Overcoming Challenges
We are here to help people through the therapeutic use of everyday activities (occupations).
Our focus is improving function for adult clients on the DD Waiver and Mi Via Waiver programs
Cognitive Abilities
Executive functions, attention, working memory, processing speed, cognitive stamina, planning, time management
Academics
Timely completion, organizational, comprehension, sequencing, self-regulation, and working memory
Motor Skills
Balance, posture, endurance, coordination, distraction filtering
Social and Behavioral Skills
Impulse control, aggression, hyperactivity, depression
Sensory Processing
Over and under responsivity, sensory seeking, sensory discrimination, sensory-based motor skills and self-regulation
Your Medrano Therapy Group
Certified Occupation Therapy Professionals
Dan Medrano
Licensed Occupational Therapist (OT/L)
17 years OT experience including serving clients on the Dev. Disabilities Waiver (DD Waiver). Focused on treatment of sensory integration disorders, biomechanical dysfunction and community integration.
Ellyn Medrano
Licensed Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant (COTA/L)
Experienced in inpatient mental health and rehab following hospitalization. Interactive Metronome certified, IM Home & Mental Health First Aid. Focused on research and evidence to support interventions.
Manuel Valenzuela
Licensed Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant (COTA/L)
COTA/L with the DD Waiver. Work with Autism Spectrum Disorder through the Very Special Arts Program. Continuing Ed.in assistive technology. Certified in Mental Health First Aid. Spanish/English bilingual.
CASEY GONZALEZ
Licensed Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant (COTA/L)
Dedicated to enhancing the lives of others. Casey’s experience consists of working with various diagnoses and ages from infants to elders. Fluent in both written and spoken Spanish.