Occupational Therapy Home Health

**** ***** ***** **. *********, IN ***** 314-***-**** ************@*****.***

Megan Rhodes

Professional Summary

Licensed Occupational Therapy Assistant with a diverse clinical experience in home health, hospital based care, pediatrics, orthopedics, and geriatrics. Specialized certifications in Instrument Assisted Soft Tissue Mobilization and Handwriting Without Tears. Efficient with managing a changing caseload and determined to achieve outstanding patient outcomes.

Experience

Home Health

Scheduled and managed caseload of diverse patients in home setting

Educate on in the home safety and make adaptive equipment recommendations for increased functional independence within home.

Continually collaborate with patients, caregivers, nursing, physicians and OTR to achieve established goals

Occupational Therapy Outpatient Pediatrics

Implemented individualized occupational therapeutic interventions with children with Autism, behavior disorders, developmental delays, motor delays, and visual perception difficulties

Educated parents on exercises and techniques to help their children with at home

Created social stories, video modeling, and visual schedules

Occupational Therapy Outpatient

Provide rehabilitation techniques for orthopedic and muscular injuries pertaining to the shoulder, elbow, wrist, and hand

Assist with orthotics fabrication and fitting

Monitored patients in work hardening program to ensure correct performance

Occupational Therapy Acute Care and Swing Bed

Provided rehabilitative services under the direction of occupational therapists to those with physical challenges including weakness, Pneumonia, COPD exacerbation, CABG, orthopedic surgeries, CVA, TBI, falls, myasthenia gravis, and terminal illnesses

Instruct patients and families in home programs, basic living skills, or the care use of adaptive equipment

Familiar with multidisciplinary team approach

Swing Bed Activities Coordinator: creating monthly activity calendars, managing the activities team members, leading group exercise activity, implementing activities is hospital setting, and responsible for tracking participation.

July 2021-Current

Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant

American Senior Communities/ Anew Home Health Indianapolis, IN

June 2012-June 2021

Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant

Saint Luke’s Hedrick Medical Center, Chillicothe, MO

Professional Accomplishments

Handwriting Without Tears Level 1 Certified Handwriting Specialist

1 of 22 Specialist in the state of Missouri

Fluent in the complete Handwriting Without Tears curriculum from Pre-K through 5th grade

Accurately, score and interpret the Print Tool Assessment

Provide handwriting remediation to children and special needs children one on one

Level 1 IASTM Certification

Accustomed to a range of tools including Hawk Grips and Grafton Tools

Successful in alleviating or reducing pain, limited motion, and scar tissue

Fieldwork Educator in Rural Missouri

Supervised and educated Level I and successful Level II Occupational Therapy Assistant students

Completed rural Missouri fieldwork educator continuing education

Pediatric Occupational Therapy Marketing and Growth

Created literature and educated family physicians and practitioners of benefits of Occupational Therapy in the pediatric population

Participated in the Community Health Fair to educate the public and provide screenings

Set up Backpack Awareness booth with backpack weigh ins each year at the local high school to educate on maintaining good spine health

Education and Licensure

May 2012

A.A.S. Occupational Therapy Assistant

Missouri Board of Occupational Therapy OTA License

Indiana Board of Occupational Therapy OTA License 32003358A

MCCKC Penn Valley, Kansas City, MO

NBCOT COTA Cert#301634

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