maruta blatchins

* Provided friendly visits to client in an assisted living home on a consistent basis * Notified on-call nursing staff of client’s needs, concerns, changes in emotional state and physical condition * Read to client, helped client organize belongings, conversed with client * Met with client’s family members to listen to concerns and help mediate communication between the client and administrative staff * Collected information about client’s life to create a memory scrapbook for client * Participated in daily group activities such as exercise circles, social gatherings * Assisted client (in wheelchair) with elevator use; accompanied client to lunch, outside to community garden

* Assisted in supervision of non-verbal adults with severe autism * Supervised clients during community outings to local grocery store * Worked one-on-one with clients to provide educational lessons; assisted with completion of worksheets and activities related to learning everyday life skills * Created individualized, motivational daily morning exercise program with components relating to sensory integration, motor-skill refinement, goal-setting and task-switching * Designed individualized interactive exercise manuals for each client * Set up exercise room, greeted clients and engaged them in morning routine

* Completed data entry * reviewed computerized documents to track down missing materials * methodically sorted and filed paperwork * Communicated regularly with supervisors to ensure needed materials were ordered and employee issues were resolved in a timely manner * Oversaw daily distribution and return of equipment * Organized and updated equipment log on a daily basis * Performed daily safety inspections on equipment * ensured safety documentation was filled out by employees and filed appropriately * Filled out broken equipment paperwork * sent equipment out for repairs * Received and distributed incoming mail to appropriate recipients * Assisted with the organization of a corporate fundraising raffle

Activities and Societies: Tri-Campus Women's Volleyball, ASSU Project Universal Minds Tutoring