Amanda Cheney Email and Phone Number

• Plan, organize, and implement individual and group activities as well as community trips to enhance emerging developmental milestones for children ages 0-6 with a wide variety of medical diagnoses • Responsible for documenting services provided in electronic medical records including initial assessments, treatment goals, care plans, and discharge summaries• Provide procedural support and distraction for patients as needed• Provide, implement, and document for behavior modification for necessary patients• Maintain open communication with patient families regarding patient’s progress and growth• Partake in weekly Interdisciplinary Team Meetings • Provided services to a low income, culturally diverse population • Coordinate patient care with rehabilitation staff including physical therapy, occupational therapy, and speech therapy/dysphagia as well as social work services• Created welcome videos and information packets for new patients and families being admitted to facility• Supervised Child Life practicum student, interns, and volunteers

• Plan and implement activities that promote the social, physical, and intellectual growth of children• Responsible for the care, learning, and developmental activities, specialized programs, redirection and positive guidance of children.

• Skilled at quickly establishing an easy rapport with patients and their families• Gain trust through interactions appropriate to the age and developmental level of the patient • Assess patient needs and identify appropriate interventions for patients on the General Rehabilitation, Spinal Cord, Brain Injury, and Infant/Toddler teams• Determine treatment objectives from assessment results and document treatment goals • Communicate patient needs/progress at interdisciplinary team meetings and to administrative staff• Organize daily responsibilities and scheduling in a timely, efficient manner • Plan, organize, and implement Special Events and Community Integration trips• Plan, organize, and implement daily sessions to support children, teens, and family members by providing: developmentally appropriate play/recreation and activities, education and preparation for medical procedures, distraction and coping during procedures, and emotional support to help reduce stress, increase adaptive coping, and enhance developmental growth in individual and group settings• Responsible for documenting services provided in medical records• Coordinate patient care with various other disciplines including physical therapy, occupational therapy, recreation therapy nursing, psychology, and physicians