About  OT OuTdoors Pediatric Occupational Therapists

Carrie Jacobs M,OTR/L is the owner and director of OT OuTdoors, a private occupational therapy practice in San Diego founded in 2001. She is licensed by the California Board of Occupational Therapy and certified by the National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy as a Registered Occupational Therapist. She holds a Master of Occupational Therapy degree from the University of Southern Maine. She has a Bachelor of Arts in Rhetoric and Communication from the University of California at Davis. Carrie specializes in sensory processing treatment for both children and adults, she is qualified to administer the Sensory Integration and Praxis Test.

In addition to working in her sensory-motor based clinic she also currently works in school-based settings, such as Francis Parker and The Balboa City School. In the past, she has worked with Explorer Elementary, High-Tech Middle and High School, La Mesa Spring Valley School District, and Chula Vista School District. She has Level I and Level II Hippotherapy instruction credentials. She utilizes this training conducting OT treatment sessions where clients are mounted on horseback. She provides this service, along with consultation at REINS therapeutic riding program in Fallbrook. This service will soon be available at the El Cajon location.

Carrie utilizes her dog, Connick, a therapy and certified assistance dog, during treatment sessions to assist children with learning fine motor skills, visual motor skills, social skills, sequencing and motor planning. She has spoken to a variety of groups including parents, teachers, therapeutic riding instructors, and students in Grossmont College’s COTA program. She has attended a myriad of continuing education courses with topics such as social skills, therapeutic listening, visual perception, oculo-motor and vestibular connections, sensory integration, handwriting, motor coordination, Autism and ADD.

Carrie began her occupational therapy career working with adults in acute care and behavioral health at Scripps Mercy Hospital. Carrie then worked with The Balboa City School, and in private practice with Mary Kawar MS, OTR/L. She has served on the Board of Directors for the Occupational Therapy Association of California, San Diego Chapter and for the Lost Valley Handicapped Ski Association. She was a volunteer ski instructor for the Lost Valley handicapped ski program and also volunteered with the Flying Changes Therapeutic Riding Program in Maine. She has worked at Camp Avanti, an occupational therapy sensory integration camp in Wisconsin. She served as Assistant Director for Jameson Ranch Camp for 3 years. Carrie has 20 years of horsemanship experience.

Angela Fazio, MS, OTR/L, is a practicing occupational therapist in San Diego County. She received her Master’s Degree in Occupational Therapy from San Jose State University and received her Bachelor of Arts from the University of California, San Diego in Psychology. Angela has worked throughout San Diego in a variety of settings, including as an outreach coordinator for underprivileged youth and as a behavioral therapist for children diagnosed with autism. Currently, Angela provides treatment for children with a wide variety of diagnoses. This summer Angela recently provided OT services at a constraint-induced movement therapy day camp in San Francisco, for children with hemiplegia.

Angela is an Advanced Therapeutic Listening provider, an Interactive Metronome provider with Advanced Pediatric Practice, is trained in the Handwriting Without Tears® curriculum, and has experience using a variety of treatment protocols including the Wilbarger Therapressure Protocol, Beckman Oral Motor Protocol, Astronaut Training©: A Sound Activated Vestibular-Visual Protocol, Bal-A-Vis-X®, and a variety of splinting techniques.