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SUSAN GREGORY O.T.Reg. (Ont.)

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Member of the Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists, the Ontario Society of Occupational Therapists and the College of Occupational Therapists of Ontario. Graduate in Occupational Therapy, Edinburgh, Scotland.

Experienced in clinical, administrative and research positions in the area of pediatric and adult neurology, community care and bio-feedback. Presented papers in Canada, US, Scotland, England and Australia.

In 1982 initiated the use of technology and computer-assisted therapy as an integral part of client-centred community occupational therapy practice. In 1992 established a private practice group, Susan Gregory O.T.(C), to provide cost-effective community occupational therapy and computer-assisted therapy to clients recovering from Head Injury and Stroke and for students with Learning Disabilities. In April 1997 the company name was changed to Susan Gregory & Associates to reflect the important contributions made by the Associates and the increased availability of services.

Work Experience

Provides community occupational therapy services to clients recovering from Head Injury and Stroke, and to students with Learning Disabilities. Established computer-assisted therapy programs for clients living in Metropolitan Toronto, Wawa to the north, Nanticoke to the south, London to the west; and Belleville to the east. Purchasers of service include individual clients, professionals, Insurance Companies, Corporations and the Workplace Safety Insurance Board.
SGA provides occupational therapy, computer consultation and computer instruction
 

and Inter-Action Keating and Greenblatt

Provided occupational therapy services on a freelance basis.

1974 – 1978  The Wellesley Hospital, Toronto

Senior Occupational Therapist Initiated and coordinated HemiSphere - a continuing management program for stroke patients and their families. Worked with the Health Care Research Unit, University of Toronto, to develop an instrument to measure changes in the activities of daily living, social activities, feelings and family relationships of stroke patients.

1973 - 1974  Ontario Crippled Children's Centre, Toronto

Staff occupational therapist. Worked in "Parent Information Service."

Ontario Crippled Children's Centre, Toronto Research Therapist - "Bio-engineering in the management of the cerebral palsy child."

1968 - 1972   Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh

Head Occupational Therapist. Worked in Neurological and Spins Bifida Research Unit with Dr. T.T.S. Ingram, Paediatric Neurologist of the Department of Child Life & Health, University of Edinburgh. Assessed and treated children with cerebral palsy and learning difficulties.

1964 - 1967   Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh

Senior Occupational Therapist.

1962 -1964     Bridge of Earn Rehabilitation Centre, Scotland

Occupational Therapist.

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Education

• M.B.A.O.T. - diploma in Occupational Therapy, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1962
• Post graduate course in the treatment of cerebral palsy, run by Dr. Bertha Bobath, London, 1970
• Post graduate course "Sensory Integration Evaluation Workshop" run by Dr Jean Ayres, Montreal, October, 1973
• Theory and Practice of Program Evaluation, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, September, 1977
• Special interest workshop in Symbol Communication, Bliss symbols and the Adult, Toronto, 1978
• “Remediatlon and Management of Cognitive and Perceptual Problems in Brain Damaged Adults,” New York University Centre, 1981- Dr. Diller and Dr. Ben Yishay.
• Closing The Gap Computer Technology Conference for People with Special Needs – Minneapolis, Minnesota, October 1991, 1992, 1993 and 1998.
• Applied Cognitive Rehabilitation Seminar, Philadelphia, March 1996
• The New Automobile Insurance Legislation - "How it will affect the brain injured client." Thomson, Rogers and Head Injury Association of Toronto, September 1996.
• Acquired Brain Injury Claims - Insight Conference, Toronto, September 1996.
• Institute for Work and Health, Forum on Rehabilitation, October 1996
• Self-employment and Private Practice Seminar for Occupational Therapists, Toronto, October 1996.
• “Acquired Brain Injury: Ethical Issues Across the Continuum,” Metropolitan Toronto Acquired Brain Injury Network and Rehabilitation Institute of Toronto, October 24, 1997. (Exhibit)
• “Conquering the New Challenges of the MVA Sector,” Ontario Society of Occupational Therapists, November 25, 1998.
• 2nd Inter-Urban Brain Injury Conference, Toronto, September 30-October 1, 1999. (Exhibit)
• “How to Manage the Acquired Brain Injury Claim in Paediatric and Adult Cases,” Insight, Toronto, October 7, 1999. (Exhibit)
• “Catastrophic Injury” Under Bill 59, Toronto, November 12-13, 1998.
• Special Education in Technology, Bloorview MacMillan Centre, Toronto, November 18-19, 1999.
• “From Patient to Person. A holistic approach to Recovery from Acquired Brain Injury.” Community Rehabilitation and Integration Services and Headway, Whitby, Ontario, Aril 12, 2000.
• “Applied Cognitive Rehabilitation Seminar.” The Society of Cognitive Rehabilitation, Inc., Albuquerque, New Mexico, May 4-7, 2000.
• “Neurotrauma 2000.” Rehabilitation Management Inc., Toronto, June 8, 2000.
• “Practical Strategies for the Rehabilitation of Executive Function Impairments.” Mark Ylvisaker, Ph.D., June 9, 2000, Peterborough, Ontario.
• OSOT 2 Day Auto Insurance Workshop, April 27 and 28, 2001, Toronto.
• “Success After TBI: Clinical, Ethical and Medico-Legal Considerations in Defining and Measuring Success” June 15 and 16, 2002, Toronto.
• “Bill 59: New Solutions to an Old Puzzle, January 25, 2002”, Toronto.
• “The Mild to Moderate Traumatic Brain Injury Clinic Workshop” sponsored by Sunnybrook & Women’s College Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, April 26, 2002.
• “Auto Sector 2002 Ontario Society of Occupational Therapist, Cambridge, May 3, 2002.
• “Traveling Together: Navigating the System to Achieve Success after Brain Injury,” Toronto ABI Network Conference, November 21 & 22, 2002, Toronto (professional booth).
• Auto Sector, OSOT Conference 2003, Toronto, April 4-5, 2003.
• “Bill 198: What the Health Care Professional Needs to Know.” Thomson Rogers, Toronto Acquired Brain Injury Network, April 11, 2003
• COPM & AT! – The Canadian Occupational Performance Measure and its Application in the Provision of Assistive Technology Services, McMaster University, Hamilton, May 12, 2003
• ABI Exploring the Spectrum of Brain Injury, Sharing the Tools of the Trade – Toronto, November 18, 19. 2004
• Perplexing Practice Problems: Interactive Webcast, Federation of Health Regulatory Colleges of Ontario and Steinecke Maciura LeBlanc, November 30, 2005
• Life After DACs - Working for Adults and Children with Brain Injury Within the New Post-DAC System, Toronto, February 6, 2006
• Ontario Society of Occupational Therapists: Auto Sector Update – Pending Regulation Changes and the Impact on Occupational Therapy Workshop, Vaughan, Ontario, February 10, 2006
• Life after DACs II – Working Together to Ensure Timely and Effective Services for Adults and Children Following TBI, February 22, 2007, Toronto.

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•  • Use of technology as a treatment modality with clients with acquired brain injury (ABI) experiencing problems with memory, organizational, visual perception and written communication. COTA Health, December 8, 2005
  • Interactive Technology Session: Brain Injury Association of Toronto, General Meeting October 6, 1998.
  • Microcomputer Remediation, Head Injury Clients and the Insurance Industry. March 12. 1992. Toronto.
  • Review of "Captain's Log," cognitive retraining software package Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy, August 1992.
  • People and PCs Make a Powerful Team for Recovery, interviewed by Mary Fran McQuade; Tempo. IBM. November. 1990.
  • COTA needs helping hand, Direct Access Vo1.6. No 15. August 3. 1990, Microcomputer magazine
  • Gregory, Susan M: The Use of the Microcomputer as a Remedial Tool in Home-Based Occupational Therapy Programs with Clients with Neurological Disorders The Third Annual Conference. Cognitive Rehabilitation. Community Reintegration through Scientifically Based Practice. 1989. Florida.
  • Occupational therapists enter computer age to salvage broken lives. Interviewed by June Callwood, The Globe and Mail. November 2, 1988.
  • Gregory, Susan M: The Use of the Microcomputer as a Remedial Tool in Home-Based Occupational Therapy Programs with Clients with Neurological Disorders. Conference Proceedings. The Australian Association of Occupational Therapists. 15th. Federal Conferences. Sydney, Australia 1988.
  • Gregory, Susan M: Challenges of Stroke Management, The Use of the Microcomputer as a Remedial Tool in Home-Based Occupational Therapy programs: Proceedings of the 11th. Annual Scientific meeting of the Inter-urban Stroke Academic Association. Toronto, 1988.
  • Workshop on Community Care Management Program for Neurologically Impaired Patients. Eighth Annual Stroke Inter-Urban Academic Association Scientific meeting. Niagara-on-the-Lake, 1984.
  • Community Care Management Program for Neurologically Impaired Patients, 1984. Draft of a program model of community care management for neurologically impaired patients.
  • "The New Beginning - Through Rehabilitation into the Community, Toronto, 1982. "Alternative Living Arrangements."
  • Utilization of Volunteers in Hospital Stroke Recovery Program. Ontario Association of Directors of Hospital Volunteer Services Bulletin,. September 1980.
  • The Canadian Rehabilitation Council for the Disabled (Nova Scotia Chapter, "Stroke in the Community") October 1979.
  • The Annual General Meeting and Conference of the Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists, 1977, Halifax, Nova Scotia "Hemi/Sphere: A continuing management program for stroke patients and their families"

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PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIPS

• Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists (CAOT)
• Ontario Society of Occupational Therapists (OSOT)
• College of Occupational Therapists of Ontario (COTO)
 

COMMITTEES

• Alliance of Private Providers of Brain Injury Rehabilitation Programs (APBIRP), Nov 99 -
• Advisory Board, Neurologic Rehabilitation Institute of Ontario, July 1999 to December 2000.
• The Stroke Strategy Steering Committee, Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario, Aug 1998 – Jan 1999.
• Chairperson of OSOT Study Group on the brain-damaged adult, 1976-1977.
• Director, Stroke Recovery Association 1978-1979 - Planning Committee for First Stroke Recovery Association Regional Conference and "An Evening with Patricia Neal and Friends". Hilton Harbour Castle, October 1978.
• Chairperson Community Stroke Programs Group subcommittees on "Consultation to Community Stroke Groups” and "The Directory of Community Stroke Programs in the Toronto area", 1980 – 1985.
• Member, Metropolitan Toronto District Health Council, Working Group on Neurological Rehabilitation Clinical Neuroscience Task Force, Acute Care Committee, March - June 1984.

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  REFERENCES

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