Occupational Therapist

P.O. Box 1699, Santa Cruz, New Mexico [email protected] Guru Nam Kaur Khalsa Objective I am an Occupational Therapist with thirty-four years experience. I want to wor k until my children finish high school (in 2015). I am currently working fiftee n hours per day as a school Occupational Therapist and would like to have time t o enjoy my family and my religious community and community more and get at least seven hours of sleep. I am currently covering five schools and three Pueblos f or O.T. Evaluations, Goals and Objectives, treatments at the middle school, sixt h grade academy, and high school and treatment supervision at the elementary and intermediate school. I have worked in private practice, developmental disabili ties, schools and assisted in operating group homes for elderly and disabled and have been a department head at a large facility for developmentally disabled as it went from an institutional setting to a group homes setting. Experience 8/18/2011-10/26/2011 Staff Occupational Therapist Pojoaque Valley School District Santa Fe, New Mexico ? Occupational Therapy treatment for students with fine motor, visual motor and visual perceptual problems which interfere with academic achievement, goals and objectives, evaluations (testing, calculations, and write-up and type) data shee ts, accountability sheets, Medicaid billing and Child Find Screenings throughout the district including five schools and three Pueblos. ? Attending staffings and Individual Education Plans to explain evaluations and treatment plans or discontinue or graduate students from services for all school s and the Pueblos. ? Monitoring Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant in her follow through on t reatment plans with elementary and intermediate students and filling out papers necessary for her to keep certification. ? Medicaid billing/progress notes weekly and progress notes for parents on a biw eekly basis. ? Professional Development Plan, site inservices and trainings. 8/14/2006-6/1/2011 Pojoaque Valley School District Santa Fe, New Mexico Contracted Occupational Therapist ? Occupational Therapy treatment for students with fine motor, visual motor and visual perceptual problems which interfere with academic achievement, goals and objectives evaluations (testing, calculations, and write-up and type), data shee ts, accountability sheets, Medicaid billing, and Child Find Screenings for the M iddle School and High School until 8/09 when hours were increased and monitoring a COTA at the Elementary and Intermediate Schools was added to the caseload as one and then two OTRs left the job and evaluations and treatments were added at the Pueblos. ? Attending staffings and Individual Education Plans to explain evaluations and treatment plans or to discontinue or graduate students from O.T. services for st udents on case load. ? Monitoring Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant in her follow through on t reatment plans with elementary and intermediate school students and filling out papers necessary for her to keep certification. ? Billing for hours worked and evaluations done. 2/97 to 7/2006 [Company Name] [City, ST] Stay at home Mom and Yoga Teacher ? Worked at my childrens schools as a volunteer in reading groups, track and fie ld day and various activities. ? Took children to gymnastics, dance classes, piano lessons, karate lessons, boy

scouts, girl scouts and swimming lessons and sledding and snowboarding. ? Taught Kundalini Yoga Classes at my Home and Other settings. 3/1990-1/1997 Wheat Ridge Regional Center Wheat Ridge, Colorado Occupational Therapy Director ? Treatment plans and treatment for eighty developmentally disabled adult reside nts-including feeding, positioning (Wheelchairs, during feeding, on mats, etc.). Assisting Physiatrists with phenol blocks. ? Training staff about the purpose of Occupational Therapy and how to safely lif t and transport clients, making hand splints and ordering equipment, planning O. T. budget and doing OTR evaluations. ? Supervising five to six OTRs and observing them at group homes, vocational sit es, and at therapy clinics. Also worked two years as a staff therapist at Wheat Ridge Regional Center, was A ssistant Administrator at Sunshine Acres and Alpine House group homes for elderl y and disabled and worked at Berdis and Associates Private O.T. Practice in Los Angeles, California, Lynnwood Care Center for Developmentally Disabled, and Patt on State Hospital-all as Staff OTR. I worked at Doctors Hospital in Dallas, Tex as and University of Texas Health Science Center as a lab technician and phlebot omist, at San Antonio Independent School District as a Substitute Teacher and at Anniston Memorial Hospital in Anniston, Alabama as an EKG technician and Labora tory Secretary, and at V.A. Hospital in Birmingham, Alabama as a Research Techni cian GS-5, Step 4. Education 9/75-5/78 Texas Womans University Denton and Dallas Campuses Master of Occupational Therapy 1/73-9/73 e Dallas, Texas (Texas Civics Prerequisite to Graduate School)

El Centro Junior Colleg

6/65-1/70 Bachelor of Arts Jacksonville, Alabama

Jacksonville State University

Major: Biology Minor: English Member Science Honor Fraternity: Phi Mu Chi Beta References References are available on request. Continuing Educations and Trainings Available of Request Licenses and Certifications: NBCOT Certification in Occupational Therapy # AA40046-valid through 3/31/2014 State of New Mexico Occupational Therapy License # 2293-valid through 10/01/12 Public Education Department School Personnel Licensure - Level Two Pre K-12 Occu pational Therapist License # 317907