Develop treatment plan to meet needs of patient, based on needs assessment, patient interests, and objectives of therapy.

“Develop treatment plan to meet needs of patient, based on needs assessment, patient interests, and objectives of therapy.” is a core task performed by Recreational Therapists. Among the occupation's 11 rated tasks, workers place it 7th by importance (#5 most important). About 100% of workers say it is relevant to their job.

This is a single occupation-specific task statement from O*NET. The figures below describe how central the task is to the job and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the task will be automated.

Work activities this task rolls up to

O*NET groups concrete tasks into broader work activities shared across many occupations.

• Develop patient or client care or treatment plans. in Thinking Creatively

AI exposure

The OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rates this task E2. Exposure with tools — software built on top of a language model (not the model alone) could cut the time by at least half.

Exposure measures whether a model could meaningfully speed the task up — it is an estimate of overlap with model capabilities, not a measure of whether the work will be done by software. The study's intermediate score (β) for this task is 0.50. Automation potential label: T2.

How AI is actually used on this kind of task

The Anthropic Economic Index observes how people actually use AI on tasks like this one across millions of real conversations.

• 0.006% share of AI-use records mapped to this task
• 23% of that use is work-related
• Most common interaction: task iteration
• Average autonomy of the AI: 3.6 (1–5; higher = more autonomous)
• 90% of interactions still needed a human in the loop

Observed AI use describes people choosing to use AI as a tool on this kind of task today. It is augmentation and assistance, not a measure of jobs replaced.

Working with AI vs. handing it off

Of the AI conversations mapped to this task, the split between people working alongside AI and people delegating the task to it.

How people interact with AI on this task

Other tasks in this occupation

• Instruct patient in activities and techniques, such as sports, dance, music, art, or relaxation techniques, designed to meet their specific physical or psychological needs. · importance 4.6
• Conduct therapy sessions to improve patients' mental and physical well-being. · importance 4.6
• Plan, organize, direct, and participate in treatment programs and activities to facilitate patients' rehabilitation, help them integrate into the community, and prevent further medical problems. · importance 4.6
• Observe, analyze, and record patients' participation, reactions, and progress during treatment sessions, modifying treatment programs as needed. · importance 4.5
• Confer with members of treatment team to plan and evaluate therapy programs. · importance 4.5
• Obtain information from medical records, medical staff, family members and the patients, themselves, to assess patients' capabilities, needs and interests. · importance 4.5
• Counsel and encourage patients to develop leisure activities. · importance 4.4
• Encourage clients with special needs and circumstances to acquire new skills and get involved in health-promoting leisure activities, such as sports, games, arts and crafts, and gardening. · importance 4.4
• Prepare and submit reports and charts to treatment team to reflect patients' reactions and evidence of progress or regression. · importance 4.2
• Develop discharge plans for patients. · importance 4.0

See all tasks on the Recreational Therapists page.

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

• O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
• Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27) Anthropic
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

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  title  = {Develop treatment plan to meet needs of patient, based on needs assessment, patient interests, and objectives of therapy.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27); “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/tasks/task-388}
}