ABPTS Board Certified: Pediatrics
Dr. Johnson is a school based physical therapist where she works with students and provides training/program support. She serves as Physical Therapy Faculty for the Virginia LEND program and speaks extensively on Fit4Work and related topics at the national and state levels. She has published in peer reviewed journals on fitness of youth with disabilities, case studies on work capacity evaluation for youth with disabilities and use of the Guide 3.0. She is an Adaptive & Inclusive Trainer and an active member of APTA, Academy of Pediatric Physical Therapy, where she is Chair of the Practice development Committee and a member of School/AADD SIGs. She is the creator of the Fit4Work website, author of “Fit4Work: Fitness for Vocational Tasks for Youth with Disabilities” and can be found Instagram promoting Fit4Work.
Amy Miller, PT, DPT
Dr. Miller is a school based physical therapist and has worked with children of all ages in a wide variety of pediatric settings in North Carolina and Virginia. In addition to pediatrics, Dr. Miller has a particular interest in the role of physical therapists in mental health settings and worked in mental health hospitals for over 8 years. Dr. Miller is a contributor to a chapter titled “Mental Health Settings” in the upcoming first edition of VanWye: Health System Management and Policy. She continues to pursue information and interventions at the intersection of pediatrics, physical therapy, and mental health.
Dr. Amanda Iannotti is a school based occupational therapist, where she combines her OT background and adaptive and inclusive fitness expertise, to build capacity within her school district to promote accessible health and wellness for all. She obtained her MSOT and OTD from Boston University, where her doctoral research focused on the creation of evidence-based post-secondary education resources for young adults with autism. She is a pediatric subject matter expert/consultant for the Adaptive Training Academy. Dr. Iannotti firmly believes everyone has the right to pursue physical, social, & emotional health/wellness through engagement in meaningful occupations.
Eva Jaber
Eva is a student at Fairfax County Public Schools with a passion for performing arts and helping others! She has used her skills to help direct, produce, film, and edit projects that promotes health and wellness for youth with disabilities including Healthy habits and Minute to Win It.
George Washington University: Summer 2023 Collaboration:
Inspired by this idea that physical activity interventions could improve mental health, Connie and Amy partnered to create a project to meet the need of increasing physical activity interventions that would support mental health for students in schools. Dom Allese, Abby Feigenbaum, Hannah Flinchum and Makenna Paradis joined the conversation and created Brain & Body Breaks!
Dom Allese
Abby Feigenbaum
Hannah Flinchum
Makenna Paradis
George Washington University: Summer 2022 Collaboration:
When they were DPT students, Braedon Bloom, PT, DPT; Kathy Kurinsky, PT, DPT; Hailey Nulsen, PT, DPT and Kaitlin Pruitt, PT, DPT created the job descriptions "Jobs 4 All". Curating job lists from multiple sources, these lists can be used by teachers to target skills needed for jobs.
George Washington University: Summer 2021 Collaboration
Jamie Handley, PT, DPT; Rotem Itzhaki, PT, DPT, ATC and Joseph Santangelo, PT, DPT created this website! Tasked with the idea of applying the expanded Fit4Work Protocol, we realized we needed a place to share a program to address this. Wouldnt it be really great to have an open access website with activities and ideas that is free and openly sourced...have you guys ever made a website? They shook their heads, I said just go google it and see what you think...they left the meeting...and at the next meeting had a framework for this site. They created the Fit4Work activity program with accompanying videos.
George Washington University: Summer 2021 Collaboration
As students at George Washington University, Angela Petretta, PT, DPT; Sarah Graham, PT, DPT; Matthew Giroux, PT, DPT, and Niki Mahmoudzadeh, PT, DPT researched the first Fit4Work Strength training protocol. Conceived from the idea that we need to figure out a way to proactively prescribe and dose the physical activity needed, this project included a review of evidence and creation of a power strength training protocol.