
Lois Detlefsen
About
Lois brings to the Ottawa Valley 29 years of Occupational Therapy experience in inpatient, outpatient, community home health and occupational medicine settings and is highly skilled in evaluating and providing therapeutic intervention for the client’s physical, functional and psychosocial needs in their daily lives.
Her expertise includes working with clients of all ages with diagnoses that include acquired brain injury, spinal cord injury, stroke, progressive neurological diseases, chronic respiratory diseases, complex orthopedic injuries, as well as hand and upper extremity dysfunction. She is a certified hand therapist, a certified lymphedema therapist and is certified to administer the Progressive Goal Attainment Program (PGAP).
Lois works toward functional independence with clients through musculoskeletal intervention, therapeutic exercise, and cognitive rehabilitation, activities of daily living, thermoplastic splinting, seating and positioning, home modifications, equipment acquisition, and patient/family education. Within the scope of Occupational Medicine she has completed work readiness training to prepare clients to return to work, has performed post offer screenings and has completed office and industrial ergonomic evaluations. She also worked at a US Army Base as an ergonomic consultant performing ergonomic assessments and providing work injury prevention.
Lois is a member in good standing with the College of Occupational Therapists in Ontario (COTO), Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists (CAOT), Canadian Hand Therapy Society, American Society of Hand Therapists (ASHT), and National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy (NBCOT).
Certifications
B.Sc. (OT), OT Reg. (Ont)
Education
Bachelor of Science – B. Sc. Occupational Therapy
College Misericordia Dallas, Pennsylvania (1994)
Training and expertise in hand therapy.
Specializations
- Occupational Therapy
- Amputee Rehabilitation
- Bobath/NDT (Neuro-developmental treatment) Therapy
- Cancer rehab
- Cardiac Rehab
- CAT (Catastrophic) Assessment/Rehab
- Cognitive Abilities Evaluation
- Cognitive and Functional Abilities Evaluation
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (OT)
- Cognitive Demands Analysis
- Cognitive Job Coaching
- Cognitive Rehabilitation
- Cognitive Work Capacity Assessment
- Concussion care
- Delayed Development Rehabilitation and Management
- Disability Tax Credit Assessment
- Dizziness + Balance / Vestibular Rehab
- Ergonomic Assessment
- Exercise prescription
- Functional Abilities Evaluation
- Functional Job Coaching
- Functional Restoration
- Functional Restoration/Reactivation
- Functional Testing
- Functional Work Capacity Assessment
- Guillain-Barré Syndrome Rehabilitation
- Hand therapy
- IDT POC (Interdisciplinary Program of Care)
- Jobsite Assessment
- Multiple Sclerosis Rehabilitation
- Neurological Rehab
- OT Home Assessment
- OT Home Modifications
- OT Living Care Benefit Assessment
- OWN MSK Programs
- OWN Neuro Programs
- Pain Management
- Parkinson's Rehabilitation and LSVT BIG program
- Physical Demands Analysis
- Post COVID-19 Rehabilitation and Recovery
- Resume & Cover Letter Services
- Sensori-Motor Neuro-Rehabilitation for Learning Disabilities
- Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation
- Stroke Rehabilitation
- Traumatic Brain Injury Rehabilitation
- Treatment for Cerebral Palsy
- Treatment for Down's Syndrome and other Congenital Syndromes
- Work Conditioning/Hardening
- Workplace Accommodation Assessment
- Workplace Facilitation/Mediation
- Mobility Aid Assessment (Wheelchair/scooter/seating assessment and prescription)
- Progressive Goal Attainment Program (PGAP)
- Proprioceptive Neurofacilitation Therapy
- PCVRS Interdisciplinary Assessor
- Bracing
- Myofascial Release Therapy
- Prolonged Exposure Therapy
Languages
- English
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