Skills For Life
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我们的365bet官方网站职业治疗师是指导神经分化青少年和年轻人过渡到成年的专家. 他们对这种转变可能带来的独特挑战和机遇有着深刻的理解. 我们的职业治疗师与客户和他们的家庭合作，利用整体的方法来支持个人，因为他们拥抱这个新的生活阶段.
职业治疗师在使用有意义的活动(“职业”)——从学习如何做饭到找工作——作为手段和目的的方法上是独一无二的. 我们用生态的视角来帮助客户实现他们的目标，通过调整环境来适应他们的优势和需求. 正是通过这种基于证据的工作，职业治疗师赋予残疾人权力，让他们成为改变自己生活的推动者.
Our Process
Click through our process for partnering with clients to build skills:
步骤1: Assessing Needs
我们团队的一名成员与客户及其家庭进行磋商，以确定优势和需求领域.
步骤2: Identifying Goal Areas
One of our clinicians, an Occupational Therapist, joins the client’s team. OT与客户及其家人合作完成评估并确定目标领域.
步骤3: Creating Action Steps
The client breaks their goals into small action steps with support from the clinician.
步骤4: Prioritizing and Planning
客户和他们的临床医生合作确定目标的优先级，并为他们共同制定工作计划.
步骤5: Building Skills
Through weekly work with the clinician and follow-through during the week, the client builds skills, develops habits, learns and uses strategies, and leverages resources to meet their goals.
步骤6: Tracking Progress
Together, the client and their clinician track progress, using the client’s goals and action steps as metrics.
步骤7: Reaching Goals
When the client’s goals are reached, new goals are set or services are ended.
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Our Team
Jane Hannafin
Program DirectorJane Hannafin, MS, 工程/ L拥有The University of New Hampshire的职业治疗硕士学位和The University of New Hampshire的职业科学本科学位. 她在布伦特里康复医院的创伤性脑损伤科工作了几年之后，于2012年加入了365bet官方网站的团队. From 2012 to 2016, Jane worked in various capacities at Ivy Street, with a specific focus on the transition and vocational programs. Since 2016, Jane has been a founding partner of Ivy Street’s community-based program, “365bet官方网站”，她在社区与寻求更多独立的年轻人一起工作.
Brooke Howard
Executive Director, Ivy StreetBrooke Howard, MS, 工程/ L is the Executive Director of Ivy Street and a Skills for Life Occupational Therapist. 布鲁克拥有波士顿大学萨金特学院职业治疗硕士学位和奥柏林学院神经科学学士学位. 自2005年以来，布鲁克一直是一名持牌职业治疗师，自2009年以来一直在365bet官方网站工作. Before coming to Ivy Street, 她在方济各儿童医院从事住院和门诊康复工作，并监督门诊项目. 从2010年到2014年，布鲁克还在萨金特学院(Sargent College)的职业治疗系担任兼职教师. Brooke was a founding member of the transition program at Ivy Street and has continued to grow, develop and support the program since. Brooke was a founding partner of Ivy Street’s community-based program, Skills For Life where she works in the community with young adults who seek to gain more independence. Most recently, she became the Executive Director of Ivy Street, overseeing all of Ivy Street's programs, including Skills For Life.
Aileen Coen
Occupational TherapistAileen Coen, MS, 工程/ L拥有新罕布什尔大学职业治疗硕士和学士学位. Prior to joining the Skills for Life team, Aileen worked in home and community-based pediatrics. Through this role, 她开发了一套独特的技能，在水上和娱乐为基础的治疗方法，以促进调节, self-advocacy, leisure exploration, and motor development. Prior to transitioning into occupational therapy roles, Aileen worked in several areas of higher education, including Student Accessibility Services, research in vocational engagement and assistive technology, and teaching roles in pediatric development and anatomy. Growing up in a neurodiverse family, 艾琳对支持个人和家庭有很深的热情，因为他们发现和发展自己独特的独立目标, quality of life, and meaningful engagement.
Miranda Fox
Occupational TherapistMiranda Fox, 定单计划, 工程/ L拥有Tufts University的职业治疗硕士和博士学位，以及Elon University的公共卫生学士学位. Prior to Skills for Life, 米兰达在大波士顿地区的早期干预中心工作，帮助3岁到3岁之间有各种发育迟缓的儿童. She began working with the young adult population in 2018 through a community-based organization, Next Step, located in Cambridge, MA, which supports young adults living with chronic illnesses through their transition into adulthood. 她目前在儿童脑肿瘤基金会工作，在那里她正在进行有关社会参与的研究. 米兰达一直热衷于青少年和年轻人的护理，并喜欢与年轻人合作，促进他们的独立性和参与有意义的任务.
Kim Greenberg
Occupational TherapistKim Greenberg, 定单计划, 工程/ L拥有波士顿大学职业治疗博士学位和阿默斯特学院生物学和西班牙语文学学士学位. 她目前是麻省大学陈医学院的LEND研究员(神经发育和相关残疾的领导教育). 她还每天在查尔斯敦的斯波尔丁康复医院工作，并兼职研究患有智力/发育障碍和共同出现的精神健康需求的成年人. 她的兴趣包括帮助青少年和年轻人发展自我倡导和执行功能技能，以实现他们的目标，并支持他们在社区中的独立.
Tom Heneghan
Occupational TherapistTom Heneghan, MS, 工程/ L, 在女王大学获得职业治疗硕士学位，在卡尔顿大学获得健康科学本科学位. 汤姆之前是该地区一个自信社区治疗项目的成员，为患有复杂发育和精神健康状况的个人提供服务. He partnered with his young and older adult clients to identify ambitious personal, professional, and community goals and supported them as they navigated the complicated process of moving forward. Change can be challenging, and for this reason, Tom is always looking for a bit of levity and a chance to smile.
elly kalfus
Community Enrichment Coordinatorelly kalfus is a peer personal organizer who helps people get organized, so they can focus their energy where they want. elly grew up in the Bronx, NY and received a bachelor of arts degree in Literature from Brandeis University in 2013. elly is passionate about improv comedy, mental health, and antiracism, and is committed to challenging the prison industrial complex. elly has a background in criminal justice reform, 并在哥伦比亚大学获得了口述历史硕士学位，记录了马萨诸塞州囚犯争取投票权的历史. In 2019, elly launched her business, Organizing with empathy, informed by her ongoing work to get her life in order, which caters to Neurodivergent clients of all ages. In 2021, elly joined Skills for Life as the Community Enrichment Coordinator, 她在哪里促进客户之间的联系，帮助客户对自己的目标负责.
Jenna Saner
Occupational TherapistJenna Saner, 定单计划, 工程/ L has a master’s and Post-Professional Doctorate in Occupational Therapy from Boston University. She has an undergraduate degree in psychology from Connecticut College. 詹娜自2018年以来一直担任持牌职业治疗师，并于2022年加入了365bet官方网站团队. Prior to working at Skills for Life, she worked in inpatient mental health and substance use with both adolescents and adults. Jenna is passionate about supporting young adults in achieving the goals that are important to them.