Moira Laura Eva Dechef
Jewish General Hospital, Canada
Biography
Moira Laura Eva Dechef is working within a large multi-disciplinary team, composed of psychiatrists, psychologists, psychiatric nurses, social workers, occupational therapists, and teachers, on a variety of different cases regarding evaluation, creation of treatment plans, carrying out of treatment plans, in addition to treatment plan modification. She is serving as a liaison between various elementary schools, school boards, and parents to ensure students/clients are attending an educational environment best suited to their needs, as well as suggesting/facilitating changes on a case-by-case basis. She is providing individualized instruction for students with diagnosed psychiatric disorders, behaviour disorders, and severe learning disabilities; application of behavioural and cognitive behaviour therapy techniques to modify student behaviours within the classroom setting; teaching and application of social skills, to strengthen student social interactions and; production of progress reports, discharge summaries, and IEPs included in hospital psychiatric chart.