Qualifications

BS Occupational Therapy, Quinnipiac College, 1983
Licensed Occupational Therapist
School-Based OT Practitioner
Qualified Therapeutic Listening Provider
Certified Hand Therapist, American Society for Hand Therapists 1992
Clinical Instructor for Occupational Therapy Students from Seton Hall University, Quinnipiac University, Sacred Heart University and Shenandoah University.
LEARN Partner for Birth to Three, provider of occupational therapy and Service Coordination for children ages 0-3.
Outpatient Pediatric service provider for children with Autism, Sensory Processing Disorders, Motor Coordination Disorders, Fine motor and handwriting deficits.

Continuing Education (2007-Present)

Extensive experience and continuing education in upper extremity injury.
Pediatric experience in Birth-Three and Sensory Integration
“Is It Sensory or Is It Behavior?” by Carolyn Murray-Slutsky, MS, OTR October 26, 2007
New England Hand Society Annual Meeting, Sturbridge, MA December 7, 2007
Pediatric Dysphagia: Management of the Whole Child, SERC, February 7, 2008
ASHT 31^st Annual Meeting, Boston MA October 23-26, 2008
Assessment & Treatment of the Visual-Vestibular System to Improve Learning, Behavior and Sensory Motor Performance by Debra Dickson RPT, November 14-15, 2008.
Listening With The Whole Body, Vital Links, June 12-13, 2009
Sensory Integration for those with Develomental, Learning Disorders, ASD and Dyspraxia by Jeannetta Burpee, M.ED.,OTR November 5-8, 2009
Education and experienced in Kinesiotape applications
CPR certification for adults and infants

Presentations

Fine Motor Development in Young Children for Parents, Child care providers, and Paraprofessionals
Sensory Strategies for the Home and Classroom

Professional Organizations

Community Involvement

Interests