Healthcare clinician turned educator with solid history of successfully stepping into diverse environments and supporting individuals with skilled therapy, professional development, and training. Hands-on professional proudly offering more than 20 years of expertise in allied health field. Well-rounded and personable with a talent in reporting, records oversight and performance improvement. Overall insight to achieve optimal performance of a department to achieve collective goals at the individual, group, and system level.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Core Faculty/Instructor
University Of St. Augustine For Health Sciences
Austin, United States
05.2021 - Current
Optimized day-to-day instruction to align educational strategies with industry best practices.
Increased student participation via engaging lectures and assignments.
Established clear objectives for lessons, units, projects and communicated objectives to students.
Prepared quizzes, tests, examinations and live practicals to gauge how well students were learning.
Delivered timely feedback to students on coursework and progress using rubrics and templates.
Interacted with students using distance education technologies.
Manage caseload that varied from 35-50 students with varying diagnoses ranging in age from 3-22 and traveled across 5-10 campuses.
District Assistive Technology Specialist managing interdisciplinary staff (teachers, physical therapists, speech therapists, and administrators) to implement consideration process, training for IEP teams, training on devices and manage inventory for entire district.
Train staff and students on low-mid-high tech assistive technology that support areas of written communication, reading, spelling, math, positioning, oral communication, organization, ADLs, pre-vocational skills and leisure.
Collaborative with teachers to develop individual education plans and deliver appropriate therapy interventions based on evaluation results that would maximize functional participation in classroom.
Provide district-wide professional development to educators on sensory modulation, assistive technology, handwriting development and curriculums with embedded interventions that would serve all students in least restrictive environment.
Participate in cooperative interdisciplinary team made-up of variety of professionals.
Adhere to strict timelines related to evaluation, intervention and documentation of services.
Employee development demonstrated by supervising, guiding and training new occupational therapists hired to Special Education Department.
Occupational Therapist
Sonrisas Therapies
Austin, TX
08.2017 - Current
Provided clinical therapy to children in home health setting ages 9 months to 14-years-old with variety of diagnoses including ADD, PDD, Learning Disabilities, Cerebral Palsy, Muscular Dystrophy, Down Syndrome and Genetic Disorders.
Evaluated clients and devised customized plan of care to meet individual abilities and needs.
Communicated goals, plans and progress to parents or guardians.
Develop treatment plans, supervise assistants and aides, contribute to case management, and provide quality patient care.
Document/communicate client progress to referring physician, insurance companies and other organizational professionals.
Provided direct or indirect occupational therapy as related service to 3rd fastest growing school district in state of Texas.
Managed caseload that varied from 45-60 students with varying qualifying diagnoses and traveled across 8-14 campuses.
Selected and administered appropriated assessment tools for evaluations as part of Full Individual Evaluations or additional assessment data and interpreted results with parents.
Supervised COTAs operating under their scope of practice guidelines.
Clinical Supervisor for Level I & Level II occupational therapy and occupational therapy assistant students from ACC & UTSA.
Skilled in providing therapeutic techniques for fine motor deficits, visual motor deficits, orthopedic impairments, autism, AAC devices, memory, sensory modulation techniques and functional legibility for written communication.
Assist in planning and program development through department meetings.
Establishes and maintains effective therapeutic and working relationships.
Conducted research, design and equipment setup of elementary school's first adapted/inclusive playground as part of interdisciplinary team.
Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant
Innovative Senior Care By Brookdale
Austin, TX
10.2009 - 06.2017
Provided skilled occupational therapy services in skilled nursing, assisted and independent living settings.
Respected and maintained privacy and confidentiality of all patients.
Implement treatment programs as identified by supervising occupational therapist to enhance functional performance in ADLs, IADLs, leisure, memory care and functional mobility.
Completed documentation of direct treatment provided within established time frames.
Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant
St. David's Medical Center
Austin, TX
07.2008 - 07.2009
Provide Occupational Therapy services in accordance with primary Occupational Therapy patient Plan of Care (POC) in compliance with state regulations that pertain to occupational therapy assistants (COTAs) as floater for cognitive day program, outpatient and acute inpatient settings.
Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant
South Austin Hand Clinic
Austin, TX
05.2003 - 03.2004
Provided compassionate care to patients on caseload with debilitating conditions consisting of pre/post-op, trauma, elective and emergency surgeries involving hand, wrist, forearm, elbow and selective shoulder conditions, as well as non-surgical conditions.
Therapeutic interventions included custom splint fabrication, pre-fabricated splint selection, education, use of modalities and creating home exercise programs that are effective and evolving.
This position required critical thinking skills and close communication with supervising therapist and referring physician.
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