Daniel Cooper

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About Daniel Cooper

Daniel Cooper, MOT, OTR/L dcooper2424@gmail.com Work Experience Care First Rehab, Cary NC (Outpatient) 8/2/21-2/28/22 • Evaluation and treatment of patients with orthopedic conditions, neurological disease/disorders, developmental delay, and other debility. • Clinical reasoning regarding selection of appropriate rehabilitation goals, patient education, manual therapy, therapeutic activities/exercises, adaptive equipment recommendations, home safety, home exercise programs, and modalities. • Multiple disciplinary collaboration between occupational therapy, speech therapy, physical therapy, and external referral sources. • Functioned independently as sole occupational therapist for treatment of adult patients. Riverside Medical Center, Kankakee IL (Outpatient Hand) 3/26/20-6/4/21 • Evaluation and treatment of patients with orthopedic conditions in hand specialty setting. • In collaboration with an orthopedic hand surgeon, administered appropriate rehabilitation goals, patient education, orthosis fabrication, manual therapy, therapeutic exercises, home exercise programs, and modalities. • Mentorship and supervision of a Certified Hand Therapist (CHT). • Collaboration with team of occupational therapists, management, support staff, physicians, nursing staff, administrative staff, and external referral sources. Education Master of Occupational Therapy December 2019 Governors State University, University Park, IL Bachelor of Science May 2016 Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI Licensure Licensed Occupational Therapist National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy (NBCOT) State of North Carolina (NCBOT) Basic Life Support Certification Physical Agent Modality Certification Memberships American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) American Society for Hand Therapists (ASHT)