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SAMANTHA GLOWINSKI (Anderson), O.T. REG. (ONT.)

OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST - Reg# G9903801

CASE MANAGER

SPECIFIC SKILLS

  • Assessment and Treatment of Physical and Functional Abilities
  • Future Cost of Care/Life Care Planning Reports
  • Community based and In-home assessments
  • Co-ordination of Hospital Discharge
  • Job Site Evaluations / Job Demands Analysis / Physical Demands Analysis
  • Soft Tissue / Orthopaedic / Musculo – Skeletal Injuries/ABI/Neurological
  • Progressive Goal Attainment Program certified, Oct 2005
  • Case Management
  • ADP authorizer

LANGUAGES

  • English

EDUCATION

  • Master of Clinical Science in Occupational Therapy, University of Western Ontario, London, ON 1999 – CAOT Award Winner (Highest graduating average)
  • Honours Bachelor of Science in Psychology, University of Toronto, ON 1997 (Graduated with High Distinction)

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

  • College of Occupational Therapist of Ontario (COTO)
  • Ontario Society of Occupational Therapists (OSOT)

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

  • Pediatrics and ABI conference, April 2016
  • OBIA conference, November 2015
  • Expert Witness Testimony, October 2014
  • Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation, From Hospital to Home, February 2014
  • Catastrophic Impairment: A look into the Future, June 2013
  • Hamilton Brain Injury Conference June 2013.
  • Rehabilitation and Life Care Planning Symposium, April 2013.
  • Matheson Course: Life Care Planning, October 2011.
  • Hamilton Brain Injury Conference (2011); OSOT Conference (2011).
  • Registered student in the Life Care Planning Program, University of Florida (2010).
  • OSOT Conference: New Directions in the Changing World of Auto Insurance (2010)
  • Attendant Care: From Paper to Practice (May 2009).
  • OSOT Conference (October 2008)
  • Life Care Planning- 2-day course sponsored by Matheson (October 2007)
  • OBIA Training: Advanced Cognitive Rehabilitation (March 2007)
  • Balancing Occupations at Work, Home and Play Conference (2006)
  • Progressive Goal Attainment Program (PGAP) – A Treatment Program for Minimizing Pain-Related Disability (2005)
  • Working in the Auto Insurance Sector, Ontario Society of Occupational Therapists (OSOT) (2004)
  • Functional Community Reintegration After Brian Injury: Positive Everyday Cognitive, Executive Function, Communication and Behavioural Routines (2003)
  • Chronic Non-Malignant Pain After Soft Tissue Injury: Using the Evidence (2002)
  • Evaluating TBI – post discharge (2002)
  • Working in the Auto Insurance Sector, Ontario Society of Occupational Therapists (OSOT) (2001)
  • Accountable Occupational Therapy Practice in the Auto Insurance Sector, College of Occupational Therapists of Ontario (COTO) (2001)

EXPERIENCE

August 2010- Owner- Glowinski Occupational Therapy Services- Ancaster Ontario

  • Providing Case Management services for clients with complex injuries focusing primarily on clients with ABI and chronic pain.
  • Offering comprehensive assessment and treatment services to injured clients. Services include In-home assessments, Attendant Care Assessments, Cognitive Demands Analysis for workplaces. Specializing in providing functionally based treatment for clients with brain injuries and complex orthopaedic injuries with an interest in clients with chronic pain.
  • Offering completion of Housekeeping Assessments, Life Care Plans and Future Cost of Care reports following the guidelines for Expert Witness Testimony (January 2010).

2006-2014Saint Elizabeth…Complex and Catastrophic Rehabilitation (formerly Continuum), Occupational Therapist, South Central, Ontario

  • Community-based functional assessment and treatment of clients: home management; activities of daily living; attendant care; hospital discharge planning
  • Life Care Planning/ Future Cost of Care Assessments
  • Assessment and treatment of TBI using Attention Process Training, Functional rehabilitation and use of project focused rehabilitation (Ylvisaker).
  • Adult Education: Back Care and injury prevention, return to activities of daily living
  • Implementation of Progressive Goal Attainment Program (PGAP)

2005-2006Benchmark Rehabilitation, Oakville, Ontario

  • Assessment and treatment of musculoskeletal, orthopaedic and catastrophic injuries
  • Cognitive assessments, rehabilitation and retraining
  • Trained to administer the PGAP program to help decrease pain-related disability
  • Home Assessments
  • Attendant Care Assessments
  • Work Site Assessments and Return to Work Programs
  • Ergonomic modifications
  • Mobility recommendations and home modifications

2001-2005Independent Rehabilitation Services, Mississauga, Ontario

  • Assessment and treatment of musculoskeletal, orthopaedic and catastrophic injuries
  • Cognitive assessments, rehabilitation and retraining
  • Home Assessments
  • Attendant Care Assessments
  • Home care support and modifications
  • Work Site Assessments and Return to Work Programs
  • Ergonomic modifications
  • Supervision and training of Occupational Therapy students

2000-2001Sunnyside Rehabilitation Services, Windsor, Ontario

  • Completed assessments and treatment from a variety of referral sources including Insurance Companies, Lawyers, Veteran’s Affairs, Workplace Safety and Insurance Board, Community Care Access Centre and private individuals
  • Home Assessments
  • Attendant Care Assessments
  • Home care support and modifications
  • Work Site Assessments and ergonomic modifications
  • Return to Work Programs
  • Completed cognitive therapy with one client three days per week
  • Completed normal movement therapy weekly with a client following a catastrophic brain injury

1999-2000Windsor Regional Hospital – Western Campus, Windsor, Ontario

  • Rehabilitation component:
  • In-patient rehabilitation for complex recovery.
  • Long-term care component:
  • Sole consultant for 100 bed Cognitively Impaired, Mobility Impaired Unit
  • Interventions related to seating and positioning and wheelchair prescriptions
  • Consulting therapist for 40 bed Disabled Adult Program
  • Interventions related to seating and positioning, self-care retraining and development of treatment protocols to be administered by an Occupational Therapy Assistant
  • Individual interventions based on acute need (e.g., ulnar nerve neuropathy, trunk control training for persons with CVA)

Volunteer Experience / Additional Qualifications / Achievements:

  • Facilitator for Brain Injury Association of Peel/Halton (BIAPH)- Burlington/Oakville-Survivor and Caregiver Support Group, 2012-2014
  • Guest Lecturer at Niagara College (Welland Campus) OTA/PTA program (2011-present)
  • Volunteer with Ancaster Little League (2009-present).
  • Volunteer with Gourley Park Ladies Slo-Pitch (2004 – 2005); Volunteer at London Humane Society (1999); Volunteer with Persons with Disabilities Act Committee (1999)
  • Winner of the CAOT Award for the highest academic average of the graduating Occupational Therapy class at the University of Western Ontario (1999)
  • Co-recipient of the Occupational Therapy Scholarship: Awarded to myself and another student for the highest average in our first year of studies at the University of Western Ontario (1999)
  • Broda Seating Award recipient (1998)
  • Gordon Cressy Student Leadership Award recipient (University of Toronto): This award is given based on peer nomination and voted by a committee of students. I was given this award based on my contributions to sports and orientation at Victoria College (1997)
  • David Breech Award recipient (University of Toronto): This award is given to the top co-ed athlete at the University of Toronto in his/her last year. It commemorates the qualities of leadership, sportsmanship and performance (1997)
  • Awarded a Regents In-House Scholarship at Victoria College (University of Toronto) for academic excellence in five courses during my second and third year of studies (1994/1995)
  • Completed an applied thesis during my undergraduate studies at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. My theses involved interviewing 30 adolescent females who were pregnant
  • Presented my Occupational Therapy thesis paper in a student conference in July 1999. The paper was entitled: “An evaluation of barriers to the effective use of written augmentative communication in the classroom”.