Morgan Colby Email & Phone Number

Hamilton, Ontario

• Provide individualized occupational therapy services within the WSIB musculoskeletal, neurological and mental health specialty programs- including assessment, treatment, reporting, case management and return to work.
• Provide a variety of one off services such as splint assessments, aesthetic prosthesis assessments, ADL assessments, home assessments and Functional Abilities Evaluations.
• Regularly facilitate individual and group based education sessions on anxiety and trauma, healthy sleep, behavioural activation, coping and stress management, mindfulness and effective communications strategies.

Hamilton

• Provided community based occupational therapy services, including hospital discharges, home and accessibility assessments, assessments of attendant care needs, ergonomic assessments, cognitive assessments (CCT, TEA.
• Developed and implemented individual functional and behavioural activation programs for clients living with chronic pain, depression, anxiety, posttraumatic stress disorder, acquired brain injury and complex.
• Worked with and supervised support staff including Kinesiologists and rehabilitation therapists to facilitate functional rehabilitation programs within the community.

• Developed flexibility, clear professional boundaries, and clinical competence in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy techniques for adults living with mood and anxiety disorders.
• Independently facilitated psychoeducational groups, 4-15 clients in size, on effective communication skills, balance and group readiness, goal setting and return to function utilizing principles of Cognitive.
• Gained familiarity with and independently facilitated mindful meditation sessions in group settings.
• Effectively communicated client progress and prevalent issues in team rounds and completed comprehensive clinical documentation.

Freeport Health Center

• Independently completed comprehensive intake assessments, assisted in wheelchair seating assessments, implemented therapeutic interventions, and participated in discharge planning for a variety of patients affected by.
• Applied neurodevelopmental principles to patient handling, transfers, and upper extremity rehabilitation.
• Independently facilitated cognitive rehabilitation strategies designed to improve executive functioning, safety, and independent living skills.
• Conducted, interpreted and informed therapeutic interventions with a variety of standardized assessments including: MOCA, MMSE, FIM, BIT, RBANS, MVPT-3, OSOT, CCT, and the Chedoke-McMaster Stroke Assessment
• Reported during rounds and actively addressed highly sensitive information such as: patient independence; safety concerns; and progress in family meetings.
• Educated patients and family on edema management techniques, residual limb care, activity modification and pacing techniques.

Master Of Science (Msc), Occupational Therapy

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Communications Studies & Linguistics