Alana Acker
About
Alana graduated from the University of New Brunswick in 2001 with a Bachelor of Science in Biology and continued her studies at the University of Alberta, earning a Bachelor of Science in Occupational Therapy in 2003.
Since then, she has worked as an occupational therapist in both public and private sectors. Alana is experienced in helping adults return to work, providing gradual return-to-work programs, ergonomic assessments, job site analysis and transferrable skills analysis. She is also skilled with upper extremity rehabilitation and helping seniors at home.
Alana is a member of the New Brunswick Association of Occupational Therapists and the Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists and is registered to practice in New Brunswick. She provides occupational therapy services to adults and seniors with physical, cognitive and mental health challenges at home, school and work in English in greater Saint John, New Brunswick.
Alana is also certified in Assessments of Motor and Process Skills. She rejoined our team in 2016.
Specializations
- Occupational Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (OT)
- Cognitive Demands Analysis
- Cognitive Job Coaching
- Delayed Development Rehabilitation and Management
- Ergonomic Assessment
- Functional Job Coaching
- Work Conditioning/Hardening
- Functional Work Capacity Assessment
- Job Search Training Services
- Jobsite Assessment
- Labour Market Survey
- Physical Demands Analysis
- Transferable Skills Analysis
- Workplace Accommodation Assessment
- Workplace Facilitation/Mediation
Languages
- English
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