Occupational Therapy

Occu­pa­tion­al Ther­a­py is a pro­fes­sion under the health­care umbrel­la, yet it also refers to ser­vices with­in the edu­ca­tion­al set­ting, which is where I’ve had my 26+ years of expe­ri­ence. I’ve worked with amaz­ing chil­dren help­ing them to be their best selves as they strive to do the “occu­pa­tion­al” activ­i­ties required with­in the “school” set­ting, whether that be in a pub­lic, pri­vate, or home environment.

I appre­ci­ate the oppor­tu­ni­ty to col­lab­o­rate with oth­ers ded­i­cat­ed to improv­ing stu­dents’ lives. At this time, I work in my own pri­vate prac­tice with a focus on fine motor skill devel­op­ment and address­ing sen­so­ry pro­cess­ing con­cerns with stu­dents local­ly. All of my clients’ par­ents have learned of my ser­vices through word-of-mouth rec­om­men­da­tions. I am very for­tu­nate to have this oppor­tu­ni­ty to work with chil­dren on increas­ing their inde­pen­dence and build­ing their self-confidence.

I also do com­mu­ni­ty pre­sen­ta­tions. I enjoy shar­ing infor­ma­tion relat­ed to sen­so­ry pro­cess­ing (e.g., use of a sen­so­ry room, a sen­so­ry diet) and about fine motor devel­op­ment infor­ma­tion. I have shared ideas and strate­gies with pub­lic and pri­vate school staff, school teams, indi­vid­u­al­ly with fam­i­ly mem­bers, and to the gen­er­al pub­lic at the Pen­field, New York library. I have been a guest lec­tur­er at Nazareth Col­lege, pre­sent­ing infor­ma­tion on sen­so­ry pro­cess­ing, and an intro­duc­tion to Occu­pa­tion­al Ther­a­py in the school set­ting (with hands-on activities).