Katie Kerley
Katie is from Dundalk and trained as an occupational therapist in Trinity College Dublin, graduating in 2008. Katie is the clinic director and supervises the occupational therapy team. She frequently acts as clinical educator for student occupational therapists both from Ireland and abroad.<br /> She has extensive experience working with children and adults with Autism after providing home help to families with autistic children as well as volunteering with children with a variety of genetic and developmental disabilities. She completed her certification in Sensory Integration from the University of Southern California (USC) and Western Psychological Services (WPS) in Miami, Florida in January 2010. Katie is trained in a variety of treatment approaches including cognitive techniques such as the CO-OP method, cognitive behavioural therapy as well as the administration of the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS).<br /> She frequently attends continuing professional development courses and sat on the AOTI council for over a year. She is an active member of the Paediatric Advisory Group and the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Advisory Group and often presents at conferences and study days. She works with a variety of children from infancy to adolescence as well young adults. She has experience in assessment and treating adults in residential care and in community housing. Katie has a special interest in the long term effects of motor coordination issues and sensory processing deficits on mental health and every-day participation and function in teenagers and adults. She works one to one with this client group as well having developed the teen programme TIPS.
Dundalk,
Ireland
12 Brewery Business Park, Ardee Rd, Cambrickville, Dundalk, Co. Louth, A91 PK59, Ireland
Occupational Therapists
