• Prepares clients individual schedules and daily educational materials, work stations and desk work• Utilizes extensive experience in autism and other behavior disorders to assist in the academic and social needs of children in a school specifically for autism and communication disorders.• Utilizing community outings and public transportation, able to teach clients functional and self-help skills.• Encourages occupational therapy through the performance of activities required in daily life, employing brushing techniques, joint compressions, sensory activities, oral motor activities.• Able to use various forms of communication with students, such as icon communication, basic sign language, and various forms of electronic communications devices such as the iPad• Daily data collection and evaluation, Individual Educational Plan (IEP) goal collection

• Working with military families who have children on the autism spectrum, provides in-home, one-on-one, specialized programs for educational and behavior goals• Develops tools to increase social skills and community awareness• Data collection on target behaviors and goal improvement

• Specializes in the areas of Autism, Oppositional Defiance Disorder, Emotional Disturbance, Obsession Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD)• Additional training in occupational therapy techniques, with experience in brushing techniques, joint compressions, sensory activities, oral motor activities, and heavy body work• Able to use various forms of communication with students, such as icon communication, basic sign language, and various forms of electronic communications devices such as the iPad• Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) one-on-one training, restraint training• Skilled in Antecedent Behavior Consequence (ABC) data collection, as well as trained to take trial-by-trial data, discrete trial data, and first trial data• Works with students on self-help and chore activities, supervises community outings and continues to probe new targets to continue the students’ progress and development

• Ability to fill in as needed for all areas of the organization, with duties ranging from personal trainer, to life guard, and membership services• Supervised membership services, aquatics, group fitness, child day care, personal training and youth activities.• Created employees schedules• Opened and closed facility, ran daily facility reports, and maintained facilities • YMCA certified personal trainer, CPR and advanced first aid certified• Assisted coordination of special events, such as holiday events and summer camps