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Summary:  Provides occupational therapy services to children in the Jackson County Intermediate School District by referral from a physician or school personnel according to the guidelines set up.  Evaluates students to determine their functional levels and identify special needs.  Plans and implements therapeutic activities to assist special education students to benefit from their educational experiences.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: Other duties may be assigned.

1. Identifies and evaluates physically and otherwise health impaired children referred by a physician or school personnel to the special education program
2. Designs programs on an individual basis for each child that requires the services of the occupational therapist in the areas of:
   1. Sensory and motor development
   2. Development
   3. Fine motor skills
   4. Gross-motor skills
   5. Perceptual training
   6. Activities of daily living
   7. Adaptive equipment
3. Attends appropriate clinics and occasional physicians' appointments for input updating progress on children in the program.
4. Helps the classroom teachers and school personnel understand the special needs of the physically and otherwise health impaired child in regard to:
   1. Any special apparatus or techniques being used
   2. Any special arrangements required for caring for special needs
   3. Any emotional or school adjustments
5. Communicates regularly with parents to discuss the child's therapy at home and school, and any progress made. Instructs parents in home programs, when appropriate, designed to meet occupational therapy needs of the children.
6. Makes home visits to better understand specific needs of children and thus help solve these needs.
7. Serves on Individual Education Plan (IEP) committees for the physically/otherwise health impaired children when appropriate.
8. Orders equipment to carry out the occupational therapy program requirements.
9. Keeps progress reports on each child currently being served.
10. Remains in communication with physicians and other professional personnel in regard to children on the occupational therapy caseload.
11. Establishes and maintains a good working relationship with administrators and school personnel.
12. Attends conferences and/or meetings that pertain to the development of the occupational therapy program for the individual children being seen in the program.
13. Implements therapy to meet the IEP goals; plans and manages program.
14. Provides training to the appropriate staff to carry over therapy goals in the school setting.
15. Maintains equipment/room.
16. Provides program services including: self-help, functional mobility, environmental adaptations/adaptive equipment, positioning, motor functions, sensory processing, and provocation/vocational skills.
17. Functions as a team member for multidisciplinary education teams (MET) and IEPs, and maintains contact with school, family, physicians and agencies.
18. Screens, evaluates, and reassesses students to develop IEP
19. Formulates OT policies and procedures.
20. Schedules students for evaluation and treatment
21. Regular and predictable in-person attendance is required for this position.
22. Assigns and supervises caseload and responsibilities of the occupational therapy assistant.

Employment Date, Salary, and Fringe Benefits: Anticipated employment date is as soon as possible. Placement on the Special Education Certified Salary Schedule will depend on qualifications and experience. New employee star