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Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

Carolinas Rehabilitation Center- CharlotteSpinal Cord Injury Team

Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

Home, school, and daycare based provision of skilled occupational therapy services to clients ages 0-21 with a variety of backgrounds and diagnoses for improved independence and engagement in daily routines. Daily responsibilities include skilled therapy treatment, skilled evaluation of new and recurring clients, treatment planning, parent and caregiver education, home exercise program development, management of assistive devices/DME as needed, managing insurance authorizations/coding/billing, and overseeing 2+ Certified Occupational Therapy assistants/caseloads.

Bluffton, Sc

Evaluation and treatment of pediatric clients in school-based, home-based, teletherapy, and clinic-based settings to support development of skills for success in all ADL, IADL, and functional mobility tasks throughout daily routines. Supervision of COTA in a 1:1 format and online documentation system Training to family and caregivers to further support development and promote carryover of all therapeutic agents of change.

Summerville, South Carolina

Skilled evaluation and treatment of geriatric clients in assisted living, skilled nursing, independent living/outpatient, and long term care settings. Daily responsibilities including collaborating with medical team to ensure optimal service delivery, joint care planning, provision of skilled therapy evaluation and treatment, home exercise program development, home assessments, caregiver training, and training client/caregivers on AE/DME. Supervision and management of 5+ Certified occupational therapist assistants at any given time. Maintaining 85% productivity on a daily basis.

C. Richard Applegate Elementary School

Full time 14-week experience in school based pediatric occupational therapy in a self-contained special education wing. Children at this site were mainly on the autism spectrum, but there were also opportunities to assist children with diagnoses including muscular dystrophy, cerebral palsy, Down Syndrome, and developmental delays. Requirements at this site included knowledge of basic sign language and proper use of student's AAC and PECs devices, as well as carryover of ABA plans implemented on an individual basis (i.e., token reward systems, positive reinforcers on timed intervals). Responsibilities included carrying a full caseload, daily documentation on district-wide EMR system, implementing and reporting on standardized testing/initial evaluations, progress reporting quarterly, and writing annual IEPs to present at parent meetings.

Red Bank, Nj

Full-time clinical rotation at Hackensack Meridian Health's Riverview Medical Center in Red Bank, NJ. Occupational therapy practice was completed in outpatient, inpatient, and acute rehabilitation settings under the direct supervision of a registered/licensed senior occupational therapist. Treatment areas include ADL and IADL training, remediation of body structures and functions, hand therapy, custom splint fittings, and client/caregiver education with involvement of the upper extremity following neurologic, chronic, autoimmune, or orthopedic injuries. Populations treated include adults with diagnoses including, but not limited to, cerebrovascular accidents with remaining hemiparesis or weakness, Parkinson's Disease, fractures, traumatic brain injuries, spinal column fractures, autoimmune disorders such as scleroderma and rheumatoid/osteoarthritis.

Assistance in the analyzation of raw data demonstrating the effects of sensory diets for school-aged children on the Autism Spectrum. Analyzation and discussion of data with lead researcher and consistent interrater reliability of ninety percent.

Irvington, Nj

Participation in a federal research grant program to increase handwritten expression in children with specific learning disabilities in a school setting. Conditions of interest included dysgraphia, dyscalculia, dyslexia, auditory processing disorder, and more. Collaborative research was completed in conjunction with Speech Language Pathology students in order develop and implement effective evaluations and interventions for one child within a neighboring school district. OT and SLP partnerships co-treated and helped to develop one another's treatment plans, and pre/post testing was done in order to determine effectiveness. Poster presentations to be featured at the American Speech-Language-Hearing association annual conference of 2018, and the American Occupational Therapy Association annual conference of 2019.ASHA Poster Citation: Lanuez, J., Campbell, C., Dessources, L., Perez, L., Eckert, K., Hughes, T., Ogrodnik, L., Patel, A., Dayalu, V., Hoover, K., Koutsoftas, A.D., & Segal, R. (2018, November). Project write to learn: Strategies for improving writing in children with specific learning disabilities. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Speech Language Hearing Association, Boston, MA.

Master'S, Occupational Therapy, 3.78/4.00

Activities and Societies: Pi Theta Epsilon Occupational Therapy Honor Society President 2017-2018 Pi Theta Epsilon Occupational Therapy.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Rehabilitation And Human Services

Activities and Societies: Delta Zeta Sorority Penn State THON Volunteer Member of Penn State THON Rules and Regulations committee