Lauren Carter Smith

Lauren Carter Smith, OTR/L, CBIS is a 2001 JMU graduate and has 25 years of Occupational Therapy experience.  She has provided client care in a variety of adult settings including acute care, inpatient rehab, outpatient therapy, and more. She has advanced training in NDT, is a certified brain injury specialty and directs a camp for adult survivors of brain injury through the Brain Injury Association of VA, in which she has been a part of since, 2000.  Lauren has been teaching AOTA’s Fieldwork Educator Certificate Course since 2009 and has been the Student Clinical Education Coordinator for the Bon Secours Richmond Market since 2017.  She volunteers her time as co-chair the Virginia Occupational Therapy Education Council and represents Occupational Therapy professionals in the state of VA as the State EMS Advisory Board Trauma System Post-Acute Care Committee member for VOTA. She has also received several awards for her continuing work in fieldwork education.