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• Certified Occupational Therapist Assistants (COTAs) work under the supervision of occupational therapists (OTs). COTAs help to rehabilitate people whose disabilities or conditions make it difficult to complete everyday tasks.
• Typically, COTAs help clients with rehabilitative activities and exercises outlined in a treatment plan developed in collaboration with an occupational therapist. Activities range from teaching the proper method of moving from a bed into a wheelchair to the best way to stretch and limber the muscles of the hand. Assistants monitor an individual’s activities to make sure that they are performed correctly and to provide encouragement. They also record their client’s progress for the occupational therapist. If the treatment is not having the intended effect, or the client is not improving as expected, the therapist may alter the treatment program in hopes of obtaining better results.
• COTAs also monitor patients’ activities, record progress and document billing.
• COTAs are able to carry out treatment plans developed by the occupational therapist but can't complete evaluations.

http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos166.htm
http://www.aota.org/

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