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Becca Wood

Birmingham,Alabama

Summary

Highly motivated occupational therapist with 23 years of clinical and management experience. Thorough team contributor with strong organizational capabilities. Experienced in handling numerous projects at once while ensuring accuracy. Effective at prioritizing tasks and meeting deadlines. Adept at handling confidential or sensitive information.


Overview

20
20
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Lead Occupational Therapist

Alabama Game Changers
09.2020 - Current
  • Work with Chief Operating Officer, Medical Director, and Leadership Team to improve operations, resolve staff and client problems, and provide exceptional customer service.
  • Support facility with administrative tasks such as scheduling appointments, emailing correspondence and answering telephone calls related to occupational therapy services.
  • Develop team communications and information for outpatient therapy meetings.
  • Establish compassionate and caring relationships with patients and families.
  • Perform transdisciplinary and individual evaluations to recommend best treatment plan for individual patients.
  • Ongoing assessments during treatment to determine progress according to goals.
  • Coordinate interventions with transdisciplinary treatment team.
  • Work closely with families and provided training and treatment activities to use in-home for maximizing generalization of skills.
  • Provide in-service and staff trainings.

Owner

NewWay Speech and Occupational Therapy Services
11.2018 - 09.2020
  • Manage day-to-day business operations, including accounting, finance, HR, marketing, and public relations.
  • Apply performance data to evaluate and improve operations, target current business conditions, and forecast needs.
  • Align branding initiatives and sales strategies with client goals.
  • Monitor social media and online sources for industry trends.
  • Input income and expense details into QuickBooks to track business finances and address variances.
  • Establish compassionate and caring relationships with patients and their families.
  • Perform assessments during treatment to determine progress according to goals.
  • Customize standard plans to meet individual abilities and needs.
  • Coordinate interventions with multidisciplinary treatment team.

Senior Occupational Therapist

Behavioral Pediatric Institute of Alabama
04.2018 - 09.2020
  • Responsible for continuing intervention and care via teletherapy during COVID-19 Pandemic.
  • Establish compassionate and caring relationships with patients and families.
  • Performed multi-disciplinary and individual evaluations to recommend best treatment plan for individual patients.
  • Help determine realistic treatment goals and adjust steps based on patient progress.
  • Implement treatment interventions to support individual objectives in daily living, clinical, educational, and vocational areas.
  • Coordinate interventions with multidisciplinary treatment team.
  • Educate patients and families on conditions, treatments, and home exercises.
  • Support facility with administrative tasks such as scheduling appointments, emailing correspondence and answering telephone calls related to therapy services.
  • Contract Employee

Director of Outpatient Services

Mitchell's Place
07.2005 - 03.2018
  • Worked closely with Executive Director to resolve staff or client problems, improve operations and provide exceptional customer service.
  • Supported facility with administrative tasks such as HR responsibilities, program scheduling, emailing correspondence and answering telephone calls related to all therapy services and the Early Learning Program.
  • Developed team communications and information for outpatient therapy meetings.
  • Managed quality assurance program including on site evaluations, internal audits, and customer surveys.
  • Monitored social media and online sources for industry trends.
  • Established compassionate and caring relationships with patients and families.
  • Performed multi-disciplinary and individual evaluations to recommend best treatment plan for individual patients.
  • Assessments during treatment to determine progress according to goals.
  • Coordinated interventions with multidisciplinary treatment team.
  • Worked closely with families and provided training and treatment activities to use in-home for maximizing generalization of skills.

Education

Master of Science - Occupational Therapy

University of Alabama At Birmingham
Birmingham, Alabama
01.2002

Bachelor of Science - Education, Physical Education

University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, Alabama
01.1996

Skills

  • Excellent verbal and written communications skills
  • Ability to work independently to meet deadlines
  • Self-motivated with effective organizational and time management skills
  • Home Office
  • Patience and empathy
  • Excellent Teamwork skills
  • Clinical team training and supervision
  • Solid assessment and documentation skills
  • Strong therapeutic skills and knowledge

Certification

  • National Board for Certification In Occupational Therapy, Inc. Certification Number: 1065622
  • Alabama State Board of Occupational Therapy License Number: 2283
  • Integrated Listening Systems-Safe and Sound Protocol Training Certification -2020
  • Integrated Listening Systems-Focus System Training Certification -2016
  • Certification for Sensory Integration & Praxis Test (SIPT) through The Western Psychological Services, August 2006.

Timeline

Lead Occupational Therapist

Alabama Game Changers
09.2020 - Current

Owner

NewWay Speech and Occupational Therapy Services
11.2018 - 09.2020

Senior Occupational Therapist

Behavioral Pediatric Institute of Alabama
04.2018 - 09.2020

Director of Outpatient Services

Mitchell's Place
07.2005 - 03.2018

Bachelor of Science - Education, Physical Education

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Master of Science - Occupational Therapy

University of Alabama At Birmingham

Publications and Presentations

  • Murdock, L. C., Dantzler, J. A., Walker, A. N., & Wood, L. B. (2014). The Effect of a Platform Swing on the Independent Work Behaviors of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders. Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 29, 50-61.
  • Dioceses of Birmingham Catholic School System & Alabama Game Changers Staff Training: Supporting Sensory Processing in the Classroom: Strategies for Success (September 2024).
  • Alabama Game Changers Staff Training: Behavioral Strategies (March 2022).
  • Alabama Game Changers Staff Training: Oculomotor & Visual Perceptual Skill in the Classroom (February 2021 & 2025).
  • Alabama Game Changers Staff Training: Autism Spectrum Disorders: Classroom Strategies (September 2020).
  • Regional Autism Network: Feeding Concerns and Intervention in Children with Autism (July 27th, 2020).
  • Regional Autism Network: Feeding Concerns and Intervention in Children with Autism (July 2018).
  • Mitchell’s Place Staff Development: Sensory Integration and Feeding Strategies for the Classroom (August 2017).
  • Webinar: Sensory Integration: Strategies for Your Home, Community, and Classroom. Alabama Pre/Post Adoption Connections (June 2014)
  • Autism Spectrum Disorder: Classroom Strategies: Alabama State Association for Health Physical Education Recreation and Dance Fall Conference, Birmingham, Alabama (November 2013)
  • Mitchell’s Place Unlocking Potential; 5th Annual Community/Professional Autism Treatment Training, Birmingham, Alabama (October 2010, 2011).
  • Alabama Pre/Post Adoption Connections conference for professionals to educate on the issues surrounding adoption for families November 2010
  • UAB Occupational Therapy Alumni continuing Education Conference, Birmingham, Alabama (June 2010)
  • Sensory Integration and Autism: Glenwood Inc. Teacher Training Summer Workshop, Birmingham, Alabama (June/July 2009, June/July 2011).
  • Classroom and Clinical Strategies for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders: Alabama Occupational Therapy Association Fall Conference, Orange Beach, Alabama (September 2009)
  • Sensory Integration and Autism: University of Alabama at Birmingham, Pediatric OT class, Birmingham, Alabama (2006, 2007, & 2008, 2010).
  • Motor and Sensory Needs in the Classroom: Mitchell’s Place Unlocking Potential; 1st Annual Community/Professional Autism Treatment Training, Birmingham, Alabama (October 2007).
  • Sensory Integration: North West Alabama ALOTA continuing education, Cullman, Alabama (March 2006), Alabama Early Intervention meeting for early intervention service providers and parents (April 2006), Blount County & Alabama Autism & Asperger's Support Parent Support Group, Jasper, Alabama (December 2008).


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