Nancy Hellman

• Provided individualized pediatric physical therapy services addressing gross-motor development, mobility, balance, coordination, strength, positioning, functional participation, and safety.
• Delivered pediatric physical therapy through telehealth throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, adapting examinations, interventions, caregiver instruction, and progress monitoring to a virtual environment.
• Established productive therapeutic relationships with children and families without relying on in-person contact.
• Coached parents, caregivers, and extended family members in therapeutic activities that could be safely incorporated into daily routines and natural environments.
• Creatively engaged siblings when their participation increased the child’s motivation, attention, comfort, or success during remote sessions.
• Selected household items and readily available materials to support safe, developmentally appropriate therapeutic activities.
• Participated in IEP meetings and collaborated with families, educators, therapists, and other professionals to identify functional needs and establish meaningful educational goals.
• Communicated evaluation findings, recommendations, progress, and areas of concern in language accessible to families and school personnel.
• Developed interventions supporting students’ access to educational environments and participation in classroom, playground, transportation, and school-related activities.
• Monitored outcomes and revised plans of care based on student performance, family feedback, environmental demands, and changing functional needs.
• Maintained accurate, timely documentation while managing competing priorities and coordinating services with multiple stakeholders.
• Supported children with varied developmental, neurological, sensory, behavioral, and medical needs.
• Used patience, flexibility, and child-centered problem-solving to engage students who were anxious, distracted, fatigued, or reluctant to participate.
• Transitioned pediatric services to telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic and maintained family engagement through coaching-based intervention.
• Adjusted communication, activities, and expectations to accommodate each child’s developmental level, temperament, sensory needs, and home environment.
• Documented evaluations, interventions, progress, caregiver education, and recommendations according to professional and program requirements.

• Provided examination, intervention, education, care coordination, and discharge planning across pediatric early intervention, acute care, rehabilitation, outpatient, home-health, orthopedic, vestibular, lymphedema, neonatal, and skilled-nursing environments.
• Collaborated with patients, families, physicians, nurses, educators, rehabilitation professionals, and community providers to develop comprehensive care plans.
• Collaborated with patients, families, physicians, nurses, educators, rehabilitation professionals, and community providers.
• Maintained confidential clinical documentation while clearly communicating recommendations to patients, caregivers, and interdisciplinary teams to support informed decision-making.

• Educated and advised physical therapy students, monitoring clinical performance and professional behavior to ensure achievement of competency-based outcomes.
• Collaborated with students, faculty, clinical instructors, and healthcare organizations, fostering effective communication and support for clinical education.
• Collaborated remotely and in person with students, faculty, clinical instructors, and healthcare organizations.
• Maintained comprehensive student and clinical-site records in electronic systems, enhancing accessibility and accuracy of data.
• Served on committees focused on student progress, retention, academic appeals, curriculum assessment, institutional outcomes, and student support.

• Directed clinical education experiences across healthcare settings, enhancing collaboration among students, faculty, clinical instructors, and external partners.
• Coordinated interprofessional educational experiences involving physical therapy, occupational therapy, nursing, pharmacy, nutrition, social work, and medicine.
• Taught pediatric and clinically relevant content through classroom, laboratory, online, and applied learning experiences.
• Coordinated interprofessional educational experiences, integrating physical therapy, occupational therapy, nursing, pharmacy, nutrition, social work, and medicine to foster holistic learning.
• Chaired and participated in curriculum, academic review, research, and interprofessional committees, contributing to program development and educational quality.

• Delivered family-centered physical therapy to infants and children from birth through age three in home, community-based, and virtual settings.

• Evaluated motor development, developmental milestones, positioning, gross motor function, and mobility within each child’s natural environment.

• Created individualized interventions supporting developmental progress, functional participation, independence, safety, and family priorities.

• Educated parents and caregivers on positioning, handling, therapeutic play, mobility strategies, adaptive equipment, and effective home-program implementation to enhance children's developmental outcomes.

• Participated in IEP and transition-planning meetings, communicating children’s functional abilities, needs, progress, and recommendations to families and educational teams.

• Participated in IEP and transition-planning meetings to communicate children's functional abilities, needs, progress, and actionable recommendations, ensuring alignment between family and educational teams.

• Transitioned pediatric services to telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic and maintained family engagement through coaching-based intervention.

• Guided parents, caregivers, and family members in implementing therapeutic activities during remote sessions and daily routines, reinforcing therapy goals and promoting consistency in care.

• Adapted communication, activities, equipment, and expectations to each child’s developmental level, temperament, sensory needs, medical status, and home environment.

• Documented evaluations, interventions, progress, caregiver education, home programs, and recommendations in accordance with professional and program requirements.