Position: Occupational Therapist
FTE: 1.0 Full Time
Location: District Wide
WI Certification Required: Occupational Therapist
OBJECTIVE: Provide services to children identified as having a disability, who require occupational therapy to benefit from special education. Occupational therapists work to improve, develop, restore, or maintain a child's active participation in self-maintenance, work, leisure and play in educational environments. Consistent with state and federal law, school occupational therapists are related service personnel.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, and ABILITIES:
Thorough knowledge of the theory, principles and methods of occupational therapy.
Considerable knowledge of appropriate evaluating tools.
Considerable knowledge of the equipment and assistive technology available to use in therapy.
Considerable knowledge of current literature, trends and developments in the field of occupational therapy and general medicine.
Considerable knowledge of feeding issues such as food consistency, oral motor functioning, adaptive equipment and specific feeding techniques.
General knowledge of the principles of organization and administration.
Skill in adapting or designing equipment for individual needs.
Skill in administering treatment.
Ability to select and administer appropriate assessment and treatment activities.
Ability to plan, coordinate and conduct on-the-job training and continuing education for a variety of individuals.
Ability to screen, evaluate and provide required occupational therapy services.
Ability to develop and implement individualized programs.
Ability to make decisions that may have medical, orthopedic or neurological implications.
Ability to accurately document sessions.
Ability to train others in simple therapy principles.
Ability to maintain adequate inventory of supplies.
Ability to maintain complete and accurate records and to develop simple reports from those records.
Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships as necessitated by work assignments.
PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS AND ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:
Assesses students using appropriate evaluation tools including standardized tests, clinical observations, and review of medical and educational reports to determine need for therapy intervention plan.
Develops and implements individualized therapy programs for qualifying students.
Documents screenings, evaluations, Individual Education Plans, progress reports, classroom/home programs and other data, as required.
Provides consultation with classroom teachers and other school staff regarding students optional function in the school environment.
Provides classroom programs, instruction in management techniques, adapted equipment, and environmental modifications including the identification of architectural barriers.
Consults with parents and/or guardians regarding students' therapy programs.
Adapts, fabricates and maintains specialized equipment required for therapy services or student needs.
Investigates and recommends types of equipment available to meet student needs, funding sources, and vendor options, including insurance forms and letters of justification.
Provides in-service training to teachers and other school personnel, as needed, assists with education, orientation and preparation of receiving school staff and students regarding issues, concerns and information about "inclusion" of exceptional children in regular school and classroom programs.
Supervises occupational therapist assistants.
Plans, orders and maintains departmental supplies and equipment; maintains records as required.
Travels between locations where students require services.
Maintains clinical and administrative records in accordance with State Guidelines and school board policy.
Performs other related work as required.
The Mosinee School District shall not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, creed, political affiliation, physcial, mental, emotional, learning or other disability, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, citizenship, martial or parental status, ancestry, color, arrest or conviction record, membership in the National Guards, state defense force or any other reserve component of the military forces of the United States or Wisconsin, or any other reason prohibited by state or federal law.