Meet the Occupational Therapists

Learn more about them and their specializations below! 

 

Gina Fernandez, Registered OT

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Gina is an Occupational Therapist registered with the College of Occupational Therapists in British Columbia, and is on the Registered Autism Service Providers (RASP) list for children. Gina is also a member of the Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists. She graduated from the University of British Columbia with a Master’s Degree in Occupational Therapy in 2008, after finishing her Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology from Simon Fraser University. Gina is also a PWR! Moves Certified Therapist.

Gina has worked in both the public and private sector with adults and children. She worked in a rural child development centre and various acute care settings throughout the Fraser Health Authority, and with the Early Supported Discharge Team at Richmond Hospital providing education and rehabilitation to adults with strokes and brain injuries. After working in the public sector, Gina founded Enable Occupational Therapy in 2014. As a Registered Occupational Therapist, Gina can perform home assessments, falls risk assessments, cognitive assessments, wheelchair assessments, and prescribe exercises and create treatment programs for all members of the community!

In her spare time, Gina can be found teaching Bollywood/Bhangra dance classes or taking Dancehall classes, or rock climbing at the Richmond Oval. But she doesn't have much spare time, as she has a new baby!

Publications:

Occupational Therapy for Adoptive Families (Webinar) - Adoptive Families Association of BC, March 2015

Occupational Therapy for Kids - Focus on Adoption Magazine, Winter 2014

Adapt or Give Up - Canadian Association of Occupational Therapy, January 2013

New Program Helps Patients Leave the Hospital Sooner - Vancouver Coastal Health E-Newsletter, May 2012

People in Profile - Vancouver Coastal Health E-Newsletter, April 2012

Professional Development:

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  • Allied Team Training for Parkinson's

  • Managing Anxious Symptoms of Children and Adolescents with ASD: Practical Strategies, Dr. Judy Reaven (Sept 2018)

  • PWR! Moves Certified Therapist Workshop (2017)

  • Persistent Symptoms After Concussion: What About the Neck? Manual Therapy and Assessment

  • Cutting Edge Strategies to Improve Executive Functioning Skills

  • 2 Days of Social Thinking: Informal Dynamic Assessment and Core Treatment & Exploring Key Social and Communication Concepts

  • Seating and Mobility: Pediatric Considerations and Solutions Workshop

  • Occupational Therapy using Ayres Sensory Integration

  • Executive Function Skills

  • Concussion Management Workshop

  • Functional Electrical Stimulation: Applications in Rehabilitation

  • Intermediate Gait course

  • Handwriting Without Tears course

  • Manual Therapy Techniques for the Adult Neurological Population: Lower Quadrant

  • Neuro-Developmental Treatment/Bobath: Management and Treatment of Hemiplegia

  • Modified Constraint Induced Therapy course

  • Rehabilitation Techniques in Oncology

  • Changing Parkinson’s: Exercise as a Primary Treatment

  • Bathroom and Kitchen Modifications—Richmond, BC, presented by Elizabeth Ainsworth (Sept 2019)

  • Sensory Processing and Sensory-Based Interventions for Children in Vancouver, BC, presented by Moira Pena (Oct 2019)

  • Pediatric Feeding and Swallowing: Managing Complex Issues, presented by Sherna Marcus (April 2020)

  • Toilet Training for Everyone: Revised and Expanded (online) by Pat Mirenda and Katie Rinald (February 2021)

  • The Master Class: Building Executive Function Skill Competency (Advanced) (Online) by Sarah Ward (February 2021)

  • Anxiety Management in Children: Practical Strategies (Online) by Danielle Bayly (February 2021)

  • Resolving Picky Eating From the Inside Out (April 2021)

  • Autism and Sexual Health: Access, Education, and Intervention (June 2021)

  • Implementing the Best Practice Guidelines for Children and Adolescents with ADHD (Online) by Danielle Bayly (December 2021)