Next Level Occupational Therapy

Kara Welke, OTD, OTR/L, CLT creator of the Next Level Occupational Therapy platform interviews Shainna Young, OT. She became an entrepreneur when her 9-5 job was not matching her work-life balance. She started a home healthcare agency through a partner called Optonome. Shainna’s skillset is in vestibular and visual rehab as well as her focus in neuro and developmental disabilities. When she is not working she is preparing therapy mission trips to Spanish Speaking Countries. Her focus is on containing sustainability within these international countries such as in orphanages and nursing homes.

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This Podcast is sponsored by our Therapy Business Builder program, where we help healthcare professionals start their own business from the ground up. https://www.nextlevelot.com/therapybusinessbuilder2020

For more details on Optonome check out: https://www.optonome.com/provider247/https://www.facebook.com/groups/2513926128839848/

Kara Welke, OTD, OTR/L, CLT creator of the Next Level Occupational Therapy platform interviews Emma Grace Cramer an Occupational Therapy student at Eastern Michigan University. Emma graduated from Columbia College in Chicago with a BA in Cultural Studies in 2013. After graduation, she moved back to Michigan and worked as a preschool and toddler teacher, while she worked on the prerequisites for the OT program. Emma finished her 200-hour yoga teacher training in 2014 and has been self-employed as a yoga teacher part-time ever since. She specializes in adaptive yoga. Emma is able to adapt her classes so that all students can explore and feel safe! Emma co-owns a paddleboard yoga company, called Root SUP, where she teaches weekly classes in the summer and runs an annual training program for other yoga teachers to learn how to teach on the water. Emma has also recently launched an online course, Principles of Peace: External to Internal, that guides students through the first two limbs of yoga, the Yamas and Niyamas, in order to learn more about themselves.

Check out our Next Level website for a FREE Start-Up Checklist and Business Plan and to join our FREE Next Level OT FB group, plus lots more: https://www.nextlevelot.com/home

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This Podcast is sponsored by our Therapy Business Builder program, where we help healthcare professionals start their own business from the ground up. https://www.nextlevelot.com/therapybusinessbuilder2020

Emma's website: https://emszagrace.com

Emma's online course: https://emszagrace.com/principles-of-peace

Emma's paddleboard company: https://www.root-sup.com

Kara Welke, OTD, OTR/L, CLT creator of the Next Level Occupational Therapy platform interviews Heather Shields. Heather has been an Occupational Therapist since 1997 and is a Certified Driving Rehabilitation Specialist. She provides the only door to door driving rehabilitation service in Maine. She specializes in working with people with all medical conditions, seniors, and young adults with special needs. Heather’s focus is to help people remain driving safely for as long as possible. Some people require adaptive equipment. Others need different vehicles. Most need to refine their driving skills and habits. Heather works closely with physicians, therapists, clients, family members and local vendors. Heather is experienced in knowing when it is safe to continue driving and when it is time to explore driving retirement. If retiring from driving is the safest option, then Heather will explore their community to find transportation alternatives and is willing to practice learning how to use them.

Check out our Next Level website for a FREE Start-Up Checklist and Business Plan and to join our FREE Next Level OT FB group, plus lots more: https://www.nextlevelot.com/home

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This Podcast is sponsored by our Therapy Business Builder program, where we help healthcare professionals start their own business from the ground up. https://www.nextlevelot.com/therapybusinessbuilder2020

Heather's Website: https://pathwaysrehabservices.com/about/

Kara Welke, OTD, OTR/L, CLT creator of the Next Level Occupational Therapy platform interviews Trish Williams. Trish has been an Occupational Therapist for over 25 years. She holds a BA (Kinesiology) 1991, University of Western Ontario; BHScOT 1994, McMaster University, Occupational Therapy. She was a Professional Associate and Admissions Committee Member, Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine, McMaster University, 2001-2004; and she is currently an Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Alberta (2011-current). She is also one of the founding faculty of the Calgary Campus for the U of A Department of Occupational Therapy.

Starting Spring Occupational Therapy, a pediatric multidisciplinary rehabilitation clinic was born out of the desire to provide a boutique, high touch experience for families and kids with sensory needs. Now in its 6th year of operations, Spring OT has expanded to its current 1700 sq foot dwelling; an old, character home filled with hardwood and large windows that now offers OT, SLP, and Behavioural Strategy in its range of services. Over 50% of clients are private pay and yearly revenue continues to build toward the mid-six-figure range.

Professionally, she is proudest of making the switch from therapist to CEO, and she embraces that role by now providing the same high-end client experience, once reserved solely for her therapy families, to OT entrepreneurs as a business coach. Her niche is helping OTs who know they need to move from hustle to scaling, in order to find more time to grow their business, make more money, and create a bigger impact.

Check out our Next Level website for a FREE Start-Up Checklist and Business Plan and to join our FREE Next Level OT FB group, plus lots more: https://www.nextlevelot.com/home

Become an OT Visionary! https://www.nextlevelot.com/nextlevelotvisionaries

This Podcast is sponsored by our Therapy Business Builder program, where we help healthcare professionals start their own business from the ground up. https://www.nextlevelot.com/therapybusinessbuilder2020

Trish Williams Contact Info:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/trish.williams.733

Instagram: willever

OT Entrepreneur Summit: otentrepreneursummit.com

Kara Welke, OTD, OTR/L, CLT creator of the Next Level Occupational Therapy platform and Dr. Javier Carlin DPT interview Douglene Jackson, PhD, OTR/L, LMT, ATP; Lisa Haverly, OTR/L, Angela Bender, OTR/L, and Holly Masters, COTA to discuss the different courses and products they have created.

Check out our Next Level website for a FREE Start-Up Checklist and Business Plan and to join our FREE Next Level OT FB group, plus lots more: https://www.nextlevelot.com/home

Become an OT Visionary! https://www.nextlevelot.com/nextlevelotvisionaries

This Podcast is sponsored by our Therapy Business Builder program, where we help healthcare professionals start their own business from the ground up. https://www.nextlevelot.com/therapybusinessbuilder2020

Kara Welke, OTD, OTR/L, CLT creator of the Next Level Occupational Therapy platform interviews Deb Jandzio, OTR/L, Certified Aging in Place Specialist.

Deb is an Occupational therapist with over 25 years’ experience working with older adults as a manager in assisted living facility outpatient clinics and managing skilled nursing centers. In 2018 she started a home-based (outpatient) occupational therapy business for older adults called Pinnacle Home Therapy, LLC.

With a focus on outpatient OT and home assessments, home modifications for accessibility, Deb has been working with a local contractor to modify older adults’ homes through the Pennsylvania Aging Waiver. Deb obtained her Certified Aging in Place (CAPS) in 2015.

Check out our Next Level website for a FREE Start-Up Checklist and Business Plan and to join our FREE Next Level OT FB group, plus lots more: https://www.nextlevelot.com/home

Become an OT Visionary! https://www.nextlevelot.com/nextlevelotvisionaries

This Podcast is sponsored by our Therapy Business Builder program, where we help healthcare professionals start their own business from the ground up. https://www.nextlevelot.com/therapybusinessbuilder2020

Kara Welke, OTD, OTR/L, CLT creator of the Next Level Occupational Therapy platform interviews Emily Kulesza who is an occupational therapist from New Jersey and graduated from Quinnipiac University. During her time in college, she hoped to combine her passions for occupational therapy, functional fitness and holistic approaches to health and wellness.

Within the first year of her career as an occupational therapist, she created Growth Nutrition LLC so she can help all adults, with or without health challenges, to build healthy habits and fitness into their lives so that they can achieve and maintain their goals, and finally get their health under control.

In addition to being a licensed occupational therapist, Emily is also a Certified Precision Nutrition Level 1 Coach, Crossfit Level 1 trainer, and is Graston Technique M1 trained. Her main focus with her clients is using a collaborative approach to implement incremental habits that result in long-term and sustained improvements to improve their health and quality of life.

Check out our Next Level website for a FREE Start-Up Checklist and Business Plan and to join our FREE Next Level OT FB group, plus lots more: https://www.nextlevelot.com/home

Become an OT Visionary! https://www.nextlevelot.com/nextlevelotvisionaries

This Podcast is sponsored by our Therapy Business Builder program, where we help healthcare professionals start their own business from the ground up. https://www.nextlevelot.com/therapybusinessbuilder2020

Website: www.ot-growth.com

Facebook: @OT.growth

Private FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/172485870642800/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/growth-nutrition-llc/

Email: [email protected]

Kara Welke, OTD, OTR/L, CLT creator of the Next Level Occupational Therapy platform interviews Erin Lindberg who has been an Occupational Therapist since 2001. She has always had a passion to help and serve others. She chose the field of Occupational Therapy due to the holistic nature of the profession and her fascination with the mind-body connection. She graduated from the School of Medicine and Health Sciences at the University of North Dakota with a minor in Psychology.

Throughout her career, she has practiced in various settings and leadership. Erin discovered her calling in 2004 when she began her holistic therapy journey with John F. Barnes and his Myofascial Release approach. The personal experience created an understanding and empathy for women suffering from pelvic health issues, which led her to expand her holistic practice into women’s health in 2010.

Erin is passionate about whole-body health and hands-on individualized care, without the constraints and restrictions of insurance and large corporations. This sparked entrepreneurship with a non-traditional service model that provides comprehensive holistic care to clients that aligned with her personal and professional goals. In 2018, she opened her cash-based, holistic OT practice and multidisciplinary holistic health collaborative.

This came with challenges and learning experiences due to the limited resources for Occupational Therapists who want to start their own business. Erin’s mission is to empower clients through holistic OT practice and mentor professionals on expanding beyond their traditional OT role.

Check out our Next Level website for a FREE Start-Up Checklist and Business Plan and to join our FREE Next Level OT FB group, plus lots more: https://www.nextlevelot.com/home

Become an OT Visionary! https://www.nextlevelot.com/nextlevelotvisionaries

This Podcast is sponsored by our Therapy Business Builder program, where we help healthcare professionals start their own business from the ground up. https://www.nextlevelot.com/therapybusinessbuilder2020

Erin's Facebook Group: https://facebook.com/groups/whotwomenwant

Erin's Website: http://www.integrativetherapiesandwellness.com/?fbclid=IwAR2gSsz6w-3jouKF8eNK1UbyBXe-Nmc6gE5duniqPbpO1_FoYefI4NXAQOg

Kara Welke, OTD, OTR/L, CLT creator of the Next Level Occupational Therapy platform interviews Jill Garaffa, MS, OTR/L, CPC. Jill is an NJ licensed occupational therapist & professional certified life coach that has been in practice for over 27 years. Through combining the science of occupational therapy with the art of life coaching, Jill is able to produce breakthrough results for her clients in areas of life that matter to them. Jill’s primary focus with clients is on creating a powerful mindset which enhances the quality of life in the areas of career, relationships, and health.

Check out our Next Level website for a FREE Start-Up Checklist and Business Plan and to join our FREE Next Level OT FB group, plus lots more: https://www.nextlevelot.com/home

Become an OT Visionary! https://www.nextlevelot.com/nextlevelotvisionaries

This Podcast is sponsored by our Therapy Business Builder program, where we help healthcare professionals start their own business from the ground up. https://www.nextlevelot.com/therapy-business-builder

Jill Garaffa's Website: https://seedsofchangecoaching.com/

Kara Welke, OTD, OTR/L, CLT creator of the Next Level Occupational Therapy platform interviews Aaron Shaw OTR/L, CHT, CSCS is an occupational therapist, certified hand therapist, and certified strength and conditioning specialist with 24 years of clinical experience. He is a recognized expert in the shoulder, arm and hands rehabilitation with a passion for hands-on manual therapy, custom orthosis fabrication, and functional exercise performance. Aaron is an author and speaker with a passion for topics including shoulder biomechanics and strategies to bridge the gap between rehabilitation and personal training.

In April 2015 Aaron founded MoveMend, Seattle’s only neighborhood-based clinic specializing in rehabilitation of the shoulder, arm and hand and post-injury personal training. Since opening, the practice has grown to include physical therapy and massage, expanding the functional approach to rehabilitation to include the entire body.

Check out our Next Level website for a FREE Start-Up Checklist and Business Plan and to join our FREE Next Level OT FB group, plus lots more: https://www.nextlevelot.com/home

Become an OT Visionary! https://www.nextlevelot.com/nextlevelotvisionaries

This Podcast is sponsored by our Therapy Business Builder program, where we help healthcare professionals start their own business from the ground up. https://www.nextlevelot.com/therapy-business-builder

Aaron Shaw's Website: https://www.movemend.info/