Experience

Pediatric Therapy Associates & Sports Medicine

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Pediatric Occcupational Therapist

  • Oct 2018 - Present

  Wake Forest, North Carolina, United States • Manage and schedule a full caseload of ~50 patients, newborn to age 21, in a clinic environment with a variety of developmental and neurological diagnoses, complete formal and informal testing for evaluations, and address functional concerns regarding ADLs, play skills, school participation, sensory concerns, feeding, motor planning, and fine motor skills • Provide family-oriented care and parent training, create home programs, and maintain a high patient satisfaction rate. • Coordinate… Show more • Manage and schedule a full caseload of ~50 patients, newborn to age 21, in a clinic environment with a variety of developmental and neurological diagnoses, complete formal and informal testing for evaluations, and address functional concerns regarding ADLs, play skills, school participation, sensory concerns, feeding, motor planning, and fine motor skills • Provide family-oriented care and parent training, create home programs, and maintain a high patient satisfaction rate. • Coordinate care with multi-disciplinary clinic based team, primary care providers, teachers, mental health providers, behavioral therapists, and case workers • Train and mentor new therapists and educate and oversee student interns and volunteers • Maintain expertise through continuing education in feeding therapy evaluation and treatment techniques and Handwriting Without Tears curriculum • Provide school based interventions on a contract basis for elementry and middle school students and contribute to IEP meetings and development of classroom based interventions Show less



New Hanover Regional Medical Center Inpatient Rehab

• Occupational Therapy Student

  • May 2018 - Jun 2023

  Wilmington, NC Fieldwork II: -Participated in hospital in-service trainings to develop competencies in treating patients with neurological conditions -Contributed to an evidence-based practice discussion group to develop compentency in research and enhance ethical and efffective patient treatment -Reported at weekly interdisciplinary team meetings to provide discharge recommendations and coordinate patient care -Developed proficiency in using EPIC to monitor and document patient treatment and… Show more Fieldwork II: -Participated in hospital in-service trainings to develop competencies in treating patients with neurological conditions -Contributed to an evidence-based practice discussion group to develop compentency in research and enhance ethical and efffective patient treatment -Reported at weekly interdisciplinary team meetings to provide discharge recommendations and coordinate patient care -Developed proficiency in using EPIC to monitor and document patient treatment and progress Show less



Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Occuptional Therapy Student

  • Sep 2017 - May 2018

  Chapel Hill, NC Fieldwork II -Conducted both standardized and informal evalautions and contributed to interdisciplinary meeings to determine diagnosis for school aged children with complex disabilities and children with hearing impairments -Compiled a formal report for caregivers including evaluation findings, research on local supports, and recommendations for therapy, adaptive equipment, and strategies



Home Based Primary Care Team - Durham VA

• Occupational Therapy Student

  • Mar 2018 - Mar 2018

  Durham, NC Fieldwork I: -Assisted in home-based evaluations, DME training, home modifications, and primary care services for the veteran population -Participated in interdisciplinary team meetings to evaluate patient progress and modify plan of care



Alamance-Burlington County Schools

• Occupational Therapy Student

  • Feb 2017 - Apr 2017

  Burlington, NC Fieldwork I: -Observed and assisted in IEP meetings, classroom based therapy, standardized testing, and 1:1 treatment sesssions



Durham County Schools

• Occupational Therapy Student

  • Jan 2017 - Feb 2017

  Durham, NC Fieldwork I: -Observed IEP meetings; assisted in teacher consultations; attended in-service trainings for school based practice



Threshold Clubhouse

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

• Occupational Therapy Student

  • Nov 2016 - Nov 2016

  Durham, NC Fieldwork I: -Facilitated engagement in cooperative and rehabilitative work for clients with serious mental illness



UNC Hospital Inpatient Rehab

• Occupational Therapy Student

  • Sep 2016 - Oct 2016

  Chapel Hill NC Fieldwork I: -Observed and assisted with evaluation and treatment for adults with neurological conditions