Entry-Level Competencies
Fundamentals of Practice
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Basic Tenets
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Evaluation and Screening
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Intervention
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Management of OT Services
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Communication and Professional Behaviors
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- Adheres to AOTA Code of Ethics & all federal, state, and facility regulations
- Adheres to safety regulations
- Ensures safety of self & others
Basic Tenets
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- Articulates the values, beliefs, and distinct perspective of the OT profession
- Articulates the value of the OT profession
- Articulates the role of the OT practitioners
Evaluation and Screening
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- Articulate a clear & logical rationale for the evaluation process.
- Obtains sufficient and necessary information
- Selects relevant screening & assessment tools
- Determines the clients profile and occupation performance
- Evaluates and analyzes client factors & contexts
- Administers standardized & non standardized assessments & surveys correctly
- Modifies evaluation procedures
- Interprets evaluation results
- Synthesizes & documents the results
Intervention
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- Articulates a clear & logical rationale for intervention
- Establishes an accurate & appropriate client centered plan
- Uses evidence
- Selects client-centered & occupation-based interventions
- Implements client-centered & occupation-based interventions
- Chooses and if needed, modifies interventions
- Modifies tasks and/or environment
- Modifies the intervention plan
Management of OT Services
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- Demonstrate the ability to collaborate with OTA's
- Demonstrate an understanding of costs and funding systems
- Demonstrate knowledge about the organization
- Meets productivity level
Communication and Professional Behaviors
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- Communicates clearly and effectively
- Produces clear and accurate documentation
- Collaborates with fieldwork educators
- Takes responsibility for attaining professional competence
- Responds constructively to feedback
- Demonstrates consistent and acceptable work behaviors
- Demonstrates effective time management
- Manages relationships effectively
- Demonstrates respect for diversity factors of others