2. The Care Center
Pediatric Physical, Occupational, and Speech Therapy
Located on Anderson Highway in Greenville, SC
3. Site Description
Large, open therapy gym
Sensory room
Private treatment rooms
Indoor aquatic therapy pool
Outdoor therapeutic playground
4. The Gym
All three of the types
of therapies work
together in this space
according to their
patients’ needs
5. Sensory Room
The sensory room is a quiet space
where kids who have trouble being in
a room with others can go
It also is useful for sensory
supportive, therapeutic processes
that patients with sensory issues
may find beneficial
6. OT Treatment Room
One of the three treatment rooms for
occupational therapy with a desk for
the patients to work and a drawer full
of seemingly unlimited crafts
supplies!
7. Occupational Therapy
Department
The OT department works to improve performance,
independence with activities of daily living, and sensory
processing skills and to help with the development of
fine motor and visual motor skills
The Care Center has a multi-sensory environment that
can be tailored to the patient’s needs and encourage
relaxation, choice making, improve attention span, and
promote interaction with others
8. OT Goals at TCC
Improve focus, attention and behavior
Increasing fine motor and upper body strength
Improving skills for school and self-care
Encouraging development of social skills
Increasing self-esteem and independence
Normalizing sensory integration/process
9. The Occupational Therapists
The OT department at The Care Center consists of
three therapists that each work with the majority of the
patients
Connie, the OT, does all of the new patient evaluations
and re-evaluations
Tricia and Becci, the COTAs, have some patients that
only one of them sees and some patients that they
switch off seeing throughout the week
10. The Occupational Therapists
Continued
Connie O’Niell, OCC who graduated with a degree in
Occupational therapy from St. Ambrose University
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11. The Occupational Therapists
Continued
Tricia Woodward, COTA/L who graduated from Brown
Mackie College
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12. The Occupational Therapists
Continued
Becci Johnson, COTA who received her AAS from OTA from
Cape Fear Community College
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13. My Role at The Care Center
Most days consisted of the following:
Observing the OT’s new patient evaluations
Playing games with patients to help them learn their
letters, numbers, capitals vs. lower case, etc.
Working with patients on sensory issues by letting them
play in sensory boxes and working with different mediums
such as paint, shampoo, play-doh, and shaving cream
Watching different video lessons with patients to work on
certain behavioral skills
Helping with crafts and games that improved fine motor
skills
14. My Role Continued
In addition to working with the patients I also:
Helped clean the equipment that was used
Helped put away all the toys or tools that were pulled out
Organized drawers and cabinets
Shredded old paperwork and patient information
Helped get things ready for patients before they came in
for their session
15. The Care Center’s Mission
Statement
We seek to educate the family on the child’s diagnosis
and assist in guiding medical professionals who will
enhance their child’s road to success. The staff is
committed to going the extra mile to ensure everything
possible is being done to secure the success of the
child.
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16. The Care Center’s Approach
TCC uses a team approach to successfully enhance
every part of the child’s development
They focus on the entire needs of the child and their
family
They work alongside the physicians, orthotists, and
DME providers that are involved in the child’s care
TCC helps educate the family of the patients on the
child’s diagnosis and helps guide them to medical
professionals who may best help the child
17. Projects
My main project was getting ready for the
Celebration Service
I created a 15 minute slideshow with over
400 pictures of patients in therapy and at
different Care Center events over the
years
I helped create the tickets for the raffle
I made and decorated the box for the
tickets to go in
I attended the service and helped seat
guests and helped ensure the slideshow
worked and everything ran smoothly
18. Other Projects
I did research on different books for parents of strong-willed
children, reading all the reviews and seeing which ones were
the most beneficial to parents and discussed with Connie
which ones seemed the best to recommend
I created a board game for a patient with ASD who only likes
to participate in games that have to do with his favorite
singers
19. Conclusion
My experience at The Care Center was not only the most
fun internship I could have imagined, but it taught me so
much about occupational therapy and pediatrics
The entire staff team is very caring and eager to teach
students
They are always willing to answer questions and talk about
their experiences
I will be starting OT school this summer feeling so much
more confident that this is the field I want to be in, and I
have The Care Center to thank for that
