Melisa Lao

• Assist in supervising recreation staff, volunteers, and interns. This includes providing guidance, training, and monitoring performance.• Developed, coordinated, and executed diverse activities for residents, improving functioning and enhancing self-esteem while fostering creativity and self-expression.• Strong communication, organizational, budgeting, and staff leadership abilities.• Assist the primary director in planning, organizing, and running daily recreational activities, events, and group exercises• Collaborate with care teams to evaluate individual participant needs, interests, and goals.• Monitor the effectiveness of programs and adjust schedules or activities to maximize resident engagement and satisfaction.• Monitored documentation and confirmed activities complied with health and safety standards.• Monitor patient engagement, behavior, and physical tolerance during activities• Assist in supervising recreation staff, volunteers, and interns. This includes providing guidance, training, and monitoring performance.• Assist in the development, coordination and execution of a wide range of activities for residents to improve functioning, enhance self esteem, promote creativity and self expression, while providing comfort, validation and reassurance• Strong communication, organizational, budgeting, and staff leadership abilities• Assist the primary director in planning, organizing, and running daily recreational activities, events, and group exercises• Collaborate with care teams to evaluate individual participant needs, interests, and goals• Monitor the effectiveness of programs and adjust schedules or activities to maximize resident engagement and satisfaction• Help maintain documentation and ensure activities meet relevant health and safety regulations• Monitor patient engagement, behavior, and physical tolerance during activities • Developed monthly life enrichment calendar. • Arrange community outings as part of recreational programs. • Organize and facilitate a variety of opportunities for entertainment, exercise, relaxation, and expression while fulfilling residents' basic psychological, social, and spiritual needs • Ensure that all documentation requirements are met, Initial , Quarterly and Significant change , Progress Notes, Smoking assessments, MDS, and Care plans • Providing emotional support to family members, ensuring safety and well-being of loved ones. Developed and implemented recreational programs enhancing resident engagement and well-being.

Collaborated with staff to create inclusive activities promoting social interaction among residents • Assist in supervising recreation staff, volunteers, and interns. This includes providing guidance, training, and monitoring performance • Assist in the development, coordination and execution of a wide range of activities for residents to improve functioning, enhance self esteem, promote creativity and self expression, while providing comfort, validation and reassurance • Strong communication, organizational, budgeting, and staff leadership abilities • Assist the primary director in planning, organizing, and running daily recreational activities, events, and group exercises

• Collaborate with care teams to evaluate individual participant needs, interests, and goals

• Monitor the effectiveness of programs and adjust schedules or activities to maximize resident engagement and satisfaction

• Help maintain documentation and ensure activities meet relevant health and safety regulations

• Monitor patient engagement, behavior, and physical tolerance during activities

• Planning a variety of engaging activity programs for all days of the week for a 240 bed facility, including evenings, weekends and Holidays • Developed monthly life enrichment calendar • Arranged community outings as part of recreational programs • Organize and facilitate a variety of opportunities for entertainment, exercise, relaxation, and expression while fulfilling residents' basic psychological, social, and spiritual needs • Arrange entertainment, parties, special events and seasonal programs: Happy Hour, Champaign Brunch, Carnivals, Take Out Luncheon's, Casino Game Day • Ensure that all documentation requirements are met, Initial , Quarterly and Significant change, Progress Notes, Smoking assessments, MDS, and Care plans • Provided emotional support to family members, ensuring safety and well-being of loved ones

• Fostered collaboration with staff to create inclusive recreational opportunities for all residents.
• Trained and mentored staff in therapeutic recreation best practices and program facilitation.
• Coordinated community events to promote social interaction among residents, families, and local organizations.
• Utilized adaptive equipment and technology to ensure accessibility in recreational activities for all abilities.
• Promoted social interaction among patients by organizing group activities like games, outings, and special events.
• Scheduled events in recreation facilities and monitored facility conditions.
• Scheduled and led specialized programs allowing participants to engage in exercise and recreation, supporting social and physical well-being.

• Developed monthly life enrichment calendar. • Arrange community outings as part of recreational programs. • Organize and facilitate a variety of opportunities for entertainment, exercise, relaxation, and expression while fulfilling residents' basic psychological, social, and spiritual needs. • Arrange entertainment, parties, special events and seasonal programs: Happy Hour, Champaign Brunch, Carnivals, Take Out Luncheon's, Casino Game Day. • Ensure that all documentation requirements are met, Initial , Quarterly and Significant change , Progress Notes, Smoking assessments, MDS, and Care plans.• Provided emotional support to family members, ensuring safety and well-being of loved ones..

• Developed individualized goals to enhance residents physical, emotional, and social well-being.
• Facilitated therapeutic group activities to promote interaction and engagement among residents.
• Implemented recreational programs tailored to diverse needs of patients with varying abilities.
• Collaborated with multidisciplinary teams to assess residents progress.
• Transport resident to and from group activities.

• Monitored safety protocols during activities to ensure resident well-being.
• Enhanced participant enjoyment by designing and implementing diverse recreational activities and programs.
• Transitioned participants between activities, rest periods and field trips.
• Ensure that all documentation requirements are met, Attendance Sheets, Initial , Quarterly, Significant change , Progress Notes, MDS, and Care plans.
• Engaged participants in recreational activities and team-building exercises.
• Monitored participation in recreational activities to provide assistance to participants.
• Transported and escorted program participants to and from activities and on field trips.
• Engaged with families to communicate resident participation and progress in activities.