Glossary
Occupational Therapy Aide Terms & Vocabulary
15 essential occupational therapy aide terms with plain-English definitions: the vocabulary you’ll hear in training and on day one.
Key occupational therapy aide vocabulary
These 15 terms come up constantly in occupational therapy aide training, on the job and in interviews. Knowing them helps you follow instructions, document accurately and sound prepared.
- Adaptive equipment
- Tools for tasks.
- Disinfection
- Killing germs.
- Fall risk
- Chance of falling.
- Gait belt
- Belt for safe walking.
- HIPAA
- Privacy law.
- Infection control
- Preventing spread.
- OT
- Occupational therapist.
- OTA
- Occupational therapy assistant.
- Plan of care
- Therapy plan.
- Schedule
- Appointment plan.
- Supervision
- Direct oversight.
- Supplies
- Therapy materials.
- Transfer
- Moving a patient.
- Treatment area
- Therapy space.
- Wheelchair lock
- Brake.
Practice these terms
Test yourself with the free Occupational Therapy Aide practice test: it includes vocabulary questions built from this list. For a complete course, see Occupational Therapy Aide training.
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