Andrea Young
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Assistant Professor, Occupational Therapy
- Academic Fieldwork Coordinator
Contact Info
- Email: andrea.young@UND.edu
- Office: 307.268.2408
Office Address
Life Science
125 College Dr
Casper, WY 82601-4612
https://med.und.edu/education-training/occupational-therapy/
Biography
Personal Statement
Andrea holds a professional certification in occupational therapy and is licensed as an occupational therapist in the states of Wyoming and North Dakota. Andrea has served the profession of occupational therapy as a clinician, educator, and lifelong learner. As an occupational therapist in the clinical setting, she utilized evidence-based practice as a guiding tool to serve clients and stakeholder needs. She has continued to do the same in the academic setting for the past eight years. With a rich experience of gathering information about clients and analyzing their valued occupations Andrea has determined an appropriate course of therapy that is purposeful and occupation-based for clients. She has taught students to have a passion for the roots of occupational therapy, focused on occupation, as they learn and grow their confidence and skills in carrying out the occupational therapy process. Andrea has facilitated student learning throughout the curricular experience, fieldwork experiences, and capstone experiences by helping students recognize their strengths. She invests time and effort to help students determine ways in which to integrate personal interests in the learning process, and pursue the broad array of settings and paths that occupational therapy careers have to offer.
Level I and II Fieldwork
Integration and Fieldwork
Neuromusculoskeletal and movement related functions
Community-based interventions
Anatomy
Interprofessional Health Care
Community-based practice, meeting occupational and living needs of oder adults; increasing opportunities for parents and caregivers to meet their personal occupational needs; increasing accessibility to leisure and recreational occupations for persons with alternate abilities; fostering fieldwork experiences that benefit occupational therapy students and their occupational therapy fieldwork educators; developing occupational therapy roles within academic settings to facilitate youth transitions from high school to college
Occupational Therapist, Instructor and Assistant Professor, Casper, Wyoming - University of North Dakota
Occupational Therapist, Outpatient Health clinic, Casper, Wyoming
· Occupational health services including industrial business fit-for-duty and job specific testing as well as pre-employment screenings.
Occupational Therapist, Inpatient Rehabilitation Hospital, Casper Wyoming
· Evaluation of clients, development and implementation of care plan in collaboration with clients and rehabilitation team to facilitate client’s progress toward goals for discharge needs.
Occupational Therapist, Employment Health service
· Occupational health and services including, functional capacity evaluations, industrial business fit-for-duty and job specific testing.
Occupational Therapist, Skilled Nursing Facility, Casper, Wyoming
· Evaluation, development and implementation of care plan for clients in collaboration with clients and rehabilitation team to facilitate client’s progress toward goals.
Professional Organizations:
American Occupational Therapy Association - member
Wyoming Occupational Therapy Association - member
North Dakota Occupational Therapy Association - member
National Board for Certification of Occupational Therapy - current in OT licensure
Occupational Therapy Areas of interest:
Underserved populations, use of occupation to serve population and client needs, community-based occupational therapy opportunities, and many more:)