adbijw@r.postjobfree.com 315-***-**** ** BEECHSTONE, #3, PORTSMOUTH, NH, 03801

KELLY ASHE, MS, OTR/L

Objective: To join an exceptional team of client-centered practitioners as an occupational therapist, and become a better practitioner every day. I bring a personal touch to the therapeutic relationship by fostering dignity, independence, and trust.

EDUCATION

M.S. Occupational Therapy — Utica College, Utica, NY, 2017 - 2019 NYS Licensed Massage Therapy — Center for Natural Wellness School of Massage Therapy, Albany, NY, 2008 - 2009

B.A. Sociology — State University of NY at Albany, Albany, NY – 2001 - 2005

FIELDWORK EXPERIENCE

Mohawk Valley Psychiatric Center - Pinefield Children & Youth Services

(Level II, Child)

Utica, NY — January 22 - April 26, 2019

Implemented and educated staff on sensory-based interventions for children ages 5- 17 addressing trauma-related psychiatric disorders. Contributed to multidisciplinary weekly team meetings. Maintained professional rapport with parents and guardians to support a family-centered practice and carry-over of interventions. Inertia Occupational and Physical Therapy (Level II, Adult) Utica, NY — May 14 - August 4, 2018

Introduced creative and evidence-based occupational interventions. Personalized treatments for varying stages of recovery from illnesses and work-related injuries. Developed strong entry-level skills in all aspects of outpatient rehabilitation, including administering evaluations, orthopedic rehabilitation protocols of the upper extremities, and conducting Functional Capacity Evaluations. Oneida-Herkimer-Madison BOCES (Level I, Child)

Remsen & Westmoreland, NY — December 3- December 21, 2018 Observation-based. Developed positive, supportive rapport with children and wrote recommendations to encourage creativity and independence to complement students’ abilities. Assisted school-based occupational therapist in functional treatments involving academic goals.

The Root Farm (Level I, Adult)

Sauquoit, NY — December 4 - December 15, 2017

Assisted with Hippotherapy and Equine-assisted therapy treatments alongside Physical and Recreational Therapists. Continued volunteering at The Root Farm post-fieldwork throughout first year of MS OT program, 2017-18. EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE

360 SHS, Concord, NH

Home Health Aid

December 2019 - Present

Building trust, preserving dignity in senior

home health care, assisting clients to safely

complete daily ADL/IADL activities.

Nature’s Edge, Portsmouth, NH

Fine Gardening, Crew Leader

April 2019 – December 2019

Planting and maintenance of New

Hampshire seacoast residential gardens

with meticulous attention to detail.

Central Association for the Blind and

Visually Impaired, Utica, NY -

Preschool Vision Screener

January 2018 – January 2019

Screening 2,000 children yearly, ages 3-5, in

Oneida, Herkimer, and Madison NY

Counties for visual impairments.

Coordinating volunteer services for

screenings.

Embody, Utica, NY -

Self-employed, NYS Licensed Massage

Therapist

September 2009 – May 2018

Specializing in Deep Tissue and Shiatsu

therapeutic massage for chronic pain,

injury, and illness.

VOLUNTEER WORK

Eco-Walk Program, CABVI

January 2018 – January 2019

Created a recreational Ecotherapy program

for monthly nature walks for CABVI

consumers with visual impairment.