Population served: Typically developing children aged 7-17

Setting: Community-based psychosocial setting

Occupational therapy focus: In partner with another occupational therapy student, I was tasked with engaging children at a summer camp in nature-based crafts. The purpose of these nature-themed crafts was to engage students in sensory experiences beyond what is typically offered in school and home activities. Camp Soles staff emphasized the importance of offering adventurous and tangible experiences to a generation of children whose sensory experiences are often crippled by excess electronic screen time. 

Setting: Skilled Nursing Facility

Population served: Adults of any age in a 70-bed nursing facility. Patients I observed were typically between the ages of 50-90.

Diagnoses observed: Stroke, dementia/general cognitive decline, Alzheimers disease, cardiovascular conditions, COPD, total hip replacement, spinal fusion surgery, above-knee amputation

Occupational therapy services observed: I observed and assisted OTs and PTs as they improved client independence in activities of daily living and functional mobility. I contributed to conversations about the adaptive equipment needs of clients and observed patient care plan meetings. 

Setting: Outpatient Pediatric Clinic and School-Based OT

Population served: Children aged 2-16 

Diagnoses observed: Autism spectrum disorder, attention-deficit disorder, stroke, oppositional-defiant disorder, unspecified learning impairiment, visual impariment

Occupational therapy services observed: I observed evaluations and interventions that assessed and improved the fine-motor skills, visual-motor skills, visual perceptual skills, bilateral coordination skills, and sensory regulation skills of children within outpatient clinic and school-based environments. I assisted with engaging clients in treatment sessions and in designing appropriate interventions.