Friar Deep Fat.

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Friar Deep Fat

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My mother died from a cerebral hemorrhage, due to an aneurym that ruptured from increased blood pressure during childbirth, one hour after I was born. She had PKD - polycystic kidney disease - and aneurysms are one of the symptoms.

My father and grandmother raised me until the age of 2 1/2, when my father remarried. My grandmother then went back to her home (about 25 miles away). I gave her my Raggedy Andy doll to keep her company. For the rest of her life, my grandmother kept that Raggedy Andy doll resting and sitting upright against her bed pillow.

I grew up in the small rural community of Winsted. My father was a banker and volunteered as Treasurer on the Gilbert High School Board. He was also in the Kiwanis and on the town's economic development commission.

I married a "little French girl" (as my father referred to her) and we now have two delightful daughters - Martha and Monica - both with red hair (my wife, who is also a red-head, got her wish).

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This year, I went to the Renaissance Faire, held for the second year at the Lion's Club Hebron Fair grounds in Connecticut.

I dressed as Friar Deep Fat, wearing a costume made by my wife, the Viola Goddess.

We went with our oldest daughter Monica. She was dressed as a wizard.

Here I am toting the Book of Armaments and the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch and chanting the ancient Pie Iesu domine, dona eis requiem

I worked for almost two decades in the electronics and computer support fields. After an outsourcing of technical support at Pfizer, I went back to school and studied occupational therapy at Manchester Community College.

I am now a licensed COTA (certified occupational therapy assistant) in Connecticut. I have a particular interest in assistive technology, stemming from my prior careers in electronics and computer support.

Here is my current resume:

Steven Price

8 Wellington Way, Amston, CT. 06231
Cell phone: 860-966-1796 Home phone: (860) 228-2895
eMail: sgpcota@comcast.net

Objective

Apply my education, experience, and skills in Occupational Therapy to provide quality therapy for my clients and reliable service for my employer.

Credentials

Licensed as a COTA/L in the State of Connecticut, and nationally certified by the NBCOT

Experience Summary

I have worked with clients of all ages with a wide variety of debilities in school and sub-acute rehab settings. With Futures, I work with DMR clients with developmental delays to improve their well-being and health by engaging them in therapeutic activities, monitoring feeding procedures, and implementing assistive and adaptive equipment. With Preferred, AllStar and at St. Joseph’s Living Center, I assisted geriatric clients to reach their highest level of independence with self-care by developing ADL skills, using adaptive equipment, and teaching therapeutic exercises to improve strength, balance, endurance and ROM. At the Hartford Public Schools, I worked with children (pre-K through high school) to reach their IEP goals - often related to improving fine motor and self-care skills, class participation and using assistive technology.

I have 19 years of experience caring for my oldest daughter (who is legally blind, has cerebral palsy, seizure disorder, and mental retardation) helping her to learn self-care skills and light home-making activities, working on her IEP goals, and engaging in leisure activities. I also have 20 years of technology experience with a special interest in assistive technology.

Employment

COTA/L - Preferred Therapy Solutions, 809 Main St., E. Htfd., CT., April 2007 – May 2007
• Assist patients to reach their highest level of independence with ADLs and IADLs
• Perform home evaluations in preparation for patient discharge to home
• Teach patients how to use adaptive equipment
• Develop and teach HEPs to improve strength, balance, and ROM

COTA/L - Futures Healthcore, 136 William Street, Springfield, MA., June 2006 - present
• Engage clients in therapeutic activities to improve balance, ROM and strength
• Use adaptive equipment and assistive technology to increase client independence
• Monitor feeding procedures and proper use of habilitative equipment
• In-service caregivers at group homes and day programs on therapeutic procedures

COTA/L - AllStar Therapy, 21 Waterville Road, Avon, CT., June 2006 – April 2007
• Assist residents to reach their highest level of independence with ADLs
• Teach residents how to use adaptive equipment
• Develop and teach FMPs and HEPs to improve strength, balance, and ROM

Team Leader (PC technical support) - Pfizer, Inc., Groton, CT., 11/97 – 7/2003
• Supported technologies used by scientists and administration
• Managed a team of ten technicians

Information Technology Manager, Dutch Point C.U., Wethersfield, CT., 11/83 – 9/97
• Supported computer technologies used by staff and management
• Recommended, implemented and maintained technologies to improve client service
• Managed and trained a team of six support staff

Fieldwork Experience

Saint Joseph’s Living Center, Windham, CT., winter of 2006
• Assisted clients with skills to reach highest level of independence with ADLs
• Taught HEPs to improve strength, balance, endurance and range of motion
• Conducted home evaluations and recommended AE for client needs and safety

Hartford Public Schools, Hartford, CT., fall of 2005
• Engaged students in therapeutic activities to improve classroom skills
• Taught students how to use assistive technology and adaptive equipment

Volunteer work

NEAT Marketplace, Hartford, CT., summer of 2005
• Demonstrated assistive technologies to teachers, therapists and clients
• Researched and wrote a 60 page report on assistive technology funding

Webmaster of http://familyfunabilities.com, 1997 – present
• Developed an Internet resource and community for families with special needs

Education

Manchester Community College, Manchester, CT., 2004 - 2006
Occupational Therapy Assistant, GPA 3.97, A.S. degree,

Bay Path College, East Longmeadow, MA., 2003 - present
Occupational Therapy, Masters Degree in progress

Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT., 1980
Political Science - Psychology and C.S. concentrations, GPA 3.57, B.A. degree,

Professional Affiliations

AOTA and ConnOTA membership

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