Occupational Therapy Assistant: A Summary

1. The Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant (COTA) was working with a Hispanic boy; named Christopher, approximate age of 5. The COTA informed me that he spoke and understood both Spanish and English. He has developmental delays, but they are minor and he has not been diagnosed on the autism spectrum. The grandmother, who had brought him to therapy, informed us that he had been feeling sick and that he had just woken up from a nap in the car. The COTA and Christopher were sitting on the floor of the Occupational Therapy room. The COTA informed me that they were going to work on object manipulation with a jumbo size Thomas The Train puzzle. She pulled out the puzzle and gave it to Christopher. She asked him to dump the pieces out so they …show more content…
He did not speak, he just pointed. The COTA dumped the pieces out herself and began to spread the pieces around. Christopher sat back down and began to touch the puzzle pieces. He made a frown and looked down and moved the pieces back and forth. The COTA said to him, “Christopher, you want to play with the Play-Doh don’t you?” Christopher nodded, “Okay, well then we need to first put this puzzle together and then we can play with the Play-Doh.” Christopher looked up and stared at her. The COTA turned to me and asked me if I would tell him the same thing she had just said in Spanish. I called his name and translated what the COTA had said to Spanish. He looked up at me, smiled and nodded. He began to move the puzzles around and connect them together. He would stop frequently and would go up to the shelf and point at different toys. I then would tell him first in English and then in Spanish, “You want to play something different don’t you Christopher? Well, first we have to finish the puzzle and then we can play something else.” The COTA and I continued to work with him asking him where certain pieces went and guiding him until the puzzle was …show more content…
The Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant (COTA) was working with a Hispanic boy named David, approximate age of 5. He has mild developmental delays, and does not have a specific diagnosis. The COTA informed me that we would be working on gross motor development using a ball. She also informed me that she would be mentally evaluating the progress he has had in being able to bounce, kick, throw, and catch the ball. As the COTA brought in David to the Occupational Therapy room, she asked be to get a red kick ball out for her to use. I gave it to the COTA and she looked at David saying, “Okay David, we are going to play with the ball today, and Miss Maria is going to join us.” David looked at us and smiled. I gave her the ball and she said, “Okay we are going to bounce it and catch it. Watch me.” She held the ball with two hands in front of her, bounced it on the floor and caught it as it came back up with both hands. “Did you see that David, look at me so you can do it next.” She did it once more and handed David the ball. He took the ball and bounced. It hit his foot and instead of coming back up the ball went forward. He laughed and chased after it. He got the ball and did the same thing again. After letting him try it one last time the COTA took the ball and said, “Look David, look at me, look at how I’m doing it.” He got the ball and he did it correctly. The COTA congratulated him and asked him to keep bouncing it the same way. He could only do four or five in a row

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