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Volusia County, Florida, United States

Create and implement high quality SOAR, STRIVE, and Virtual Reality programs for young adults with evidence based curriculums that provide opportunities for social and life skills practice, pre-vocational training, and health promotion activities. Creation of an adapted and inclusive clubhouse environment that addresses the complex social-emotional, sensory, and cognitive needs of each individual. Utilized recruitment and networking skills to increase SOAR program participation from 3 enrollments to 18 enrollments in a three month period of two program sessions. Provided direct instruction to groups of 15 teens with engaging lessons and activities to promote carryover of social, life, and pre-vocational skills. Provides effective program oversight by navigating off site staff challenges with open communication, collaboration, and problem solving. Communicates effectively with Volusia County Schools, Monarch Academy, and Easterseals FL contacts to promote partnership and program promotion. Enthusiastically participates in community events to promote all programs to the public and other nonprofit and community contacts to reach families in need of services. Provides family education and promotes carryover of skills to the natural home environment with a well liked positive reinforcement reward system. Collects and tracks data for monthly grant reporting, monitors participant progress towards self-directed goals, and monitors programming adherence to overall goals. Implemented outreach for the SOAR scholarship program for participants removing financial barriers for families to begin receiving services.

Volusia County, Florida, United States

Provides mental and behavioral health social services through a warm and welcoming rapport with families to help assist and guide throughout the Autism diagnostics process and beyond. Manages a caseload of approximately 95-100 clients from start of referral process to diagnosis and post diagnostic supports while ensuring timely follow up and high quality communication to determine family needs. Creates a problem solving and collaborative approach with the diagnostics and administrative teams. Links families with community resources to promote achievement of goals. Provides support, validation, and connection with families in crisis at diagnosis and during the months following to remove barriers to community assistance with step by step direction for accessing community partner resources after diagnosis. Demonstrates flexibility and teamwork with managing team caseloads and assisting other staff with client follow up. Demonstrates effective case tracking and reporting with Raintree EMR, and Excel. Administration of clinical assessments as a part of the Comprehensive Diagnostic Evaluation including the CASD, GARS, Vanderbiilt, and ABAS.

Daytona Beach, Florida, United States

Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate aquatic therapy programs for pediatric patients diagnosed with Autism, Cerebral Palsy, and Acquired Brain Injuries. Administer and interpret the PedsQL assessment; implement programming aimed at reducing pain and mitigating the impact of disabilities allowing youth to maintain optimal health and quality of life. Safeguard patients throughout program participation; actualize corrective actions, when needed, to minimize the risk of adverse outcomes. Liaise between participants, their parents, and multidisciplinary therapy professionals to facilitate a strong understanding of medical conditions, therapy needs, and skill transfer to support continued rehabilitative progress. Accurately document all participant interactions to comply with rigorous standards for professional practice.● Influential in launching this new community program from the ground up; played a pivotal role in the training and supervision of volunteer staff members and ensuring full operational compliance with organizationally established protocols.● Oversees all marketing aspects of the program including recruitment, registration and orientation of participants, and management of two social media pages with a total of 10+ posts per week.

Volusia County, Fl

Promote optimal health, wellness, and safe autonomy for 15 participants per day by implementing a top of the line adaptive exercise program aimed at increasing strength, range of motion, and independent functioning for stroke survivors throughout the community. Capitalize on participant interests to drive engaged involvement in therapeutic exercises to improve outcomes. Modify exercise regimens, utilizing adaptive equipment, to meet the unique needs of each participants; experienced in assisting with adaptive sports programming including bowling, billiards, yoga, water and ergometer rowing, golf, and Boccia. Evaluate program efficacy and collaborate with interdisciplinary professionals to continue diversifying program offerings. Provide detailed, accurate documentation to each participant’s record to monitor progress and support effective continuity of care.

Daytona Beach, Florida, United States

Contributed as an instrumental member of a multidisciplinary therapy team, while redeployed during Covid-19, to evaluate and treat patients, in collaboration with supervising OTs, PTs, and STs, in an inpatient rehabilitative care setting. Modeled appropriate performance of therapeutic exercise to support maximized therapeutic gains. Safeguarded patients by assisting with transfer and mobility to minimize the risk of rehabilitative regression or further medical complications. Leveraged strong partnerships between patients, therapists, and external agencies to facilitate DME orders and ensured delivery in a timely manner. Cultivated and maintained a safe and sanitary environment to maintain patient and employee wellbeing while complying with local, state, and federal healthcare mandates.

Volusia County, Florida, United States

Early Steps Provider for Occupational Therapy services for pediatric patients ages 0-3 in natural environments through coaching caregivers and families on appropriate developmental supports during routines and activities. Educate and collaborate with caregivers and families to create environments conducive to meeting child's goals including sensory integration, feeding and ADL skills, oral motor, fine motor, and social and play skills.

Seminole County, Florida, United States

Provide quality pediatric occupational therapy services to children ages 0-26 years in a group home setting for diagnoses including extreme prematurity, cerebral palsy, and sensory processing disorders. Treatments included a focus on sensory exposure interventions, feeding therapy, behavioral interventions, and functional positioning. Participated in interdisciplinary consultations regarding effective patient treatment and intersection of PT and ST therapy interventions. Provided nursing staff education and guidance on effective responses to behavioral issues. Safety focused treatments concentrating on joint protection and contracture prevention. Provided parent education on therapeutic interventions, appropriate toys, and positioning. Completed thorough documentation for caseload of 20+ patients.

Deltona, Florida, United States

Under preceptor supervision, acquired the knowledge and skills needed to provide age and developmentally appropriate occupational therapy for children with developmental delays and congenital conditions. Administered occupational/functional assessments and tools including Beery VMI, Peabody PDMS-2, and Wilbarger Brushing Protocols. Commended by site supervisors for the creation of a sensory diet program aimed at increasing focus on planned activities and minimizing sensory aversions while feeding to improve overall health.

De Land, Florida, United States

Under preceptor supervision, acquired the knowledge and skills needed to provide occupational therapy for adults with orthopedic and neurologic diagnoses, Acquired proficiency in conducting therapeutic exercises including dynamic standing balance for simulated ADL performance, functional item retrieval in simulated home settings.

Deltona, Fl

Personal Trainer coaching individual clients to meet wellness goals in cardiovascular health, strength training, weight loss, and flexibility. Lead small group training for women’s strength through weightlifting.

Deltona, Fl

Life skills mentor and Biology Instructor for low-income, first generation to college high school students in Deltona.

Bachelor'S Degree, Sociology

Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant, Cota/L

Activities and Societies: Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society, SOTA club historian, Outstanding student award, Presidents List