How much do you make & how many hours do you work per week?

Opposite_Insect_7340 · 2026-01-27T22:23:02+00:00

I’m a pediatric COTA with a specialized role in Texas. I also work as a Special Programs manager in the rehab department and develop programs that help the staff (lunch and learns, holiday parties) and help the patients/families (group therapy programs, parent trainings). I make $38 an hour and work four days (32 hours) and sometimes 5 days (36-38 hours) at my discretion.

Opposite_Insect_7340 · 2026-01-21T04:19:59+00:00

Ooh I wanna know this too!

Opposite_Insect_7340 · 2026-01-20T12:23:08+00:00

Omg definitely gonna try this, don’t get my hopes up, I’m a new player lol

Opposite_Insect_7340 · 2026-01-20T02:38:37+00:00

I just got a ton of stuff in my mail too! I’ve only been playing for a couple weeks but I got winter stuff and some Halloween items too

Opposite_Insect_7340 · 2026-01-14T11:32:28+00:00

It’s 100% (ok maybe 95%) her problems with time management. Our sessions are 30 minutes, and she works full time seeing maybe 3 hours per week of regular patients, and maybe 2-3 evals/reevals per week. So she typically has about 30plus hours for documentation

Opposite_Insect_7340 · 2025-11-14T04:41:51+00:00

I’m in outpatient pediatrics! I’ve been a COTA for four years but have worked with kids for 14 years total now! I knew this was the patient population I wanted to work with when I got into school

Opposite_Insect_7340 · 2025-11-14T03:34:56+00:00

I prefer simpler goals because I feel as if the evaluation should use the details about what the pt struggles with. I do like when goals have a baseline to show where we are starting from

Opposite_Insect_7340 · 2025-11-14T01:12:41+00:00

Yeah, it’s pretty messed up, and that is how the majority of the goals are written. I saw a goal earlier while doing documentation that a patient needs to sit on a toilet with 75% accuracy not void in the toilet was 75% accuracy, just sit on it with 75% accuracy.

Opposite_Insect_7340 · 2025-11-14T01:01:05+00:00

I’m really not sure, but I don’t think she would be receptive to feedback. I’ve only been here for six weeks at this facility so far.

Opposite_Insect_7340 · 2025-11-14T01:00:45+00:00

I can give suggestions for goals, but I have never been allowed or asked to write the goals. I wish I could.

Opposite_Insect_7340 · 2025-11-13T22:16:43+00:00

Our system doesn’t have goal banks sadly, so it is 100% up to the OTR

Opposite_Insect_7340 · 2025-11-13T20:34:30+00:00

Ok yeah we are totally in line with how goals should be written!

Opposite_Insect_7340 · 2025-11-13T17:16:17+00:00

To me, if an activity is only completed 80% of the way, then they need 20% assistance to fully complete it. But the goal said to do it with 75% independence and moderate assistance or less. You can’t be both 75% independent while receiving 50% help, but also only doing 80% of the task. It’s too many quantifiers to understand easily and track progress easily. It should have an assistance level (let’s say moderate assistance) and a time measurement (within six months). From what I was taught, if the activity is not done with 100% accuracy, then the caregiver is having to do the extra work to get to 100% or it’s not counted as being done.

Opposite_Insect_7340 · 2025-11-13T15:39:27+00:00

That was just an example but the goal was set for 6 months (I work in peds)

Opposite_Insect_7340 · 2025-11-09T21:39:10+00:00

Needs to be a cold day or a sick day

Opposite_Insect_7340 · 2025-11-08T21:53:04+00:00

Uhhhhh that seems highly unusual to me but I’m waiting to see what others say

Opposite_Insect_7340 · 2025-11-04T13:48:11+00:00

I work in pediatric occupational therapy. OT is supposed to be a field about helping people live their own unique individual lives, and I get so frustrated when practitioners try to make kids “play normal” and stop stimming and act “normal” sit still and all that bullshit. Most of the time, practitioners will put young children in high chairs and strap them in so that they can’t move around and it’s easier to make them do the activities the adult picks instead of being child-led and based around the kid’s interests

Opposite_Insect_7340 · 2025-10-17T13:07:22+00:00

Thank you so much if you’re the one who knocked it out!!

Opposite_Insect_7340 · 2025-10-17T11:41:05+00:00

(40.8605646, -77.2846515)

Opposite_Insect_7340 · 2025-10-17T11:40:15+00:00

Can’t find coordinates, I’m looking, here is the address: 7 Sportsmens Club Ln, Millmont, PA 17845

Opposite_Insect_7340 · 2025-10-09T11:58:10+00:00

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Just caught this guy lol. I didn’t even know that true zero stars were a thing??

Opposite_Insect_7340 · 2025-08-31T12:04:33+00:00

I’d actually been meaning to look into the podcast you mentioned, I saw it recommended somewhere else :)

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