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Education
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Volunteer
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Kristopher Holgado

Glendale,California

Summary

Enthusiastic Occupational Therapy professional who primarily serves special needs and low vision cliental. Team player driven to achieve maximum Independence for clients in school environment.

Overview

6
years of professional experience

Work History

Total Education Solutions
Pasadena, CA

Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant
12.2019 - Current

Job overview

Teletherapy

  • Providing Teletherapy services using Zoom application, educating clients and families on Home Exercise Programs, development of Fine Motor and Gross Motor skills, utilizing self-help and self-regulation skills through way of modern telecommunications
  • Building effective rapport with clients and families, responsible for contacting families and setting weekly appointments

School-Based

  • Assisting students grades K-12 to improve visual motor and sensory strategies to maximize classroom performance and reach highest level of Independence
  • Continuous communications with school faculty including classroom teachers, inclusion specialists, and inclusion assistants on brainstorming effective and innovative strategies to exceed Long-term and Short-term goals created from IEP meetings

Los Angeles Unified School District
Los Angeles, CA

Occupational Therapy Assistant Student (Level IIA)
10.2018 - 11.2019

Job overview

  • Developed 1-month personalized treatment plan for students ages 3-5 for teachers to implement in classrooms, and introduced treatment plan to Los Angeles Unified School District Superiors and Administers
  • Facilitate clients on improving Fine Motor and Gross Motor skills, sensory processing, weight-bearing, and coping strategies, improving overall performance in class such as handwriting and attention during activities
  • Providing Occupational Therapy services to multiple diagnoses such as Down Syndrome, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Cerebral Palsy, and Intellectual Disability
  • Managed 50+ students within 5 different schools, creating and grading activities as needed to efficiently manage time and companies expenses

Education

Stanbridge College
Irvine, CA

Associate of Occupational Science from Occupational Therapy Assistant
03.2019

University Overview

Skills

  • Adapts to new situations quickly and efficiently
  • Embraces new ideas and treating methods
  • Communicative towards multiple levels of Interdisciplinary Team and Management
  • Empathetic and compassionate to clients in need
  • Operates within company's policies and procedures
  • Distance Learning Zoom/Big Blue Button program
  • Ability to lead individual and group sessions
  • School-Based Setting

Volunteer

Volunteer

Illumination Foundations | Santa Fe Springs, CA

Responsible for leading individual and group sessions in Recuperation Facility, utilizing table-top activities, outdoor activities, and coping strategies, to promote ADLs and IADLs and re-establish self-care for homeless population

Timeline

Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant
Total Education Solutions
12.2019 - Current
Occupational Therapy Assistant Student (Level IIA)
Los Angeles Unified School District
10.2018 - 11.2019
Stanbridge College
Associate of Occupational Science from Occupational Therapy Assistant
Kristopher Holgado