Individual Therapist Profile: Angela Kyprianou

Family background:            

• 1 daughter (born 2007)
  

Graduated

• University of Queensland 1996       

Special Achievements:

• Have travelled and worked extensively as an Occupational Therapist in the USA.
  

Work as an Occupational Therapist/ with children:

• Worked in America from 1997 till 2006 , with my specialty as Neurological Rehabilitation
  
• I have worked with children since 2004.
  

Experience with children’s issues:

• Babies from 3months onwards (special interest area)
• Neurological issues
• Developmental delays
• Sensory Processing Issues
  
• Sensory Defensiveness and Wilbarger protocol
• Autism Spectrum Disorder/ Asperger’s syndrome
  
• Pervasive Developmental disorder
• ADD/ ADHD
  
• Difficulties at school regarding academics or peer interaction
  
• Experience with deaf children
  

Ages that have worked with:    

• Primarily with children from 3 months old to 10 years
  

Settings that worked in:

• Homes
  
• Schools
  
• Therapy clinics
  
• Neurological Rehabilitation Centre
• Hospitals

Courses completed:

• NDT Certified (Adults)
• A-ONE Certified (Arnadottir Occupational Therapy Neurobehavioural Evaluation)
• Therapeutic Listening Certification
  
• Baby treatment
  
• Advanced Clinical Reasoning: Integrating Sensory Integration
  
• DIR/ Floortime
  
• Interactive Metronome: Basic Provider Certification
• Interactive Metronome: Advanced Paediatric Provider Certification

Areas of special Interest:

• Neurodevelopment for babies
• Sensory Integration Paediatrics
  
• Working with babies and younger children
  
• ASD/ Asperger’s syndrome
  
• Sensory Processing disorders
  
• Children with Developmental delays
  

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