Edgar Hernandez Email & Phone Number

Los Alamitos, California, United States

-Engage patients with activities that target patients' self-care goals. -Collaborate with Occupational Therapy & Physical Therapy staff on treatment plans and compensatory strategies needed to promote independence. -Educate patients, family members, and primary caregivers on the proper use of adaptive equipment. -Address home environment modifications that would decrease the risk of falls. -Provide patients with home exercise programs that would further increase patient's strength and performance with activities of daily living.

Paramount, California, United States

-Collaborate with OTR/supervisors on setting appropriate goals and implementing appropriate treatment plans that cater to a patient’s needs.-Engage patients with therapeutic tasks and educate them on the purpose/reasoning of said tasks.-Training patients in compensatory strategies that are needed in order to facilitate increased independence with self-care tasks.-Train primary caregivers on safety techniques pertaining to transfers, ADLs, and functional mobility with the use of adaptive equipment.-Implement various assessment tests/tools needed to properly gauge a patient’s performance.Experience working in a skilled nursing home with an attached subacute unit.

Orange County, California, United States

Orange County, California, United States

Long Beach, California, United States

I completed 80 hours at this skilled nursing and rehabilitation hospital to meet a level II fieldwork requirement that was assigned to me by my school. -Assist an adult and geriatric community at our facility by offering Occupational Therapy treatments that involved training functional independence (eating, bathing, toileting, homemaking, & cooking), as well as wellness maintenance (dressing & grooming). -Aide in injury prevention by integrating durable medical equipment in therapy sessions, such as wheelchairs and walkers. -Further injury prevention by assessing patients’ home and suggesting modifications, such as daily use of adaptive equipment. -Increase safety awareness by monitoring and teaching energy conservation and proper body mechanics.

Anaheim, California, United States

I completed 80 hours with Greater Anaheim Special Education Local Plan Area (SELPA) to meet a level II fieldwork requirement that was assigned to me by my school.-Serve children aged 3-11 years old with special needs or learning disabilities, including Autism, Down Syndrome, and ADHD.-Serve the following school districts: Anaheim Union High, Centralia, Cypress, Los Alamitos Unified, Magnolia, and Savanna.-Initiate researching the students within caseload and take special time to find out what motivates them. -Develop treatment plans that involve meaningful and creative activities for therapy sessions with the kids. -Effectively communicate what was therapeutic about activities to teachers and staff.

Lawndale, California, United States

I completed 32 hours at this recovery and fitness center to meet a level I fieldwork requirement that was assigned to me by my school. -Provide Occupational Therapy services to individuals living with paralysis including those with a Spinal Cord Injury (SCI), Stroke, Multiple Sclerosis (MS), Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), Cerebral Palsy (CP), Parkinson’s Disease, and other neurological conditions. -Learned how to effectively use Locomotor Training, which supports patients with paralysis to repeatedly practice standing and stepping using their own body weight. -Learned how to effectively use Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation (“NMES”), an activity-based therapy which provides high-frequency stimulation to generate motor output while increasing the central state of excitability in the spinal cord.-Learned how to effectively use Functional Electrical Stimulation (“FES”), which applies small electrical pulses to paralyzed muscles to restore or improve patient’s function. -Aided in Guided Activity-Based Therapy (1-on-1 or 2-on-1 training).

Long Beach, California, United States

I completed 32 hours at this hospital to meet a level I fieldwork requirement that was assigned to me by my school.

Associate Of Science - As, Occupational Therapist Assistant

Associate Of Arts - Aa, Psychology