I attended the College of St. Scholastica in Duluth, receiving my Master's Degree in Occupational Therapy.  Prior to working in St. Paul, I worked in a private therapy clinic for 10 years focusing on treatment of sensory processing disorders.  

In the school setting, OT is a related service, which means that we support students academic needs and collaborate with the team to help our students succeed.  I work with a wide variety of students who need to develop visual motor skills and sensory processing skills, both very important for success in school.  I work with students in their classroom and in groups out of the classroom co-teaching some groups with social worker and special education teachers.  I use Handwriting without Tears, yoga, Zones of Regulation, music, as well as many other fine motor and sensory processing strategies to help students grow and develop.  I also love to use assistive technology to help students develop their writing skills.  Our school also has a sensory room that I have developed for students to use, if needed, for calming. I also help to lead a yoga group for students and am working on a lending library for teachers to try fine motor and sensory tools with students in their classrooms.