QUALIFICATIONS:          

Documentation as registered occupational therapist (OTR) by the Kansas State Board of Healing Arts.

REPORTS TO:    Director of Special Education

JOB GOAL:          To prevent or minimize the effects of disabilities in fine motor and perceptual motor

skills, sensory integration functioning, self-care skills, an focusing and attention skills which may interfere with the student’s educational program.

PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Administer O.T. evaluations to students referred through the special education referral and evaluation process to determine specific motor skill deficits.
2. Determine the qualification of evaluated students for receiving school occupational therapy services based on standardized and non-standardized O.T. testing, functional assessment in the classroom and school environment, teacher and parent interview, and professional assessment of student’s specific needs related to his/her educational program.
3. For students who qualify for USD #383 O.T. services, formulate annual goals and short term objectives for the Individual Education Plan (IEP). Do this in conjunction with the student’s school team and parents to be able to integrate goals and objectives throughout the student’s educational program.
4. Provide direct O.T. services to special education students who qualify for regular on-going skill remediation administered by the OTR to enhance functional performance in the classroom. Provide verbal and/or written instructions and programming to student’s educational staff to enhance carry through of direct O.T. services into the student’s educational program.
5. Provide consultative O.T. services to special education students who qualify for O.T. monitoring of functional performance in the classroom. Provide verbal and/or written instructions and programming to student’s educational staff to enhance carry through of consultative O.T. services into the student’s educational program.
6. Provide inclusionary and co-teaching O.T. services in the classroom and school environment to enhance the educational program of special education students in conjunction with students in the general education program.
7. Make recommendations in the selection and use of adaptive equipment or environmental devices. Fabricate adaptations when possible, demonstrate their functions, and leave written instructions for educational staff to use adaptations safely and effectively.
8. Attend evaluation and IEP meetings of students administered O.T. evaluations and/or students who are receiving O.T. services. Also attend parent conferences as requested.
9. Maintain accurate, complete, and correct records as required by law, district policy, and administrative regulation. These will include OT evaluation and re-evaluation reports, an annual OT IEP goals and short-term objectives record, and four 9-week reports during the school year to parents and special education staff.
10. Provide O.T-related in-services as requested by administrative or educational staff. Initiate O.T.-related in-service possibilities within the school district and within the community as it relates to the school district.
11. Be responsible for and supervise the O.T. paraprofessional, pre-O.T. university students, Level I or II O.T.   Fieldwork students, and observers participating in the school district’s O.T. Department program.
12. Do ordering of and maintain the O.T. equipment and supplies in good condition within the O.T. Department. Keep track of O.T. equipment in the schools and collect it at the end of the school year. Work with preschool staff and other school staff as needed in finding and ordering needed O.T.-type equipment and supplies.
13. May be a candidate to fulfill the role of department head for the OT/PT/APE Department. The Department head will conduct monthly OT/PT/APE meetings as well as attend monthly Special Education Department Head meetings.
14. Will attend other meetings as administratively requested or related to delivering O.T. services within the school district as time allows.

TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT:   Salary and work year as established by the USD #383 Board of Education.

EVALUATION:   Performance of the OTR will be evaluated annually in accordance with provisions of the USD #383 Board of Education’s policy on evaluation of special education staff.