Jerica understands that all individuals are unique and she provides a client-centred approach to care that is geared toward each individual’s goals.
She is experienced in providing community occupational therapy services in return to work planning and monitoring, chronic pain, ergonomics, mental health and brain injury rehabilitation. Jerica is also a Certified Functional Capacity Evaluator and Certified Cost of Future Care Evaluator. She has been accepted in the Supreme Court of British Columbia as an Expert in Occupational Therapy, Functional Capacity Evaluations and Cost of Future Care Assessments. She has also worked in multi-disciplinary rehabilitation programs including the Occupational Rehabilitation and Head Injury Assessment and Treatment Services programs. Jerica’s well-rounded experience provides her with a foundation to provide her clients with a comprehensive approach to treatment. Jerica has also taken several continuing education courses in the areas of physical injury, mental health and brain injury. She is able to work with clients in their homes, in the community and/or at the Harbourview Rehabilitation clinic in Surrey.
When Jerica is not at work, she enjoys playing floor hockey and soccer, camping, hiking, rock climbing, skiing and crafting.
Qualifications:
- Master of Occupational Therapy – University of British Columbia, 2012
- Bachelor of Arts in Health Sciences – Simon Fraser University, 2010
- Registered with the College of Occupational Therapists of British Columbia
- Current member of the Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists
- Certified Functional/Work Capacity Evaluator
- Certified E.P.I.C. Lift Capacity Evaluator
- Various other courses and continuing education in the areas of physical injury, mental health and brain injury/concussion rehabilitation
- Part of the WorkSafeBC and ICBC Provider Networks
Areas of Practice
- Community occupational therapy and case management for physical injury, chronic pain, mental health and/or brain injury/concussion
- Graded exposure therapy
- Job site assessments and return to work planning and monitoring
- Ergonomic assessment
- Hospital discharge assessment and intervention
- Functional and Work Capacity Evaluations
- Cost of Future Care/Life Care Planning
- Medical-Legal Report Critique
