Kathy Barrett, OTR/L
Kathy spends part of her work week traveling to the homes of children who qualify for birth to 3 services. She builds the strengths of her clients in order to work on their areas of need. She often takes children to our outdoor therapy space in the spring and summer and fall.
Professional Interests
- Zones of Regulation
- KinesioTaping Fundamentals
- Birth to 3 therapy in Wisconsin
- Sequential Oral Sensory Approach to Feeding
- Working with adults on daily living skills and cognition
Kim Quayle, OTR/L
Kim works full-time for the School District of River Falls and part-time at St Croix Therapy. She enjoys being part of the collaboration efforts at St Croix Therapy. Her experience in patient assessments and goal planning for effective therapeutic treatments is a great asset to her patients and the staff at St Croix Therapy.
Professional Interests
- Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Sensory Integration/ Sensory Diets
- Assistive Technology—evaluating students’ need and matching them
with equipment and software technology - Grant writing/ special projects
Kathy O. Johnson, COTA
Kathy enjoys working at St Croix Therapy because the talented and fun staff provide an enriching environment. Kathy finds it rewarding to work as a team with supportive families as together we can accomplish more.
Professional Interests
- ADHD
- Autism
- Respiration
- Aquatic Therapy
Colleen Boissoneault, COTA
Professional Training:
- Social Skills
- CranioSacral
- Mindful Meditation
- Zones of Regulation
- Interactive Metronome
- KinesioTaping Fundamentals
- Yoga
- Wilbarger Deep Pressure Program
- Typical and Atypical Motor Development
- Intervention Strategies for Right Brain Thinkers
- Aquatic Therapy University “The Pediatric Client”
- Executive Functioning Skills in Children and Teens
- Therapeutic Listening: Listening with the Whole Body
- Vestibular Activation: Therapeutic Movement to
Optimize Physical, Social and Cognitive Skills
Michelle Ronnestrand, COTA
Michelle believes that if you are actively having fun with clients, they won’t notice they are working. She loves working at St Croix Therapy because she is challenged to read and learn all she can to prepare to treat clients across the life span. That preparation helps her to best treat the person and help them meet their goals.
Professional Interests
- Sensory Integration
- Aquatic Therapy
- Fitness and Movement
- Behaviors and Mental Health
- Fundamentals of KinesioTaping
- Sensory Integration/Sensory Diet
- Interactive Metronome for
Pediatrics and Adults
Dawn Spanton, COTA
Dawn has a special interests in sensory integration, movement, nature, and arts in promoting healthy human development. She is eager to take advantage of the training opportunities St Croix Therapy offers in order to implement new treatment strategies for the betterment of her clients.
Professional Interests
- Respiration
- Sensory Integration
- Interactive Metronome
- KinesioTaping Fundamentals
- Berard Auditory Integration Therapy (AIT)
- Understanding and Managing Visual Deficits
- Physiological Basis of
Educational Kinesiology - Aquatic Sensory and Motor Integration
for the Pediatric Therapist
Vicki Olson, COTA
Vicki cares deeply about making a difference in the quality of a person’s life. No matter the age of the client, children to adults, she believes that through adaptations to the environment and the task, she can help each client have a sense of independence and control.
Professional Interests
- Aquatic Therapy
- Gentle Self-Defense
- Handwriting Interventions
- Autism Spectrum Disorder
- KinesioTaping Fundamentals