#76 Dr. Jordan Porter, OTD: The Role of Occupational Therapy and Concussion Rehabilitation Part I

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Jordan Porter, OTD is a board-certified pediatric occupational therapist. She is currently the acute care occupational therapy team supervisor at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. During her 11 years at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, she has worked as an occupational therapist on the inpatient rehabilitation unit, in the outpatient clinic, and in the acute care environment. Dr. Porter received her remedial vision certification from Salus University in 2018 as part of her occupational therapy doctorate completion. In 2018, Dr. Porter joined the interdisciplinary concussion team and began the development of the remedial vision program at CHOP. At this time, the occupational therapy department offers remedial vision services to clients with concussion-related vision issues as well as those with developmental vision concerns. The remedial vision at CHOP is offered at eight campuses in Pennsylvania and New Jersey and includes 15 therapists trained to complete comprehensive vision evaluations and treatment.

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🌐 Refer to Dr. Porter: https://www.chop.edu/centers-programs/concussion-program
📞 Refer to Dr. Porter: [phone]
📄 Composition of A Vision Screen for Service Members With Traumatic Brain Injury: Consensus Using a Modified Nominal Group Technique: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25005505/
📄 Vision Diagnoses Are Common After Concussion in Adolescents by Master, CL et al: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26156977/
🔗 What is an OT? https://bit.ly/WhatIsAnOccupationalTherapist

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