Kasi Gannon

• Going to homes for recipients of grant and providing recommendations for home repair to promote aging in place.

• Designing and teaching for undergraduate studies in the online course, Concepts of Fitness and Wellness, in the Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024 and Spring 2025 semesters
• Designing and teaching for the Health and Human Performance Program Motor Development course in the Spring of 2024 which consisted of Monday and Wednesday in person sessions and Friday hybrid online

• Training new occupational therapists
• Evaluating and treating pediatric, adult, geriatric populations assessing joint mobility, range of motion, manual muscle test, joint integrity, skin integrity, physical body, past/current acute medical history
• Evaluating and treating a wide range of conditions including but not limited to CVA, Dementia, TBI, SCI, Cancer, Parkinson's, ALS, CABG, Organ Transplant, Chronic and acute pain, Joint replacement, Motor vehicle accident, Rhabdomyolysis, Myasthenia Gravis
• Supervising/Training Level II Fieldwork Students, Certified Occupational Therapy Assistants, and Certified Nursing Assistants
• Collaboration with multiple disciplines including but not limited to orthopedic surgeons, physiatrists, physical/speech/respiratory therapies, hospitalists, cardiologists, surgeons, nursing staff, critical care physicians, physician assistance, nurse practitioner

• Screening, evaluating, updating plans of care, and discharging as appropriate
• Supervising Certified Occupational Therapy Assistants

• Facilitating OT services (i.e., evaluations, interventions, discharges)
• Providing ADL and IADL retraining, social participation, safety with transfers, self-care tasks, therapeutic exercise, and engaging in occupation-based activities that are client centered
• Caregiver/patient education/training
• Collaborating with physical, speech, and respiratory therapy using a team based approach
• Attending family care plan meetings

• Evaluated and treated patients using the Functional Independence Measure (FIM), used FIM for discharge planning
• Training during clinical practice included Acute Care, NICU, Outpatient and HH therapies

• Provided skilled services one-on-one and in group therapy to individuals with Alzheimer's

• Implemented psychosocial and group activities for individuals diagnosed with a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) on long term care unit

• Caring for a child with sensory integration impairments, dyslexia and dysgraphia with self-care tasks, social participations, routines, and schoolwork addressed