Tamara L. Mills, PhD, OT-RL, ATP

Assistive Technology Counselor

Dr. Tamara L. Mills is an Assistive Technology Counselor in Rex, GA with special training and skill in using technology and software to treat patients with disabilities. As an Assistive Technology Counselor, Tamara L. Mills, PhD, OT-RL, ATP performs assistive device instruction. Assistive Technology Counseling is the use of disability-specific devices to maintain or enhance a patient's function and quality of life. Significant diseases and conditions treated by Assistive Technology Counselors include writing difficulties, speech impairments, walking dysfunctions, and learning disabilities. Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Assistive Technology Counselors include pencil holders, head trackers, keyboards, screen readers, and wheelchairs.

Occupational Therapist

Dr. Tamara L. Mills is an Occupational Therapist in Rex, GA with special training and skill in holistically treating injured, ill, or disabled patients through therapeutic activities that help them develop, recover, improve, and maintain the skills needed for daily living and working. As an Occupational Therapist, Tamara L. Mills, PhD, OT-RL, ATP performs rehabilitation of patients with mental, emotional, and physical disabilities by planning and administering medically prescribed occupational therapy. Occupational Therapy is physiological treatment of patients recuperating from physical or mental illness that encourages rehabilitation through the performance of activities required in daily life. Significant diseases and conditions treated by Occupational Therapists include work related upper extremity injuries, amputees and people with special prosthetics, stroke or heart attack victims, arthritis, multiple sclerosis or permanent disabilities patients, patients with head injuries and mental disabilities, severe burn and spinal cord trauma patients. Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Occupational Therapists include individualized evaluation to determine the patient's goals; customized intervention to improve the patient's ability to perform daily activities, and outcome evaluation to ensure that the goals are being met and/or intervention plan adjusted.

An occupational therapist is a person who has graduated from an entry-level occupational therapy program accredited by the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education (ACOTE) or predecessor organizations, or approved by the World Federation of Occupational Therapists (WFOT), or an equivalent international occupational therapy education program; has successfully completed a period of supervised fieldwork experience required by the occupational therapy program; has passed a nationally recognized entry-level examination for occupational therapists, and fulfills state requirements for licensure, certification, or registration. An occupational therapist provides interventions based on evaluation and which emphasize the therapeutic use of everyday life activities (i.e., occupations) with individuals or groups for the purpose of facilitating participation in roles and situations and in home, school, workplace, community and other settings. Occupational therapy services are provided for the purpose of promoting health and wellness and are provided to those who have or are at risk for developing an illness, injury, disease, disorder, condition, impairment, disability, activity limitation, or participation restriction. Occupational therapists address the physical, cognitive, psychosocial, sensory, and other aspects of occupational performance in a variety of contexts to support engagement in everyday life activities that affect health, well-being, and quality of life.