Teaching · Related Services

Keep supervision on time, and the right decisions with the physical therapist.

Type in the supervision rule you work under and log each contact. The summary measures every gap against it, gives the next due dates and flags any evaluation, plan change or discharge done by the assistant.

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The supervision record

One record per supervising pair, dated each time you review it. The example is made up, rule figures included.

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What you get

Teaching · Related Services$12 · included with Classroom and Whole-school licenses

What you finish with
A supervision log checked against your own rule: gaps between contacts, on-site gaps, next due dates, tasks done by the wrong person and checklist gaps.
Who it is for
School physical therapists who supervise physical therapist assistants, the assistants themselves, and related services coordinators.
Format
Browser organizer. One saved record per pair; printed with its summary or as a blank form; CSV of the contacts; export and import a file.
Access
$12 one-time, yours on every device you sign in on; the tool opens once you are signed in with it. Included with Caveat Classroom and Whole-school licenses. Also in the Related Services toolkit ($99) and the Teaching Suite pass ($199), and 1 more bundle. Everything you type stays in this browser; nothing is sent to Caveat.
Where it lives
The Related Services space in Caveat Teaching.
Support
Questions about an order, access or a correction: team@caveatacademic.com.
contacts on time, tasks in the right hands
Drawn for this page. Supervision is two things to keep straight: how often you meet, and which decisions stay with the physical therapist.

How to use it

  1. Look up your state’s supervision rule and your employer’s policy, and enter the stricter one.
  2. Choose which kinds of contact count: some rules accept live video, few accept messages.
  3. Log each contact with its date, mode and minutes, by student code.
  4. List evaluations, re-evaluations, plan changes and discharges, and who did them.
  5. Review the record before each contact is due.

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What the record covers

Which tasks stay with the physical therapist

The American Physical Therapy Association’s position is that the physical therapist alone does the initial examination and evaluation, re-examination, the plan of care and changes to it, and discharge. The assistant provides selected interventions within that plan and may collect data that feeds those decisions.

The rule is yours to enter

How often a supervisor must meet the assistant, and how much of it must be on site, differs from state to state and employer to employer. The record measures the gaps against the figures you type in and says where they came from.

What it is not

It is not legal advice and does not certify compliance with any state rule. It keeps the dates, minutes and decisions in one place so gaps show before they happen.

Sources

  1. American Physical Therapy Association. Direction and Supervision of the Physical Therapist Assistant (House of Delegates position, as amended).
  2. American Physical Therapy Association. Levels of Supervision, and Standards of Practice for Physical Therapy.
  3. Federation of State Boards of Physical Therapy. The Model Practice Act for Physical Therapy: supervision of physical therapist assistants.
  4. Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, 34 CFR 300.156(b): paraprofessionals and assistants appropriately trained and supervised in accordance with state law.

The example pair, students and rule figures are made up; enter the rule that applies to you. Support: team@caveatacademic.com.