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Therapist Spotlight and Patient Success Story

PATIENT SUCCESS STORY AND THERAPIST SPOTLIGHT

Jan Coons is one of our exceptional OT’s here in the Houston Division. Jan graduated from the University of Indianapolis with an MS in Occupational Therapy in 1989. She decided to become an OT because she felt passionate about working with patients who had suffered trauma and initially worked in an inpatient rehab setting. After her children were born, Jan fell in love with pediatric therapy and we are so glad she did.

Jan has had the great pleasure of working with Lately Colletti over the last year and Lately’s mom is thrilled with the therapy she is receiving. When she came to us 11 months ago, Lately had severe language and speech deficits and difficulty with fine motor activities such as dressing, cutting and simply playing. Since then, she has been working hard with both Jan and her speech therapist, Fernando. When speech therapy began working with Lately, she was delayed by 15 months in her language skills. Since then, Lately’s language has improved greatly and now she is functioning almost at a 3 year old level. Jan says she has also made great progress. In the picture, you can see Lately working on zipping up her jacket. She is also improving with cutting activities and enjoying playing with toys.

Jan is such a great asset to our team, we are so happy to have her as a member of our family.

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THERAPY 2000’s Karen H. Dowling, Honored with the Prestigious Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives (FACHE) Status

Congratulations are in order for THERAPY 2000’s Karen H. Dowling, MCD, CCC-SLP, MBA, FACHE on recently becoming a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives, the nation’s leading professional society for healthcare leaders. Fellow status represents achievement of the highest standard of professional development. In fact, only 7,500 healthcare executives hold this distinction.

Karen Dowling is responsible for overall operations at THERAPY 2000 and strategic initiatives for the North Texas Region, East Texas, Amarillo, Austin and San Antonio areas of Texas. Karen holds a bachelor’s degree in speech-language pathology and a master’s degree in communication disorders from Louisiana State University. She also holds a master’s degree in business administration from Texas Woman’s University.

To obtain Fellow status, candidates must fulfill multiple requirements, including passing a comprehensive examination, meeting academic and experiential criteria, earning continuing education credits and demonstrating professional/community involvement. Fellows are also committed to ongoing professional development and undergo recertification every three years.

“Because healthcare management ultimately affects the people in our communities, it is critically important to have a standard of excellence promoted by a professional organization,” says Thomas C. Dolan, PhD, FACHE, CAE, president and chief executive officer of ACHE. “By becoming an ACHE Fellow and simultaneously earning board certification from ACHE, healthcare leaders can show that they are committed to providing high-quality service to their patients and community.”

The American College of Healthcare Executives is an international professional society of more than 30,000 healthcare executives who lead our nation’s hospitals, healthcare systems and other healthcare organizations. ACHE is known for its prestigious credentialing and educational programs and its annual Congress on Healthcare Leadership, which draws more than 4,500 participants each year. ACHE is also known for its journal, the Journal of Healthcare Management, and magazine, Healthcare Executive, as well as ground-breaking research and career development and public policy programs. ACHE’s publishing division, Health Administration Press, is one of the largest publishers of books and journals on all aspects of health services management in addition to textbooks for use in college and university courses. Through such efforts, ACHE works toward its goal of being the premier professional society for healthcare leaders by providing exceptional value to its members.

Dowling is privileged to use the FACHE credential, which signifies board certification in healthcare management and ACHE Fellow status. THERAPY 2000 is proud to have her as a leader within the company.