Our Team

Ms. Cara

MS, OTR/L, CASI

Assistant Clinic Director

Pediatric Occupational and Feeding Therapist

Cara loves working with children and has years of experience as a babysitter, nanny, and camp counselor for the Muscular Dystrophy Association that all contributed to her becoming a pediatric OT. She has worked in outpatient pediatrics with a focus in sensory integration therapy due to a love for the combination of neuroscience, play based treatment, and creativity found in this approach. She loves being an ongoing part of a family’s journey to find understanding, support, and success for their child.

Masters of Science - Occupational Therapy

Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, Scotland


Bachelors of Arts - Sociology and Psychology with concentration in Pre-Occupational Therapy Studies

University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN

Fun Facts!

What is your favorite childhood smell?

 The grown ups having hazelnut coffee at the holidays 

Which Hogwarts House would you be sorted into?

Hufflepuff

What is your secret talent?

Singing

What is your favorite quote from an animated/childrens' movie?

"I like that boulder, that is a nice boulder." - Donkey

Certifications and Trainings
  • Advanced Practice Certificate in Autism - Thomas Jefferson University
  • Certificate in Ayres Sensory Integration (CASI) through CLASI, with advanced training in the SIPT and the EASI
  • Advanced Mentored Clinician through the STAR Institute for Sensory Processing Advanced Intensive Mentorship, level 1 - Clinical Reasoning in Intervention
  • iLs Focus System Training
  • iLs Safe and Sound Protocol Training with Remote SSP Facilitation Certification
  • Sequential Oral Sensory (SOS) Approach to Feeding
  • Astronaut Training: A Sound Activated Vestibular-Visual Protocol
  • Reflex integration through the Brain and Sensory Foundations Course: Level One
  • Handwriting Without Tears
  • The Zones of Regulation
  • The Alert Program

Places Lived

Ohio, Tennessee, Scotland, New Zealand, Washington

Hobbies and Interests

Travel, photography, family time, cooking, and baking. Her and her husband are divers, and they love having access to the amazing marine life in Hawaii as well as hiking and spending time at the beach.

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