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Helen Painter, OT-RL

Pediatrics Occupational Therapist

Gender: Female
Experience: 11 years

About Helen Painter, OT-RL

Helen Painter, OT-RL is a pediatrics occupational therapist, ergonomics occupational therapist, hand occupational therapist, human factors occupational therapist, neurorehabilitation occupational therapist, driving and community mobility occupational therapist, gerontology occupational therapist, mental health occupational therapist, physical rehabilitation occupational therapist, environmental modification occupational therapist, low vision occupational therapist, occupational therapist, and feeding, eating & swallowing occupational therapy assistant. Ms. Helen Painter has 11 years of experience in pediatric occupational therapy.

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Education

Helen Painter, OT-RL earned a degree of a Occupational Therapist, Registered, Licensed.

Licenses

Helen Painter, OT-RL has been registered with the National Provider Identifier database since October 11, 2012, and her NPI number is 1639421837.

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To schedule an appointment with Ms. Helen Painter, please call (509) 354-5982.

Pediatrics Occupational Therapist

Ms. Helen Painter is a Pediatrics Occupational Therapist in Spokane, WA with special training and skill in helping physically or mentally disabled children develop cognitive, motor, social, and self-care skills. As a Pediatrics Occupational Therapist, Helen Painter, OT-RL performs educational and physical learning exercises with children disabled by injury or illness. Pediatric Occupational Therapy is a medical specialty dedicated to helping disabled children gain personal independence by improving sensory, motor, visual perception, and social interaction skills. Significant diseases and conditions treated by Pediatric Occupational Therapists include impairments resulting from birth injuries or defects, sensory processing disorders, traumatic injuries, autism, childhood arthritis, spina bifida, multiple sclerosis (MS), Parkinson's disease, cerebral palsy, and many other conditions that affect children's motor and learning skills. Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Pediatric Occupational Therapists include play therapy, handwriting exercises, motor planning, gross motor coordination, sensory modulation, visual perception skills, and parental education.

Occupational therapists provide services to infants, toddlers and children who have or who are at risk for developmental delays or disabilities. Occupational therapy is concerned with a child's ability to participate in daily life activities or "occupations." Occupational therapists use their unique expertise to help children with social-emotional, physical, cognitive, communication, and adaptive behavioral challenges and to help children to be prepared for and perform important learning and school-related activities and to fulfill their rule as students. Through an understanding of the impact of disability, illness, and impairment on a child's development, plan, ability to learn new skills, and overall occupational performance, occupational therapists design interventions that promote healthy development, establish needed skills, and/or modify environments, all in support of participation in daily activities.

Pediatric Occupational Therapists in East Empire, Spokane, WA

Ergonomics Occupational Therapist

Ms. Helen Painter is an Ergonomics Occupational Therapist in Spokane, WA with special training and skill in activity analysis. As an Ergonomics Occupational Therapist, Helen Painter, OT-RL performs observation and activity analysis in business and corporate environments. Ergonomics Occupational Therapy is the management of injury risk factors in the workplace in order to improve employee safety, health, comfort, and productivity. Significant diseases and conditions treated by Ergonomics Occupational Therapists include stress, injuries, and disabilities. Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Ergonomics Occupational Therapists include identifying injury risk factors, adapting workplace environments and equipment accordingly, and creating employee education programs.

Ergonomics Occupational Therapists in East Empire, Spokane, WA

Hand Occupational Therapist

Ms. Helen Painter is a Hand Occupational Therapist in Spokane, WA with special training and skill in emphasizing the patient's performance of desired activities as the primary goal of therapy while improving the mobility and range of motion of damaged or dysfunctional hands or upper extremities. As a Hand Occupational Therapist, Helen Painter, OT-RL performs customized therapy protocols to improve hand and upper extremity functions. Hand Occupational Therapy is the rehabilitation of hands and upper extremities performed by occupational therapists who prioritize the patient's participation needs u2014 returning to the activities he or she finds fulfilling, necessary, and meaningful. Significant diseases and conditions treated by Hand Occupational Therapists include Dupuytrenu2019s contracture, carpal tunnel syndrome, arthritis, distal interphalangeal joint dislocations, tendonitis, fractures, burns, ulnar sided wrist pain, and nerve and tendon surgical repair. Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Hand Occupational Therapists include workstation evaluation and modification, healthy work habit training for employees, strengthening exercises, joint conservation and mobilization, sensory re-education, lymphedema management, edema control, pain management, wound care, custom splinting, and scar remodeling.

Hand Occupational Therapists in East Empire, Spokane, WA

Human Factors Occupational Therapist

Human Factors Occupational Therapists in East Empire, Spokane, WA

Neurorehabilitation Occupational Therapist

Neurorehabilitation Occupational Therapists in East Empire, Spokane, WA

Driving and Community Mobility Occupational Therapist

Ms. Helen Painter is a Driving and Community Mobility Occupational Therapist in Spokane, WA with special training and skill in enabling participation in daily activities. As a Driving and Community Mobility Occupational Therapist, Helen Painter, OT-RL performs services for patients of all ages in schools, hospitals, rehabilitation centers, and nursing homes. Driving and Community Mobility Occupational Therapy is the assessment and improvement of conditions that hinder patients' driving skills and ability to travel around their community safely. Significant diseases and conditions treated by Driving and Community Mobility Occupational Therapists include visual disorders, developmental disabilities, injuries, and neurodegenerative diseases. Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Driving and Community Mobility Occupational Therapists include patient evaluation, driving education, strength and motion restoration, and alternative transportation planning.

Occupational therapists can optimize and prolong an older driver's ability to drive safely and ease the transition to other forms of transportation if driving cessation becomes necessary. By identifying strengths as well as physical or cognitive challenges, occupational therapists can evaluate an individual's overall ability to operate a vehicle safely and recommend assistive devices or behavioral changes to limit risks. Occupational therapy practitioners offer a continuum of services related to community mobility, from evaluation of driving performance, through counseling and support for lifestyle changes, to maintaining independence and quality of life.

Driving And Community Mobility Occupational Therapists in East Empire, Spokane, WA

Gerontology Occupational Therapist

Ms. Helen Painter is a Gerontology Occupational Therapist in Spokane, WA with special training and skill in increasing the quality of life and independence of patients with disabilities, trauma, or sicknesses that restrict their ability to perform simple and complex everyday activities. As a Gerontology Occupational Therapist, Helen Painter, OT-RL performs ability assessments, fall prevention environmental modifications, safe movement strategies, longevity education, and emotional support. Gerontology Occupational Therapy is used to help the elderly stay as functional and independent as possible. Significant diseases and conditions treated by Gerontology Occupational Therapists include arthritis, hearing loss, vision loss, balance loss, post-stroke paralysis, ALS, dementia, and Alzheimer's. Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Gerontology Occupational Therapists include identifying patientu2019s weaknesses, strengths, and risk factors; assessing cognitive function which affects the ability to learn new, safer ways of doing daily tasks; and crafting environment modification and physical therapy protocols.

Occupational therapists work with older adults in virtually every setting: assisted living, wellness programs, hospitals, nursing homes, senior centers, clinics and in the home. Occupational therapists bring an understanding of the importance of participation and occupation for overall well-being to those who are experiencing disabling conditions related to aging. The primary overarching goal of occupational therapy services with this population is to maximize independence and participation, thereby enabling an older person to continue to live successfully in his or her chosen environment. Occupational therapists can help older adults by developing strategies to help or maintain safety and well-being, to assist with life transitions, and to compensate for challenges they experience in activities of daily living, instrumental activities of daily living, leisure participation, social participation, and productive activities.

Gerontology Occupational Therapists in East Empire, Spokane, WA

Mental Health Occupational Therapist

Occupational therapists provide treatment for people recovering from a mental or physical illness to regain their independence and stability and to engage in normal daily occupations (work, home, family life, school, leisure). Occupational therapists provide particular emphasis on interventions that result in improved quality of life and decrease hospitalization.

Mental Health Occupational Therapists in East Empire, Spokane, WA

Physical Rehabilitation Occupational Therapist

Ms. Helen Painter is a Physical Rehabilitation Occupational Therapist in Spokane, WA with special training and skill in helping patients regain lost mobility after an illness, injury, or impairment. As a Physical Rehabilitation Occupational Therapist, Helen Painter, OT-RL performs physical exercises centered on helping patients regain physical strength, mobility, flexibility, and independence while reducing or eliminating related pain. Physical Rehabilitation Occupational Therapy is a medical specialty focusing on helping patients regain physical strength and mobility lost or impaired due to illness or injury. Significant diseases and conditions treated by Physical Rehabilitation Occupational Therapists include injury or impairment after traumatic illness or injury such as stroke, brain damage, and spinal cord injury, post-surgical recovery, athletic injury, impairment from congenital birth defects, and chronic conditions like multiple sclerosis (MS). Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Physical Rehabilitation Occupational Therapists include diagnostic imaging, mobility and pain assessment, physical exercise planning and execution, assistive devices and technology, medical massage, and patient education.

Occupational therapists are experts at helping people lead as independent a life as possible. Occupational therapists bring an understanding of the physical and psychological implications of illness and injury and their effects on peoples' ability to perform the tasks of daily living. Occupational therapists provide interventions that can aide a person in completing ADL and IADL tasks, such as dressing, bathing, preparing meals, and driving. They also may fabricate custom orthotics to improve function, evaluate the environment for safety hazards and recommend adaptations to remove those hazards, help a person compensate for cognitive changes, and build a persons' physical endurance and strength. Occupational therapists' knowledge of adapting tasks and modifying the environment to compensate for functional limitations is used to increase the involvement of clients and to promote safety and success.

Physical Rehabilitation Occupational Therapists in East Empire, Spokane, WA

Environmental Modification Occupational Therapist

Ms. Helen Painter is an Environmental Modification Occupational Therapist in Spokane, WA with special training and skill in environmental modification beyond that of a general occupational therapist. As an Environmental Modification Occupational Therapist, Helen Painter, OT-RL performs modification of a patient's home, work, or school environment. Environmental Modification Occupational Therapy is the change or adaptation of a patient's environment to ensure their safety and independence in performing daily activities. Significant diseases and conditions treated by Environmental Modification Occupational Therapists include impaired senses, arthritis, cerebral palsy, Parkinson's disease, and stroke. Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Environmental Modification Occupational Therapists include analyzing a patient's environmental needs and disruptors, strengthening a patient's skills, providing patients with devices and assistive technology, and consulting during new construction or building rehab projects.

Occupational therapy practitioners are experts at identifying the cause of difficulties in performance of activities of daily living and instrumental activities of daily living. Occupational therapy practitioners evaluate the client, their environment, and their occupational performance in that environment, as well as make recommendations for products to improve the fit between the client, place, and activity. Occupational therapists can evaluate both the skills of the client and the environmental features that support or limit the performance of meaningful or necessary activities, thereby enhancing health, safety and well-being. Based on this assessment, they recommend modification and intervention strategies that improve the fit between the person and his or her environment.

Environmental Modification Occupational Therapists in East Empire, Spokane, WA

Low Vision Occupational Therapist

Occupational therapists enable children and adults with visual impairment to engage in their chosen daily living activities safely and as independently as possible. This is accomplished by 1) teaching the person to use their remaining vision as efficiently as possible to complete activities; (2) modifying activities so that they can be completed with less vision; (3) training the person in use of adaptive equipment to compensate for vision loss, including high and low technology assistive devices; and (4) modifying the person's environment.

Low Vision Occupational Therapists in East Empire, Spokane, WA

Occupational Therapist

Ms. Helen Painter is an Occupational Therapist in Spokane, WA with special training and skill in holistically treating injured, ill, or disabled patients through therapeutic activities that help them develop, recover, improve, and maintain the skills needed for daily living and working. As an Occupational Therapist, Helen Painter, OT-RL performs rehabilitation of patients with mental, emotional, and physical disabilities by planning and administering medically prescribed occupational therapy. Occupational Therapy is physiological treatment of patients recuperating from physical or mental illness that encourages rehabilitation through the performance of activities required in daily life. Significant diseases and conditions treated by Occupational Therapists include work related upper extremity injuries, amputees and people with special prosthetics, stroke or heart attack victims, arthritis, multiple sclerosis or permanent disabilities patients, patients with head injuries and mental disabilities, severe burn and spinal cord trauma patients. Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Occupational Therapists include individualized evaluation to determine the patient's goals; customized intervention to improve the patient's ability to perform daily activities, and outcome evaluation to ensure that the goals are being met and/or intervention plan adjusted.

An occupational therapist is a person who has graduated from an entry-level occupational therapy program accredited by the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education (ACOTE) or predecessor organizations, or approved by the World Federation of Occupational Therapists (WFOT), or an equivalent international occupational therapy education program; has successfully completed a period of supervised fieldwork experience required by the occupational therapy program; has passed a nationally recognized entry-level examination for occupational therapists, and fulfills state requirements for licensure, certification, or registration. An occupational therapist provides interventions based on evaluation and which emphasize the therapeutic use of everyday life activities (i.e., occupations) with individuals or groups for the purpose of facilitating participation in roles and situations and in home, school, workplace, community and other settings. Occupational therapy services are provided for the purpose of promoting health and wellness and are provided to those who have or are at risk for developing an illness, injury, disease, disorder, condition, impairment, disability, activity limitation, or participation restriction. Occupational therapists address the physical, cognitive, psychosocial, sensory, and other aspects of occupational performance in a variety of contexts to support engagement in everyday life activities that affect health, well-being, and quality of life.

Occupational Therapists in East Empire, Spokane, WA

Feeding, Eating & Swallowing Occupational Therapy Assistant

Occupational therapy assistants provide environmental modifications under the supervision of an occupational therapist. OTAs develop and implement an individualized occupational therapy environmental modification plan that reflects the relevant contexts of the client and relevant others and maximizes current and future occupational performance, safety, and participation of the client. Clients receive environmental modification recommendations and interventions that enable them to meet occupational performance and participation goals and that have adequate flexibility to accommodate for their future needs.

Feeding Eating Swallowing Occupational Therapy Assistants in East Empire, Spokane, WA

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