Kendra Cooper

Duke of Edinburgh Gold Award in Canada recipient, 1987
Therapist of the Month, December 2018 - Global Teletherapy
Repeated awards for promoting student attendance, awards for Arizona Virtual Academy 2019-2020

Developed and led an Occupational Therapy Interest Group in Mental Health in London, ON (1992)
Developed and oversaw OT and COTA Internship Program at Oakland General Hospital Mental Health inpatient unit, Madison Heights, MI (1994)
Regularly mentor other occupational therapy practitioners while sharing my expertise in mental health, telehealth, and school-based practice
Since 2019, established myself as an expert in the telehealth model of occupational therapy service provision, regularly sharing information and teaching other practitioners. This has included:
- Poster presentations at AOTA and Pennsylvania Occupational Therapy Annual Conferences
- Numerous webinar presentations for Pennsylvania Occupational Therapy Annual Conferences and Arizona Occupational Therapy Association Annual Conferences and SIS meetings
- Webinar presentation for McComb Community College Occupational Therapy Assistant Program, Annual Advocate and Educate Conference
- Meeting emergency need for education and training to occupational therapy practitioners who were suddenly faced with the transition to a telehealth service delivery model at the onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic through an evening webinar series for the Pennsylvania Occupational Therapy Association, a live recorded educational online interview with Q and A and resources for a nationally known OT Blogger who focuses on school-based practice, virtual individual consultation to numerous occupational therapy practitioners across the country

Mentored several occupational therapists with the transition from face-to-face to virtual evaluations of students throughout the state of Arizona and as a guest Telehealth expert panelist for a Capstone student presentation 2021 for Indiana University-Purdue University and Indiana Occupational Therapy Association
Published article in the Journal Occupational Therapy in Health Care in October 7, 2021: The Transition to Occupational Therapy in Telehealth: Lessons Learned. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/07380577.2021.1972382
Currently serve as Lead/Managing Occupational Therapist for Arizona Virtual Academy, a position that allows me to share my expertise as a school-based OT while leading a staff of therapists on a daily basis
I have a passion and love of OT and see membership in the OTLLS as one more way I can support the profession

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