Occupational Therapist; School-based OT

Hourly Rate: $59-64/hour

Location: Wayne County, MI Onsite – School Setting

Position Summary: Bring your expertise as a school-based Occupational Therapist to a rewarding contract assignment supporting a diverse K-12 caseload in a beautiful Michigan setting. This onsite, part-time opportunity is ideal for experienced professionals passionate about fostering student growth through therapeutic intervention. With a start date as soon as possible and placement continuing through June, 2027, you’ll play a vital role in helping students reach their fullest potential.

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• Utilize creative and manual arts, recreational, educational, and social activities, and develop personal care, motor, self-help, and pre-vocational skills; and employ sensory processing and regulation as it affects school performance and/or functioning.
• Work with students aged K-12 regarding motor and/or sensory issues.
• Demonstrate knowledge regarding developmental milestones of young children, develop home-based programs, and communicate these programs to parents.
• Assess levels of functioning in the above areas and develop written plans and/or recommendations for remediation of deficiencies. Continually evaluate occupational programs and adjust programs accordingly.
• Participate in MET and IEP meetings as necessary.
• Make or be able to adapt equipment to individual needs of students.
• Work with classroom personnel and other supportive service staff to provide individual multidisciplinary programs.
• Instruct and/or provide in-service training for staff and parents relative to the occupational therapy program.
• Maintain accurate records on all students.
• Develop and maintain a good working relationship with parents and periodically inform them of the progress the child is making.
• Maintain regular, predictable in-person attendance.
• Adhere to school Guidelines and Policies
• Follow work rules.
• Assume other duties as assigned by the principal.

• Serve as a member of the MET and IEP team to screen, diagnose, and to determine eligibility for occupational therapy services for the child;
• Complete all required components of the occupational therapy case study evaluation;
• Enhance student mobility and participation in educational activities by increasing strength, accuracy, and speed;
• Improve manipulative skills for self-care and paper/pencil tasks through reach, grasp, and dexterity;
• Enhance comfort, participation, and attending by maintaining functional postures;
• Increase functional use of hands and visual regard by providing stable positions;
• Ensure independence in feeding and oral motor skills for safety and nourishment;
• Facilitate safety in the school environment by decreasing the possibility of injury to the student’s self or others as he/she moves or performs skills/tasks;
• Improve success for fine motor school tasks by increasing coordination of eye-hand movements;
• Increase functional use of extremities through adapted equipment;
• Enhance ability to learn through sensorimotor activities that address motor planning, attending, and behavior issues;
• Facilitate student’s independence through access to assistive technology;
• Perform consultative and/or resource services to parents, classroom teachers, and other professional personnel;
• Utilize creative and manual arts, recreational, educational, and social activities, and develop personal care, motor, self-help, and pre-vocational skills; and employ sensory processing and regulation as it affects school performance and/or functioning;
• Work with students aged birth to 26 regarding motor and/or sensory…