Education

B.A. Psychology: York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

B.S. Occupational Therapy: Eastern Michigan University; Ypsilanti, Michigan

Internship: Northville Regional Psychiatric Hospital Occupational Therapy Department; Northville, MI: 5 months
Internship: Rackham Speech and Hearing Center; Ypsilanti, MI: 5 months
Internship: Walter Reuther Hospital Occupational Therapy Department; Detroit, MI: 5 months
Clinical Affiliation: Moss Rehabilitation Hospital; Philadelphia, PA: 3 months
Clinical Affiliation: Detroit Psychiatric Institute; Detroit, MI: 3 months

Credentials

#518654 - National Board for Certification of Occupational Therapy (NBCOT)

#100027 - Minnesota Department of Health

#06010: Certification of Disability Management Specialists Commission

#05142: Commission for Certification of Case Managers

#617: Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry

#5115: Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry

Professional Experience

Established 1987

Qualified Rehabilitation Consultant (QRC)

Employer Lifelines, Inc., Minnetonka, MN: 2 years

Qualified Rehabilitation Consultant Intern

Tom Robinson & Associates, P.A., Minneapolis, MN: 1 year

Occupational Therapy Consultant

Rehabilitation Specialists, Inc./Kaposia, Inc., Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN: 1.5 years

Director of Occupational Therapy

Faribault Manor, Faribault, MN: .5 year

Unit Supervisor/Residential Treatment Counselor

EPIC Center, Northville Regional Psychiatric Hospital, Northville, MI: 3 years

Shift Supervisor/Residential Treatment Counselor

Girlstown, Inc., Belleville, MI: 2 years

Professional Affiliations

Conference planning/hospitality committee member, 1986 Annual Conference, Minnesota Occupational Therapy Association hosting

Minnesota Occupational Therapy Association: 1982– present

Founding member, Industrial Rehabilitation Special Interest Group, 1986 – present
Hospitality/speakers' committee, 1987 Annual Conference

Occupational Therapist Case Manager (OTCM) Network:1996 - present

Founder
Newsletter editor

RESNA (Association for the Advancement of Rehabilitation Technology): 1982 - present

Case Management Society of America (CMSA): 1994 - present

Member, Peer Review Expert Panel: 1994-present
Contributor: Case Management Practice Guidelines, Mosby Year Book 1996.
Founding member, Minnesota chapter (CMSA-MN): 1997 - present.
CMSA-MN webpage designer
CMSA-MN Newsletter Editor

Appointed Member, Community Health Advisory Sub-Committee, Scott County Human Services Advisory Council : 1999 - present

Appointed Member, Minority Health Advisory Committee, Minnesota Department of Health: 2000 - present

National and Minnesota Head Injury Associations1988 - present

University of Minnesota Program in Occupational Therapy "Webmistress": 1997 - present
University of Minnesota - Program of Mortuary Science "Webmistress": 1999 - present

American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine(ACRM): 1983 – 1998

Editorial review committee member, 1984 - 1998

Human Resources Professionals of Minnesota: 1984 - 1996

Member, Diversity Committee, 1994 - 1995

Manufacturer's Alliance Speakers' Bureau, Minneapolis: 1991 - 1993

Minnesota Association of Rehabilitation Providers(a chapter of IARP)1991 - present

Member, Peer Review Committee, 1992 - present
Member, Ethics Committee 1992 - present
"Webmistress": 1997-present

St. Paul Mayor's Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities: 1991 - 1993

Management Assistance Project: 1991 - present

Volunteer consultant

Kaleidoscope Board of Directors 1994-1997

Board Secretary 1995 - 1996

Open Circle Senior Day Program Board of Directors: 1994-present

Board Secretary 1995 – 1996
Chair, Program & Personnel Committee 1995 - 1996

Central Hennepin Human Services Council1989 - 1991

Secretary 1991

Helping Paws of Minnesota - dog-client Match Screening Committee, 1989 - 1990

International Association of Personnel Women1984 - 1990

Public relations committee member 1986

Michigan Occupational Therapy Association1980 - 1982

Workshops / Presentations

MN OT Association Conference, Minneapolis, October, 1999

"Occupational Therapy in Industrial Rehabilitation in the U.S.: State of the Art and Lessons Learned"

Presented in Spanish to Occupational Therapists in Seville, Spain, November, 1996.

"Coordinating Company Policies with FMLA, Workers' Compensation and ADA"

as an independent contractor for AE Roberts Company Educational Seminars (nation-wide) 1996 - 1997

"ADA Update."

as part of A.E. Roberts Company's "HR Update Series" Minneapolis, MN: May, 1995, September 1996

"Preserving Practice Niches: A Cautionary Tale"

State OT Association Annual conferences nationwide since 1993;
AOTA National Conference, Chicago, 1996

"Strategies for Dealing with Manipulative Clients"

for human service providers; Various sponsors, 1993 - present

"Dealing with the Manipulative Resident."

for Anoka County (MN) Community Social Services & Mental Health Department; March, 1993

"ADA: Implications for Employers."

Minnesota Municipal Utilities Association Summer & Fall Conferences, June and October, 1992

"ADA: Silver Linings in the Regulatory Clouds."

for members of Manufacturers' Alliance, August, 1992

"When a Patient is a Possible Substance Abuser: What's an OT to Do?"

sponsored by Therapeutic Trends, June, 1992.

"Workers' Compensation Claims Reduction"

for Minnesota Society of CPAs, May, 1992

"ADA and Implications for Placement Vendors"

for employees of Mary Hawley & Associates, March, 1992

"Practical Ergonomics for QRCs"

for employees of National Rehabilitation Consultants, Inc., October, 1991

"Intervention with Chemically Abusive/dependent Clients for Occupational Therapists without Chemical Dependency Counselor certification."

for Minnesota Occupational Therapy Association Industrial Rehabilitation Special Interest Group, February, 1991
for Minnesota Occupational Therapy Association Annual Conference, October, 1991

"Workers' Compensation and ADA: Controlling New Costs and Claims."

With George Serdar, Attorney at Law, for The Management Center, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, Minnesota, 1991.

Facilitator: "Chemical Abuse and the Physically Disabled."

Public forum sponsored by Central Hennepin Human Services Council, Minneapolis, September, 1990

Member, Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry QRC Training Committee: 1990 - 1993

"Injury Prevention."

For East Central Minnesota Employers Association 1990

Instructor: The Management Center, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN: 1990 - 1994

"Disabilities in the Workplace: The Bottom Line."

For corporations; Various sponsors nationally, 1989

"Occupational Therapy and the Minnesota Workers' Compensation System."

Minnesota Occupational Therapy Association Annual Conference, Minneapolis, 1987

"Problems of and Approaches to Provision of Rehabilitation Services in the Absence of Resources."

Roundtable presentation and discussion, in Spanish, to directors of rehabilitation programs in Argentina and Brazil. 19th International Conference on the Handicapped and Developmental Disabilities: November, 1986

"Introduction to Ergonomics and Job Analysis."

For vocational rehabilitation counselors and nurse employees of Employer Lifelines, Inc., Minnetonka, MN, 1986.

"The Role of the Occupational Therapist in a Vocational Program for Developmentally Disabled Adults."

Minnesota Occupational Therapy Association Annual Conference, Minneapolis, 1984.

Published Work

Strategies for Effective Communication - Parts 1 & 2 with Staci Silverman. - online editions, May 5 & May 19, 2000.

"Distinguishing OT from Other Disciplines" (originally published at Occupational Therapy Movers & Shakers) - 1999

"Emerging Markets for OTs: Case Management" LOTA News Louisiana OT Association Newsletter, Fall, 1998 Volume 10, No. 4; pp. 2, 10-11

"Spirituality in Occupational Therapy Practice - the Discussion Continues." OT Practice "Postings", June, 1998.

"A Case Study in Activism" ADVANCE for OTs - May 18, 1998. Available online

"Occupational Therapists: Essential Team Members as Service Providers and Case Managers" (co-authored with Susan Brockman.)

The Journal of Care Management, April, 1998 p. 10-20. Available online

"OTCM Newsletter"

Published periodically for Network members. First issue available to the public

"Just Who is Really Thinking Futuristically?"

Letters to the Editor, ADVANCE for Occupational Therapists February 10, 1997.

"Opening Doors to Home Rehab."

Interviewed by Rich Smith for Case Review Summer, 1996.

"'From Hell to Heaven' a 'Pleasure to Read.'"

Letters to the Editor, ADVANCE for Occupational Therapists December 11, 1995.

"In Case Management, OT Has No Image."

Letters to the Editor, ADVANCE for Occupational Therapists August 28, 1995

"Has OT Found a Model for Spiritual Evaluation?"

Interviewed with Robert C. Anderson, MDiv for>ADVANCE for Occupational Therapists October 24, 1994; reprinted 12/26/94.

"Cultural Diversity and Employees with Disabilities."

UPDATE (monthly newsletter of Human Resource Professionals of Minnesota) April, 1994

"It Really Is a Jungle Out There."

Letters to the Editor, ADVANCE for Occupational Therapists May 17, 1993

"What Can We Do About Second Shift Syndrome?"

Letters to the Editor, ADVANCE for Occupational Therapists April 26, 1993

"Gearing Up for The Americans with Disabilities Act."

Manufacturers' Alliance Newsletter, June, 1990

"Retaining or Hiring Disabled Employees."

Human Resources (Journal of International Association of Personnel Women) Fall, 1989

"Retaining or Hiring Disabled Employees: A Human Resource Challenge."

UPDATE (monthly newsletter of Human Resource Professionals of Minnesota), September, 1989.

"Occupational Therapist Becomes Qualified Rehabilitation Consultant."

Occupational Therapy News July, 1987

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