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Elizabeth Bridges

Littleton,CO

Summary

HELPING CHILDREN THRIVE IN THEIR ENVIRONMENTS

Focused professional with 25+ years of experience and a proven knowledge of leadership, program development, case management, data collection and analysis, and treatment planning. Aiming to leverage my skills to successfully fill the Physical Therapist II Position


Overview

28
28
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

SPOT PROGRAM MANAGER/PHYSICAL THERAPIST

Handprints Therapies
06.2022 - Current
  • DEVELOPED AND CONDUCTED QUALITY ASSURANCE MEASURES INCLUDING TREATMENT INTEGRITIES, CHART REVIEWS, AND SKILL ASSESSMENT CHECKLISTS
  • DEVELOPED NEW GRADUATE TRAINING PROGRAM, SPOT LEVELING SYSTEM, AND SPOT MENTORSHIP PROGRAM
  • DEVELOPED AND UPDATED ALL DOCUMENTATION, POLICIES, AND HANDBOOKS
  • UPDATED AND IMPLEMENTED SPOT/ABA INTERDISCIPLINARY TRAINING, PROCESSES, AND DATA ANALYSIS
  • PERFORMED STAFF HIRING, ORIENTATION, DISCIPLINE ACTIONS, MENTORSHIP, AND ADVOCACY
  • DEVELOPMENT AND RESPONSIBLE FOR SPOT PROGRAM'S KPIS AND SPOT THERAPISTS' KPIS/ANNUAL PERFORMANCE APPRAISALS
  • PROVIDED WEEKLY, MONTHLY, QUARTERLY METRICS AS DEFINED BY LEADERSHIP
  • CONDUCTED HR PROCESSES: COMPENSATION,BONUSES, PERFORMANCE REVIEWS
  • MANAGED PROGRAM BUDGET AND EXPENSES
  • CONTINUED TO CARRY INDIVIDUAL PATIENT CASELOAD FROM BIRTH THROUGH TEENAGE YEARS IN SPOT OUTPATIENT CLINICS. PROVIDED CO-TREATMENTS WITH ABA TEAM IN ABA CLINICS.
  • SUPERVISED PTAS AND MENTORED DPT NEW GRADUATES

PHYSICAL THERAPIST

All For Kids
08.2021 - 03.2023
  • Recorded prognosis, treatment, response, and progress in patient's chart and entered information into computer.
  • Identified and documented goals, anticipated progress and plans for reevaluation.
  • Reviewed physician's referral and patient's medical records to help determine diagnosis and physical therapy treatment required.
  • Provided information to patient about proposed intervention, its material risks and expected benefits and any reasonable alternatives.
  • Obtained patients' informed consent to proposed interventions.

PHYSICAL THERAPIST

Sensory Pathways 4 Kids
02.2013 - 03.2023
  • Conferred with patient, medical practitioners, or others to plan, implement, or assess intervention program.
  • Collaborated with pediatricians, rehabilitation MD specialists, speech therapists, occupational therapists, orthotists, and school therapists
  • Provided information to patient about proposed intervention, its material risks and expected benefits and any reasonable alternatives.
  • Planned and carried out individually designed programs of physical treatment to optimize physical functioning, alleviate pain, or prevent physical dysfunction in patients.
  • Measured patient's strength, motor development and function, sensory modulation, and primitive reflexes
  • Performed and documented initial exam, evaluating data to identify areas of concern, and determined diagnosis prior to intervention.
  • Evaluated effects of treatment at various stages and adjusted treatments to achieve maximum benefit.

PHYSICAL THERAPIST

Handprints Home Health
02.2013 - 08.2021
  • Received referrals to treat pediatric patients in natural settings from newborn to elementary age. Patients included those with a variety of syndromes, cerebral palsy, torticollis, autism, developmental delay, hypotonia, sensory modulation disorder, toe walking, congenital heart disease, coordination disorders, and other neuro/genetic/pulmonary issues.
  • Instructed patient and family in treatment procedures to be continued at home.
  • Planned, prepared, and carried out individually designed programs of physical treatment to maintain, improve, or restore physical functioning, alleviate pain, or prevent physical dysfunction in patients.
  • Evaluated effects of treatment at various stages and adjusted treatments to achieve maximum benefit.
  • Assisted families in acquisition of durable medical equipment and orthotics.
  • Collaborated with speech therapists, occupational therapists, registered nurses, orthotists, and durable medical equipment providers.

PEDIATRIC PHYSICAL THERAPIST

Self-Employed
04.2001 - 01.2011
  • Referral-based pediatric treatment in natural settings from newborn to teenage years.
  • Patients included a variety of syndromes including cerebral palsy, torticollis, developmental delay, hyptotonia, autism, sensory integration dysfunction, toe walking, congenital heart disease, chronic respiratory failure along with other genetic/neuro/pulmonary/ortho issues.
  • Contract physical therapist for Fulton County Babies Can't Wait Early Intervention Program. Coordinated with SLP, OT and Service Coordinators.
  • Attended and participated in meetings to develop IFSP's and IEP's.
  • Aided families in the acquisition of durable equipment and orthotics.
  • Collaborated with pediatricians, orthopedic surgeons, pulmonologists.

PEDIATRIC PHYSICAL THERAPIST

Metro Therapy Providers, Inc.
01.1998 - 10.2002
  • Caseload consisted of birth through twenty years with diagnoses of developmental delay, torticollis, cerebral palsy, mitochondrial diseases, rheumatoid arthritis, autism, sensory integration dysfunction, amputee, clubbed feet along with other varieties of syndromes.
  • Collaborated with SLP. OT, psychologists, orthotists, prosthetists.
  • Treated clients in variety of settings to include schools, Early Intervention Centers, Headstart Programs, daycares and homes.
  • School physical therapist at the Atlanta Area School for the Deaf during two academic school years.
  • Developed gross motor functional goals on students' IEP's. Implemented treatment sessions to attain gross motor goals listed on students' IEP's. Acquired appropriate durable equipment, prosthetics, and orthotics.
  • Conferred with patient, medical practitioners, or others to plan, implement, or assess intervention program.
  • Planned, prepared, and carried out individually designed programs of physical treatment to maintain, improve, or restore physical functioning, alleviate pain, or prevent physical dysfunction in patients.
  • Recorded prognosis, treatment, response, and progress in patient's chart and entered information into computer.

PEDIATRIC PHYSICAL THERAPIST CONSULTANT

Georgia Pines (Parent Infant Network for Educational Services)
07.1999 - 05.2002
  • Served families in natural environments with an emphasis on training families skills needed for gross motor skill acquisition of children from birth to five years with visual or hearing sensory impairments.
  • Informed patients and referred to appropriate practitioners when diagnosis revealed findings outside physical therapy.
  • Referred clients to community resources and services.
  • Conferred with patient, medical practitioners, or others to plan, implement, or assess intervention program.

PEDIATRIC PHYSICAL THERAPIST

Creative Therapy, Inc.
01.2000 - 02.2002
  • Instructed and treated patients in hippotherapy.
  • Patient caseload consisted of patients ages three to nine with a variety of syndromes including cerebral palsy, autism, and developmental delay.

PHYSICAL THERAPIST

Meadowbrook/Restore Rehabilitation Group
01.1997 - 01.1998
  • Served as lead physical therapist in subacute unit.
  • Caseload encompassed TBI, CVA, THR, TKR, COPD, Cancer, Alzheimer's, diabetic wound care, CHF, polyneuropathies.
  • Experience at Neurobehavioral Center and Transitional Living Center.
  • Identified and documented goals, anticipated progress and plans for reevaluation.
  • Applied research findings to practice.

Education

Master of Physical Therapy -

UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA
Chapel Hill, NC
08.1996

Bachelor of Science - Biology

UNIVERSITY OF DENVER
Denver, CO
06.1994

Skills

  • Infant Handling Skills - completed NDT handling course with Lois Bly, OTR/L
  • Strong Sensory Understanding and how regulation impacts mobility and function
  • Love for mentorship
  • Love for continual learning
  • Problem-solving

Certification

  • Colorado PTL, 0012026, Active, 12/03/12
  • Georgia PTL, 005420, Active, 01/27/97, 12/31/13

Continuing Education

  • BLS for Healthcare Providers (CPR and AED) Program Certification, 01/01/23
  • Tools to Positively Impact Pediatric Incontinence, 10/01/24
  • Navigating Scenarios Using Neurodiversity-Affirming Approach, 10/01/24
  • Learning to Lead, 09/01/24
  • Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes and Hypermobile Spectrum Disorders, 10/01/24
  • Pediatric Motor Learning, 10/01/22
  • The Sensory and Sleep Connection, 09/01/22
  • Pediatric Orthopedic Dysfunction, 07/01/22
  • Evaluation & Treatment of the Adolescent Athlete Elbow, Wrist, Knee, Foot, & Ankle, 06/01/22
  • Infant Positioning & Handling, 07/01/20
  • Treatment for Children with Severe Impairments, 07/01/20
  • Treating Torticollis, 07/01/20
  • Pediatric Orthopedic Dysfunction, 07/01/20
  • Primitive Reflex Integration, 04/01/19
  • Pediatric Neurodevelopmental Disorders, 10/01/18
  • Kinesiology Taping for Pediatrics, 10/01/18
  • Differentiating Sensory from Behavior, 07/01/18
  • Assessment and Intervention Strategies Using the DIR/Floortime Approach, 03/01/18
  • An Evidence-Based Developmental Approach to the Pediatric Brain, 08/01/17
  • Baby Treatment Based on NDT Principles with Lois Bly, PT, MA C/NDT, 06/01/16
  • Evaluation & Management of Pediatric Toe Walking from PT & OT Perspectives, 10/01/14
  • Maximizing Functional Outcomes: Integrating Tai Chi, Yoga, and Pilates Techniques, 10/01/12
  • One day Posture and Torso Alignment for Pediatric Neuromotor Training, 08/01/12
  • Certification as TheraTogs Fitter - Level 1, 08/01/12
  • PTJ: Variability in Childhood Development, 10/01/12
  • Physical Therapy for Children: Environment of Interventions & Special Care Nursery, 02/01/11
  • Physical Therapy for Children: JRA, Spinal Conditions, Torticollis, AMC, OI, & Disabilities, 12/01/11
  • Concussion/Traumatic Brain Injury, 12/01/11
  • Manual Therapy for Pediatric Patient, 10/01/11
  • Torticollis & Plagiocephaly, 11/01/09
  • Knee Pain: A Clinical Update, 09/01/09
  • Anger, Anxiety, & Hypertension, 05/01/09
  • NICU and EI Feeding for Medically Fragile Children, 03/01/09
  • Attention Deficit Disorders and Its Subtypes, 10/01/07
  • "When the Feet Hit the Ground…Everything Changes." Level 1 Course, 10/01/07
  • Babies Can't Wait "Building the Conceptual Framework", 05/01/05
  • Understanding Pediatric Gait Assessment & Partial Weight Bearing Gait Therapy, 08/01/05
  • Cultural Considerations in EI Service Delivery, 06/01/04
  • Good Testing Matter: Tools and Approaches Every Team Member Should Know, 04/01/04
  • Treating Children with Severe Physical Disabilities, 02/01/04
  • Using Taping During Treatment of Children with Neuromotor Impairments, 09/01/03
  • Atlanta Prosthetic and Orthotic Symposium, 09/01/02
  • The Seating and Access Workshop, 08/01/02
  • The Pediatric Myofascial Release Treatment Workshop, 08/01/01
  • AHA Registered Therapist in Classical Hippotherapy through the AHA, 10/01/00
  • Introduction to Classical Hippotherapy, 03/01/00
  • Samonas Sound Therapy, 11/01/99
  • The Continuum of Asperger Syndrome/Autism/Non-Verbal Language Disorders, 10/01/99
  • Neurobiological Foundations for Sensory Integration Theory, 09/01/99
  • Georgia Pines Therapy Consultant Training, 07/01/99
  • Listening with the Whole Body: The Use of Therapeutic Listening to Treat Auditory and Vestibular Processing Disorder (overview), 06/01/99
  • Sensory Defensiveness: And Related Social/Emotional and Neurologic Problems, 10/01/98
  • 5 Day Introduction to NDT Course (Pediatrics), 06/01/98
  • Step By Step, A Functional Approach to Orthopedic Rehabilitation, 01/01/97

Timeline

SPOT PROGRAM MANAGER/PHYSICAL THERAPIST

Handprints Therapies
06.2022 - Current

PHYSICAL THERAPIST

All For Kids
08.2021 - 03.2023

PHYSICAL THERAPIST

Sensory Pathways 4 Kids
02.2013 - 03.2023

PHYSICAL THERAPIST

Handprints Home Health
02.2013 - 08.2021

PEDIATRIC PHYSICAL THERAPIST

Self-Employed
04.2001 - 01.2011

PEDIATRIC PHYSICAL THERAPIST

Creative Therapy, Inc.
01.2000 - 02.2002

PEDIATRIC PHYSICAL THERAPIST CONSULTANT

Georgia Pines (Parent Infant Network for Educational Services)
07.1999 - 05.2002

PEDIATRIC PHYSICAL THERAPIST

Metro Therapy Providers, Inc.
01.1998 - 10.2002

PHYSICAL THERAPIST

Meadowbrook/Restore Rehabilitation Group
01.1997 - 01.1998

Bachelor of Science - Biology

UNIVERSITY OF DENVER

Master of Physical Therapy -

UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA
Elizabeth Bridges