List of Occupational Therapist Certifications

Potential Certifications

• AOTA Board Certifications
• Gerontology
• Mental Health
• Pediatrics
• Physical Rehabilitation
• AOTA Specialty Certification
• Driving and Community Mobility
• Environmental Modification
• Feeding, Eating, and Swallowing
• Low Vision
• School Systems
• Certified Assistive Technology Professional
• Certified Aging-in-Place Specialist
• Certified Diabetes Educator
• Certified Dementia Practitioner
• Certified Driver Rehabilitation Specialist
• Certified Ergonomics Assessment Specialist
• Certified Hand Therapist
• Certified Low Vision Therapist
• Certified Lymphedema Therapist
• Certified Orientation and Mobility Specialist
• Certified Stroke Rehabilitation Specialist
• Certified Vision Rehabilitation Specialist 
• Function Capacity Evaluation Certification
• Irlen Screener's Certfication for Visual & Sensory Processing Disorders
• LSVT BIG Certification
• Neuro-Developmental Treatment Certification
• Neuro-IFRAH Certification
• Physical Agent Modalities Certification
• Saebo Certified Therapist
• Saebo’s Functional Dynamic Orthoses on patients that have had a neurological injury
• USC/WPS Sensory Integration Certification

Assessments that Require Training or Certification

Most commonly used:

• Assessment of Motor and Process Skills (AMPS)
• Arnadottir OT-ADL Neurobehavioral Evaluation (A-ONE)
• Functional Assessment Measure

In Alphabetical Order:

• Behavioural Assessment of the Dysexecutive Syndrome
• Chedoke-McMaster Stroke Assessment Measure**
• Continuous Scale Physical Functional Performance Assessment
• Disability Rating Scale**
• Disorders of Consciousness Scale
• MDS-Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale
• National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale
• Physical Activity Recall Assessment for People with Spinal Cord Injury
• Quality of Well Being Assessment - Original
• Sensory Integration and Praxis Test
• Sensory Organization Test**
• Syndey Psychosocial Reintegration Scale
• Unified Dyskinesia Rating Scale

** = not required, but strongly recommended

Disclaimer: Just because an assessment is not listed under this section DOES NOT mean that it does not require training or certification. You, as a licensed practitioner, are responsible for understanding the qualifications of each assessment you administer.

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I created this source because I often have difficulty finding what certifications OTRs can get. I have yet to find a site where the information is all in one place. After some thinking, I thought that I should just go ahead and make my own reference! I will continue to update this post as I find out about more certifications and more assessments. I will be sure to make some indication that something new was added in case you find yourself checking back from time to time. If you yourself know of or have a certification OTRs are qualified for please feel free to comment below and I will add it to the list. The same goes for assessments. Eventually, I will add links to where you can access more information about both the certifications and assessments. For now, I hope this reference is helpful to you.