• Facilitate client safety and promote independence through evaluation, functional interventions, and home modification recommendations • Reduce client re-hospitalization and optimize patient outcomes through consistent communication with multidisciplinary team from assessment to discharge • Respect client, their culture while providing intervention and education to increase adherence, compliance

• Supervised by CHTs for evaluation and treatment of upper extremity and hand conditions and impairments• Develop plan of care based on functional abilities and limitations of clients with neurologic conditions • Provide patient and family education to prevent dysfunction, restore function, manage pain

• Provide innovate and evidence-based care to medically complex clients and increase outcome measures• FIM certified and participate in weekly Kaiser multidisciplinary rounds• Manage a high volume caseload within 126 bed facility, create schedules for therapists while DOR on leave• Facilitate neurorecovery with holistic interventions to address I/ADLs

• Treat patient within Continuing Care Retirement Community from outpatients in Independent Living, home visits in Assisted Living, and inpatient at Skilled Nursing Facility• Assess cognition, strength, and mobility to collaborate with patient/ family for patient-centered goals• Evidence-based interventions for patients post CVA, TBI, SCI, Parkinson’s, polytrauma, oncology, orthopedic • Provide discharge recommendations to interdisciplinary team and family

•Intake assessments in the First Step 0-3 Program using Battelle, Peabody Motor Scales, Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory•Weekly treatments in clinic or home for clients ranging from 2- 9 years old with developmental delays and disorders including fine/gross/perceptional motor delays, motor planning/ coordination, ASD, SPD

• Provide parent education and in-home 1:1 services to school aged children through a contract with Los Angeles Unified School District• Support IEP goals and facilitate each child’s progress through developmental milestones

• Employ effective skills in evaluation and clinical intervention of clients in fast-paced 178-bed subacute facility• Supervise 2 COTAs implement developed plan of care • Evaluate patient’s needs for contracture management. Fit and provide orthotic training to patient, caregiver, and nursing

• Utilized a variety of intervention approaches including oral motor, neuromuscular, developmental and sensory integration with a diverse caseload (infants through school age with a variety of diagnoses)• Conduct functional evaluations including ROM, MMT, and dynamometry at specialty care clinics such as Spina Bifida, Muscular Dystrophy, and hand clinics • Interview and perform in-depth assessments of client’s medical health history, treatments, and functional abilities and document qualitative results for development of customized treatment plans. Assessments included but not limited to Bayley, Assisting Hand Assessment, Motor Function Measure, feeding observation, and Brooke Scale • Develop home programs for clients and instill value of compliance with program• Implemented an 8-week feeding group curriculum for 3 school aged boys with feeding difficulties • Assisted with necessary preparations for Modified Barium Swallow Study • Presented evidence-based article on feeding interventions to the outpatient OT staff

• Provide hand therapy for injuries resulting from overuse, industrial accidents, or hand trauma. Treatment included scar management, sensory retraining, functional and work skills retraining, strength and ROM exercise programs• Therapy for late effects of stroke such as hemiplegia and adhesive capsulitis of shoulder to increase bimanual integration• Performed provocative testing on chronic and hemiplegic shoulder pain to evaluate conditions and guide intervention approaches for progression of rehab• Assist Certified Hand Therapist with fabrication of hand splints

-Counselor and peer advisor for over 130 second-year students at ERC, dealing with issues ranging from death of a parent, harmful thoughts, and sexual assault-Communicated with residents through weekly newsletters, emails, and social mediums such as Facebook, Twitter, and a Wordpress blog-Planned events that encompass topics such as alcohol safety, personal development, and community building using budgets of approximately $3,000/event-Routinely patrolled the campus, enforcing university policy and dealing with student conduct issues in housing-Managed the Student Activities Center retrieving packages, organizing games, and responding to lockouts

-Represented the University in a professional manner as an ambassador to parents and college students-Assisted in acclimating over 650 incoming freshmen to UCSD via spirited small group activities and presentations-Screened Orientation Leader applications and resumes, conducted interviews, and implemented training for the hired student staff under the direction of the Orientation Manager and Assistant Dean of Academics-Supervised Orientation Leaders throughout the program

-Coordinated with the Program Director, Resident Dean, and fellow Senior RAs daily to delegate tasks and accomplish a fast-paced summer program for high school students-Developed diversity training for RAs to discuss the socioeconomic status discrepancies of our students as it impacts their ability to learn and participate in certain activities-Created community with a suite of 14 high school girls through activities; suite meetings -some of which focused on body image, hopes/fears, and gender roles; and social media such as our Facebook group