SHARI TAYAR, MOTR/L

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Selah, WA 98942

509-***-****

ab705v@r.postjobfree.com

Credentials:

State of Washington license in Occupational Therapy #OT60077993 (Expires 02-28-2014)

Professional Accomplishments:

• Received $500 Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital Foundation Grant to develop and train all

50 unit staff on the use of a Sensory Room as an evidence-based treatment modality in an

18-bed inpatient psychiatric unit

• Sole author of a published article titled “Description of a Substance Abuse Relapse

Prevention Programme conducted by Occupational Therapy and Psychology Graduate

Students in a United States Women’s Prison.” (2004). British Journal of Occupational

Therapy, 67(4), 154-166.

• Created detailed court liaison procedure book including complete instructions on filing

legal paperwork for patients detained on the psychiatric unit and recommendations for

working effectively with judge, attorneys, doctors, and patients’ families

• Contractually acquired/retained fieldwork internship sites for 20+ graduate occupational

therapy students and advised/counseled students through their progression in the program

Skills:

• Accomplished in facilitating 4+ types of psycho-educational and therapeutic art/sensory

groups consisting of between 5-12 psychiatric inpatients

• Managed supplies for all unit group and 1:1 activities

• Proficient in the administration and interpretation of cognitive and functional assessments

• In coordination with other staff, conducted milieu monitoring, behavioral management,

overall environmental safety and orientation enhancements for psychiatric inpatients

Employment History:

Staff Psychiatric Occupational Therapist 3/2009-5/2013

Acute 18-bed Inpatient Adult/Geriatric Psychiatric Unit

Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital, Yakima, WA

Staff Psychiatric Occupational Therapist 5/2005-2/2009

Acute 14-bed Inpatient Adult/Geriatric Psychiatric Unit

Portneuf Medical Center; Pocatello, ID

Assistant Tenure-Track/Clinical Professor and Fieldwork Coordinator 8/1999-6/2006

Entry-level Master’s Occupational Therapy Program (20+ students)

Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID

Education:

MOT, Texas Women’s University, Denton, TX

MAT, Sociology Southwest Texas State University, San Marcos, TX

B.S. Psychology/Sociology Southwestern Oklahoma State University, Weatherford, OK

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