Position:
Adjunct Instructor
Email:
gstevens@su.edu
Employed Since:
2008-2012, 2017 to present
Educational History:
A.S., Business Administration, Nassau Community College; B.S.: Business Economics, State University of Oneonta; Post Baccalaureate Certificate In Occupational Therapy, Quinnipiac College Currently Pursuing a Doctorate in Occupational Therapy at Chatham University with anticipated graduation next year.
Professional Highlights:
When working at Winchester Rehab Center in pediatric outpatient, I collaborated with SU to help a little girl and her family from Haiti after the devastating earthquake in 2010. I helped to create a simple picture communication system to help her and her family communicate with others. It contained simple pictures with both English and Creole (Haitian French) to help her get her needs and wants met.
Personal Highlights:
Professor Stevens has taught classes on early intervention and school-based practice and tutorials at James Madison University. While at Shenandoah, Stevens has taught pediatric lab, Case groups – year 1 and year 2 students, Community Applications for Spring and Fall, Environmental Interventions, Therapeutic Occupations, Anatomy Skills Lab, Adults Class and has helped with Fieldwork. Her clinical experience began working with adults in acute care and outpatient OT when working in CT. After moving to Virginia, she started working in a school system and continued her career working in pediatrics. Other settings in which she has worked include adult inpatient rehabilitation, pediatric outpatient, early intervention, private practice-owning her own clinic, and assistive technology consultant for the local school systems. Since 2010, while adjuncting at SU she has also worked as a service provider in Early Intervention helping infants and toddlers and their families.