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OT Settings Series: Academia, Airplanes, and Occupational Therapy with Michael Ang, OTD, OTR/L, CNS, CSRS, CBIS, HTC, PAM, SWC, CKTP, CAPS

Shannen Marie OT

Next up on our #OTSettingsSeries is Michael Ang, OTD, OTR/L, CNS, CSRS, CBIS, HTC, PAM, SWC, CKTP, CAPS. (Yep, those letters are an amazing mouthful...)Dr. Michael Ang created the Outpatient Occupational Therapy Program at St. Vincent Medical Center in Los Angeles, and is specialized in treating neurological and upper extremity conditions. He is currently a professor at West Coast University’s Occupational Therapy Program, and he previously taught at the University of Southern California. Michael also works for The Neuro Specialist Institute and is the primary instructor for the Certified Neuro Specialist (CNS) Certification course... Dr. Ang also has a special story to tell about airplanes and occupational therapy... 

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OT Settings Series: Academia and Occupational Therapy with Khalilah Johnson, PhD, MS, OTR/L

Shannen Marie OT

Next up on our #OTSettingsSeries is Khalilah Johnson, Ph.D, MS, OTR/L. Dr. Khalilah Johnson is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her clinical and research interests focus on racial equity in service access and participation for African American adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Additionally, she is an advocate for equity in occupational therapy education... and can make some awesome cocktails...

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OT Settings Series: PRN Occupational Therapy Across Multiple Adult-Based Settings with Sydney Moore

Shannen Marie OT

Next up on our #OTSettingsSeries is Sydney Moore, OTD, OTR/L, CEAS I, CHES. Sydney is an occupational therapist living in Des Moines, Iowa. Over the past year, she has had the opportunity to immerse herself in a multitude of OT settings. Outside of OT, Sydney adores spending time with her friends and family, and snuggling her four dogs...

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OT Settings Series: Acute Care Occupational Therapy with Emily Saucier

Shannen Marie OT

Did someone say occupational therapy and acute care? Next up on our #OTSettingsSeries is Emily Saucier, OTR/L. Emily Saucier, OTR/L graduated with her masters in OT from Rockhurst University in 2016. Emily splits time between 2 urban Level 1 Trauma Centers in Kansas City. When not working, Emily enjoys spending time with her husband, 2 littles, and big dog Arnold. She loves reading, traveling, and speaking Spanish any chance she gets...

Academia and Community-Based Occupational Therapy Practice with Erin Jeffords, MS, OTR/L, CBIS
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OT Settings Series: Academia, Community-Based Practice, and Occupational Therapy with Erin Jeffords

Shannen Marie OT

The #OTSettingsSeries is back to help dispel the myth that occupational therapy practitioners can only work in hospitals. Today, you all are privy to learning from Erin Jeffords, MS, OTR/L, CBIS, who has over 10 years of OT practice under belt with experiences varying from neuro rehab, geriatrics, community-based practice, and academia...

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OT Settings Series: Health Coaching, Lactation Education, Functional Health, and Occupational Therapy with Andrea Muncada

Shannen Marie OT

Did you think that occupational therapists can only work at hospitals? Think again! Excited to re-kick off the OT Settings Series in order to share insight from OT practitioners that work across the gamut of places and settings. Today, you all are privy to gain insight from an occupational therapist who is a jack-of-all trades kind of gal. Andrea Muncada, MS, OTR/L, CLVT, LEC, 500 YTT, has over 10 years of experience as an occupational therapist in both traditional and less traditional settings. Today we will be interviewing Andrea in her experience working as a holistic health coach, lactation educator, and functional health therapist...

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Non-Traditional Careers in Occupational Therapy

Shannen Marie OT

There are significant opportunities for non-traditional careers in occupational therapy. Whether you’re interested in connecting with fellow practitioners or patients through social media, working directly with occupational therapy students as a professor, or even starting your own occupational therapy practice, there is something for everyone...

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2019 Holiday Occupational Therapy Gift Guide

Shannen Marie OT

Somehow we have jumped from October to a very, very quick early December, which means Christmas is just around the corner. Now the reason for the season is not about gifts ---despite what commercials and advertisements may whisper to you--Happy birthday Jesus!! But,,,, I for one enjoy being a gift giver which brings me to… Continue reading 2019 Holiday Occupational Therapy Gift Guide

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SENIORS FLOURISH: Part Two-How to Perform a Stereognosis Assessment in Occupational Therapy

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Before you peruse through this excerpt of my article published on Seniors Flourish, make sure to read Part One first which goes over the WHOWHATWHENWHEREWHY. The full part 2 of my 3 part article series written for Mandy Chamberlain's Seniors Flourish Blog can be found HERE! Here is a little bit from the article, "There are multiple… Continue reading SENIORS FLOURISH: Part Two-How to Perform a Stereognosis Assessment in Occupational Therapy