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Encourage patients during therapeutic activities

This depends on human connection: empathy, trust, being physically present and responding to someone in real time. People can tell the difference.

Part of Provide support or encouragement to others, under the O*NET work activity group Developing and Building Teams. Individual tasks below can carry a different label when their own wording calls for it (0 AI-ready, 0 AI-assist, 7 stays human).

Tasks built on this activity

• Monitor patients' performance in therapy activities, providing encouragement.Stays human Occupational Therapy Assistants
• Maintain and promote a positive attitude toward clients and their treatment programs.Stays human Occupational Therapy Assistants
• Listen and provide emotional support and encouragement to psychiatric patients.Stays human Psychiatric Aides
• Encourage patients and attend to their physical needs to facilitate the attainment of therapeutic goals.Stays human Occupational Therapy Aides
• Organize, supervise, or encourage patient participation in social, educational, or recreational activities.Stays human Psychiatric Aides

Tasks where it is part of the work

• Instruct, motivate, safeguard, and assist patients as they practice exercises or functional activities.Stays human Physical Therapist Assistants
• Instruct, motivate, safeguard, or assist patients practicing exercises or functional activities, under direction of medical staff.Stays human Physical Therapist Aides