Tier 2 Training Manager at TRAILS

• Mar 2023 - Present

CBT Training Manager

• Oct 2022 - Mar 2023

SEL Specialist

• May 2022 - Oct 2022

Lecturer

• Jan 2013 - Present

• Plan, prepare, and provide recreational therapy based lessons to students. • Deliver lectures on recreation theory, the history of recreational therapy, provision of services, documentation standards, activity assessment and services within the profession. • Hold and monitoring discussion and debates in the classroom. • Provide and grading and feedback for improvement on assignments and papers. • Prepare and deliver presentations to help students understand historical events and the impact on the development of recreational therapy as a profession. • Research discipline specific papers and events and transferred them into digital format for discussion and evaluation. • Inspire students to develop interest in Recreational Therapy and consider a career in the same field • Assign relevant projects to motivate students and link their in class learning with real world experience. • Coordinate with the Recreational Therapy Department Head in setting up community outings, guest speakers and field trips.

Clinical Consultant

• Jul 2021 - May 2022

Clinic Manager at Michigan Medicine

• Mar 2020 - Sep 2021

Recreational Therapist

• Jan 2019 - Mar 2020

Recreational Therapist

• May 2010 - Jan 2019

¬Recreational Therapist 08/2000-4/2001, 03/2005-02/2007 and 05/2010 to 01/2019 • Function as a member of the interdisciplinary healthcare team, integrating goals and plans to promote optimal care that is family-centered, developmentally appropriate, and psychosocially sound. • Participate in professional development to enhance job performance and contribute to the accomplishments of mental health support services within the hospital system and collateral departments where work is shared. • Interface with third-party payers to provide utilization review services in order to establish treatment criteria and monitor appropriate levels of client service. • Develop presentations for internal trainings and education. • Document all relevant data according to clinical and regulatory standards following department documentation policy for content, frequency, format, and timeliness. • Provide clinical expertise in an area of developmental age- based learning and theory for family resource intervention. • ¬Collaborate with colleagues based on scientific principles using, but not limited to dialectical behavioral therapy, cognitive therapy, behavioral therapies, patient education and referral to other patient support services and community resources. • Integrate psychosocial clinical services with eating disorder clinic services, as appropriate, within program structures and operations and initiatives. • Develop creative and inventive opportunities for patients to participate in activities and socialize, such as games, parties, crafts, adaptive sports, social skill building, sensory stimulation, cooking, etc • Establish partnerships with school educators, camps and community programs on behalf of children or adult patients. • ¬Operate as staff safety ambassador coordinating building safety checks and education. • Orient and supervise students, volunteers and interns.