Ushma Sampat

Experience

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  Kasturba Medical College, Manipal

  Aug 2011 - Feb 2012

  Occupational Therapy Internship

  · Evaluate clients using standardized and non-standardized assessments; retrieving pertinent information from the data collected, planning client centered short and long term goals using clinical reasoning, and being particularly mindful of the client’s cultural and economic context during therapeutic intervention.· Placement rotations in mental health, child health, neurology as well as orthopedic.· Designing and fabricating splints and assistive devices from thermoplastic as well as metal. Show less

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  San Jose State University

  Aug 2012 - Nov 2013

  Volunteer- Teacher aide at the Physical Disabilty Clinic

  · Provide guidance to the students during evaluations and assist in the treatment of clients.· Accompany students during client home visits for evaluations.· Host an educational presentation on muscle tone evaluations, approaches and interventions for the students at the clinic.

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  Open mind: Centre for Brain and Behavior

  Aug 2012 - Sept 2013

  Volunteer

  · Provide 1:1 support for children with special needs in a private school setting and outpatient setting during the school year as well as camps (summer camp, AIR), enabling ongoing participation in individual, recreational, and community activities using sensory integration approach.· Assist with home aide care of a child with autism to enable the child to engage in more productive communication using software applications.· Help reduce frustration and aggressive behavior stemming from inability to express oneself. · Enabling productive and meaningful engagement in roles, routines, education, and recreational activities (skating and swimming) based on the child’s interests through the use of visual cues, timers and schedule.· Shadowing and experience using Rapid Prompting Method with children with communication difficulties Show less

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  AlphaVista Services Inc.

  Oct 2015 - Aug 2016

  School based Occupational Therapist

  · Collaborate with other disciplines to ensure team understanding of student occupational performance, strengths and needs - through evaluation, educational program planning, and service delivery.· Evaluate the student’s ability and formulate the student’s occupational profile through a variety of functional, behavioral, and standardized assessments, skilled observation, checklists, histories, and interviews.· Synthesize evaluation results into a comprehensive written report which reflects strengths and barriers to student participation in the educational environment; direct program development; and guide evidence-based intervention.· Develop occupationally based intervention plans based on student needs and evaluation results.· Participate in multidisciplinary meetings to review evaluation results, integrate findings with other disciplines, offer recommendations, and develop individual education plans and intervention plans to achieve IEP goals.· Adapt and modify the environment including assistive technology and training instructional staff to meet individual needs and to help students function as independently as possible.· Maintain clinical and administrative records in accordance with professional standards, state guidelines, and school system policy.· Teach, monitor and collaborate with educational personnel, community agencies, parents, and students to increase understanding of the student’s occupational performance Show less

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  Progressus Therapy

  Aug 2016 - Apr 2019

  School based Occupational Therapist

  · Improve and optimize student’s performance, in a variety of learning environments (e.g., playground, classroom, lunch/recess) with interventions using remediation, compensation, and/or adaptations.· Collaborate with the IEP team (the students, parents, teachers and other professionals) to promote safety and enable the child to reach his/her individual highest potential in the school environment by ensuring team understanding of student occupational performance, strengths and needs; through evaluation, educational program planning, and service delivery.· Formulating the student’s occupational profile through a variety of evaluations - standardized and non-standardized, functional and behavioral, interviews, checklists, histories, and synthesizing evaluation results into a comprehensive written report.· Developing and delivering occupationally relevant and evidence based intervention plans for students (age 3yrs-16yrs) based on evaluation results, student needs and interests to achieve IEP goals.· Maintaining clinical and administrative records in accordance with professional standards, state guidelines, and school system policy. Show less

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  World of OT

  Jan 2017 - now

  Founder and CEO

  World of OT serves each child and their whole world- direct services to the children and consults to parents, teachers, organizations and trainings for other professionals.· Providing holistic, play-based OT services in the natural environment of the child - home, school, and community (eg. park, library etc.) to maximize development of learning and social skills.· Providing comprehensive assessment, collaborative interventions, building strong relationships with the team, and therapeutic integrity through the use of evidence-based practice.· Supporting strengthening of clinical reasoning and professional advancement of OT employee· Consultation and in-services for teachers to support students reach their individual potential at various schools and centers such as Open Mind and Wu Yee Children's Services.· Mentoring, Educating, Training and supporting occupational therapists that are new to the school setting about systems and processes novel to the setting so as to empower them to provide relevant, research based and necessary interventions to the students in the schools. Show less

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  CVHCare

  Jan 2017 - Jan 2018

  Home health Occupational Therapist
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  Presence

  Jan 2017 - May 2018

  Teletherapy Occupational Therapist

  · Providing students in Wyoming, Samoa Islands, and Washington State via secure, live, online video sessions using Presence Learning proprietary platform as per the students IEP.· Effectively- concise and clearly communicating expectations of an activity and supporting students through alternate means (visual reminders, verbal prompts, reward system, etc.)· Using a vast library of therapy activities and adapting them to address specific areas of need via an online model.· Completing detailed SOAP notes for progress monitorin Show less

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  Playwrite Occupational Therapy

  Jan 2019 - Jun 2019

  Clinic based Occupational Therapist

  · Build a caseload at the clinic while covering for another OTs maternity leave.· Providing comprehensive assessment, collaborative interventions, building strong relationships with the team, and therapeutic integrity through the use of evidence-based practice.· Provide interventions with a focus on sensory integration and sensory-motor based approach using the sensory gym equipment at the clinic.