔ Computer Skills *
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
✔ Geriatrics *
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
✔ Group Dynamics *
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
✔ IEP Skills *
★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Other - cont.

✔ Inservice Education *
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
✔ Job Task Analysis *
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
✔ Therapeutic Media *
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
✔ Knowledge of Payment Sources *
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
✔ Medicare *
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
✔ Medicaid *
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
✔ MDS *
★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Age Specific Competencies

✔ Infant (Birth to 1 Year) *
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
✔ Toddler (Ages 1-3 Years) *
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
✔ Preschooler (Ages 3-5 Years) *
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
✔ Childhood (Ages 6-12 Years) *
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
✔ Adolescents (Ages 12-21 Years) *
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
✔ Young Adults (Ages 21-39 Years) *
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
✔ Adults (Ages 40-64 Years) *
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
✔ Older Adults (Ages 65-79 Years) *
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
✔ Elderly (Ages 80+ Years) *
★ ★ ★ ★ ★