Kidz OT Consultants

Qualifications

Cheyenne is adept in working with and supporting children with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Dyspraxia, Dyslexia, Pervasive Developmental Disorder and Intellectual Disability. Invested in her clinical skills, she has completed and continues to pursue studies and certifications in the Interactive Metronome, Therapeutic Listening, Social Emotional Learning, Ruler Emotional Intelligence, Social Thinking, Sensory Integration and DIR- Floortime. She has experience working with children with praxis/motor planning and motor coordination deficits, sensory processing and self-regulation challenges, visual efficiency and perceptual skills, executive function skills and handwriting skills. Invested in the pursuit of clinical excellence, Cheyenne continues to learn and build on her skill set through professional development courses and new opportunities. Cheyenne takes initiative in learning and reflecting on her own practice, as she strongly believes in improving herself constantly. She believes that growth and learning is a lifelong process and keeps an open and optimistic mindset to seek for opportunities to improve herself and help others.

Cheyenne had her previous clinical placements as a student at the following settings. She had her first placement at Jurong Community Hospital’s Day Rehab Centre, in which she had experiences with adults with orthopaedic and neurological conditions. She had her second placement at KIDZ OTC, in which she had experience with children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, sensory processing disorder, attention deficit disorder and development coordination disorder. She had her third placement at AWWA’s Dementia Daycare Centre, in which she had experience with elderly diagnosed with dementia. She had her acute placements at Tan Tock Seng Hospital and Ng Teng Fong General Hospital, in which she had experience with adults with orthopaedic conditions and geriatric patients respectively.

One of Cheyenne’s interests in the career field was persons with dementia (PWDs). She did her thesis research in her final year of studies, in which she had completed a systematic review research paper on the effectiveness of home-based non-exercise therapeutic interventions on functional status, quality of life and/or well-being and activity engagement on PWDs.

Cheyenne also has a huge interest in working with children. During her school holidays, she had worked at Giggly Feet, an indoor playroom designed to take care of children. Her passion for working with kids with special needs has grown through her paediatric placement at KIDZ POTC previously.

Cheyenne takes initiative in learning and reflecting on her own practice, as she strongly believes in improving herself constantly. She believes that growth and learning is a lifelong process and keeps an open and optimistic mindset to seek for opportunities to improve herself and help others.