Janet (Klassen) Aspinall, BComm, MOT
Janet has a passion for a client centered approach to assist clients to achieve full participation in meaningful activities including personal care, leisure and employment. She has an extensive travel background, which enables her to be culturally sensitive to clients needs.Janet has worked with and helped client’s with Musculoskeletal/orthopaedic injuries, Chronic Pain, Mental health (anxiety, depression), Concussion / traumatic brain injury, and Mixed diagnoses to participate in meaningful activities, including return to work.
Occupational therapy called out to Janet who previously worked as a designer in the fashion industry. She is an avid world traveler and explorer, and she is particularly grateful for her time in Annapurna in Nepal. The one thing she is powerless to resist is salt-and-vinegar chips.
“Everything will be okay in the end. If it's not okay, it's not the end.” - John Lennon
Ergonomic Assessments
Hospital Discharge Planning
Return to Work Planning
Case Management
Progressive Goal Attainment Program (PGAP)
Exposure Therapy
Home Safety/Falls Prevention Assessment
Life skills for depression and anxiety
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Commerce (UBC)
- Masters of Occupational Therapy (University of Manitoba)
- PGAP certified provider
- Registrant - College of Occupational Therapists of BC (COTBC)
Practice Areas
- Ergonomic Assessments
- Job Demands Analysis (physical and cognitive)
- Return to Work Planning
- Worksite Accommodations
- Progressive Goal Attainment Program (PGAP)
- Home Safety/Falls Prevention Assessment
- Home Care
- Activation
- Wheelchair/Seating
- Hospital Discharge Planning
- Case Management
- Exposure Therapy
- Life skills for depression and anxiety
- Return to sport and leisure
- Clients: Youth
- Clients: Adult
- Clients: Older Adult