Experience

SPRING MOUNTAIN TREATMENT CENTER

• United States
• Mental Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Activity Therapist

  • Apr 2020 - Present

  Las Vegas, Nevada, United States ● Facilitate therapeutic and recreational activities for children, teens, adults, and senior adults with behavioral health or addiction illnesses. ● Create a supportive and healthy environment for patients to learn skills for recreation during hospitalization and after discharge into the community. ● Structure activities to allow patients to explore his/her own potential, and gain skills which will help decrease symptoms of illness. ● Direct patient participation in selected… Show more ● Facilitate therapeutic and recreational activities for children, teens, adults, and senior adults with behavioral health or addiction illnesses. ● Create a supportive and healthy environment for patients to learn skills for recreation during hospitalization and after discharge into the community. ● Structure activities to allow patients to explore his/her own potential, and gain skills which will help decrease symptoms of illness. ● Direct patient participation in selected activities such as games, social activities, sports or music. ● Experience in administering Activity Therapy assessment to patients. ● Ability to modify activity according to client participation and/or disability. ● Ability to ensure paperwork is being completed correctly and in a timely manner. ● Prepared to facilitate each group by organizing supplies, selecting goals and objectives, and set time frame prior to start of group ● Facilitates groups that are structured to provide creative expression, teambuilding, physical education/fitness, social skill development, leisure education, self-esteem building, anger management/replacement, etc. Show less


North Vista Hospital
• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 100 - 200 Employee
• Recreation Therapist

  • Jan 2021 - May 2021


City of Henderson Parks & Recreation, Therapeutic Recreation & Inclusion Services

• Site Lead and Assistant Program Specialist

  • Jan 2020 - Jan 2021

  ● Working with children, teens, and adults with behavioral or developmental disabilities. ● Creating a process that will increase participants’ ability to reach goals. ● Creating a process to increase our ability to track participant’s progress. ● Plan, implement, and lead leisure, educational, sport, exercise, and artistic programs. ● Adapt programs to meet the needs of the participants. ● Engage participants in activities and note the participants progress. ● Advocate… Show more ● Working with children, teens, and adults with behavioral or developmental disabilities. ● Creating a process that will increase participants’ ability to reach goals. ● Creating a process to increase our ability to track participant’s progress. ● Plan, implement, and lead leisure, educational, sport, exercise, and artistic programs. ● Adapt programs to meet the needs of the participants. ● Engage participants in activities and note the participants progress. ● Advocate and increase awareness of the therapeutic recreation services offered. Show less



Journeys Developmental and Disability Agenc

• Paraprofessional

  • Jul 2016 - Jun 2017

  Rexburg, Idaho, United States ●Review clients’ charts and study specific goals clients are striving to achieve ●Create an environment in which clients can practice/work on their goals ●Assist clients during goal-oriented exercises by first allowing the client to practice independently, if more assistance is needed provide aid through a gesture, indirect prompt, direct prompt, or physical assistance. ●Teach clients with special needs skills and techniques to perform their job at their employment correctly, which… Show more ●Review clients’ charts and study specific goals clients are striving to achieve ●Create an environment in which clients can practice/work on their goals ●Assist clients during goal-oriented exercises by first allowing the client to practice independently, if more assistance is needed provide aid through a gesture, indirect prompt, direct prompt, or physical assistance. ●Teach clients with special needs skills and techniques to perform their job at their employment correctly, which helped them perform their job and feel accomplished ●Increase clients’ quality of life through leisure, art, physical, and social activities. ●Increase clients’ quality of life through integrating them into the community and helping them feel a part of their community. Show less