Joan B. Checca: PT

Board Certified Clinical Specialist in Pediatric Physical Therapy

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Strong Roots Pediatric

Physical Therapy

973-***-****

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Ave. Upper Montclair NJ

07043

Professional Organizations and Certifications:

New Jersey License: 40QA00906900

New York License: 013616

ABPTCS Board Certified Pediatric Clinical Specialist A.P.T.A National and State; Section on Pediatrics

A.P.T.A. Certified Clinical Instructor

Certified New Jersey State Board of Education School A.H.A. Level I Therapist (American Hippo-therapy Association) Experience:

STAND The Haiti Project, Port de Paix Haiti

October 19 -November 4, 2018. Pediatric Physical Therapy Team

• STAND Clinic Pediatric Team (of 3) treated 275 pediatric patients in 2 weeks

• Splinting and orthotic management and fitting

• Club foot casting

• Equipment prescriptions and fabrication, HEP updates and new for children participating in Miriam Center Outreach program year round

• 0-21, Rickets, syndromes, CP, Downs, Prematurity, Malnutrition, orthopedic trauma, DMD, SMA, Developmental Delay

• Parent Education Lecture at The Miriam Center: Topics covered: Making Toys out of Found Objects, Fever& Diarrhea management Skin Conditions and Clean Water, Post-Partum Depression, Mobility,

Cumberland Therapy/Stepping Stones Group: Newark NJ Oct 2016- August 2020 Contract Physical Therapist: Pediatric

• John F Kennedy High School for the multiply handicapped: Related Service Provider: Physical Therapy Services to pre-teens and adolescents in medically fragile classrooms and dedicated special education programs. Intellectual Disabilities, Developmental Coordination disorder, Cerebral Palsy, Downs Syndrome, Spina Bifida, Muscular Dystrophy, Syndrome disorders,

• Manage equipment for mobility, IEP evaluation and planning, Coordination with medical professionals where appropriate. Case management. Kid Clan: Passaic, NJ

2007-Present Contract Physical Therapist: Pediatric

• Work with the Passaic School District delivering physical therapy services to children in an autism program.

• Work with Bergen County Special Services delivering physical therapy services to children in a dedicated special needs program March 2012 to present.

• Child Study Team Initial Evaluations and/or Reevaluations; determination of eligibility for special education and/or related services classification and development of a services plan.

• Therapeutic Martial Arts (Instructor) created for children challenged with ASD/ ADHD.

St. Josephs Regional Medical Center Pediatric Rehab September 2012- March 2013 August 2015 - March 2016 Contract Physical Therapist Nurses 24/7

• Evaluation and Treatment of children 0-21 OI, Developmental Delay, Pre- Maturity, CP, Syndromes, Pediatric Outpatient Rehabilitation department involved in data collection for developing clinical standards for evaluation and treatment of torticollis.

• Post-Surgical Acute Rehab in children with neuro-motor dysfunction.

• Serial Casting and Splinting of the Lower Extremity Rocking Horse Rehab/Horizon Pediatrics: West Orange, NJ Aug2007-May 2015 Staff Physical Therapist: Pediatric

• Developed a therapeutic Tae Kwon Do class for children challenged with physical, developmental, neuro-motor disabilities, syndrome disorders, and Autism Spectrum disorders.

• Hippo-therapy, Equine Facilitated Physical Therapy and treatment room for children 2-21 with neuro-motor, pediatric cancer, head injury, Spina Bifida, Downs Syndrome and Autism Spectrum disorders. March 2001- June 2010 Contract Physical Therapist

• Nurses 24/7: St. Joseph Regional Medical Center; Physical therapy services delivered in adult inpatient acute care; Genesis skilled nursing facility September

2009 to June 2010

• Englewood Managed Care: Developmental Evaluation of NICU Graduate. Helen Keller School for the Blind; Early Childhood Learning Center: Brooklyn, NY Sept 1996- March 2001 Staff Physical Therapist; Pediatric

• Evaluation and Treatment of infants and toddlers: visual diagnoses, multiple handicaps including CP, Pre-maturity, low tone, congenital blindness and head injury.

• Orthotic and Equipment Clinics: evaluation, justification, molding casting and fitting.

• Weekly team meetings, all related IEP paper work, and parent education.

• Treatment plans developed for staff physical therapy assistants. Hospital for Special Surgery: New York, NY

August 1994 - August 1996 Staff Physical Therapist: Pediatrics

• Outpatient/ Inpatient Acute patients: birth to 21 years. Evaluation and treatment of children with developmental, neurological, and orthopedic diagnoses.

• In-service Coordinator: weekly cerebral palsy screenings and presentations at multi-disciplinary case conferences.

• Pediatric Orthopedic and Foot Clinic attendance: Student supervision.

• Lower extremity splinting and exposure to serial casting.

• Community education presentations on Exercise.

• Gait Lab: Participation for pre-surgical evaluations for children with Cerebral Palsy. Hospital for Joint Disease: Orthopedic Institute, New York, NY: July 1993 – July 1994 Staff Physical Therapist: Pediatrics

• In-Patient/Outpatient: Evaluation and treatment of children birth – 18 years with cerebral palsy, Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis, Arthrogryposis, Spina-Bifida, Familial Dysautonomia, Orthopedic diagnoses.

• First Chance Preschool: 0-5 years. Individualized therapy and classroom integrated programming. IEP development and team/family conferences, on-site EI program.

Education:

• Rocky Mountain University of Health-Related Professions; Admitted student Cohort 31 Transitional Doctor of Physical Therapy in Pediatric Science Fall 2020

• S.U.N.Y. Downstate Medical Center, College of Health-Related Professions, Brooklyn New York; Bachelor of Science Physical Therapy May 1993.

• S.U.N.Y. Purchase; Purchase New York, 50 Credits toward a Bachelor of Fine Arts; Acting conservatory 1982-1984 (member of Actors Equity Association until 1990)

• Board Certification, Pediatric Clinical Specialist, American Board of Physical Therapy Clinical Specialties, June 2020

• Second Degree Black Belt in Tae Kwon Do: International Kukkiwon Dan Certification; Certificate No. 0526365, Korea, March 2011,

• Student of Grand Master Taek Sun Cho (US Jr. Olympic Tae Kwon Do Team manager and head coach 1995/1996, Tai Pai, Taiwan, and Barcelona Spain), Master Cho’s Talium Cedar Grove New Jersey

• Level IV Certification Medical Qi Gong: Eastern School of Acupuncture, Montclair New Jersey Fall 2009 to June 2010 Student of Walter Fricke, Doctor Chinese Medicine & Academic Dean

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