Yue (Luna) Qi

• Supported children’s participation in play-based learning, group routines, transitions, and self-care activities.
• Observed children’s fine motor, gross motor, social, emotional, and sensory-related participation in daily activities.
• Developed skills in child-centred observation, communication, and understanding developmental needs within a community setting.
• Assisted educators to maintain an inclusive, safe, and supportive learning environment for children with diverse needs.
• Strengthened professional skills in teamwork, rapport-building, reflective practice, and adapting communication to children and educators.

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• Contributed to a community-based occupational therapy project supporting the development of an inclusive Women’s Shed for adult women in the Frankston community.
• Conducted information gathering through participant surveys, stakeholder consultation, facilitator discussions, environmental observation, and review of relevant organisational needs.
• Applied occupational therapy reasoning to identify environmental, social, accessibility, safety, and participation-related barriers impacting women’s engagement in meaningful activities.
• Supported co-design processes by gathering participant preferences and incorporating stakeholder feedback into practical recommendations.
• Developed a recommendation proposal focusing on internal layout, accessibility, equipment, storage, lighting, ventilation, safety, funding options, and shed-use rules.
• Applied trauma-informed care, universal design, and occupation-focused principles to promote safety, choice, comfort, social connection, and empowerment.
• Strengthened skills in project management, professional communication, documentation, stakeholder engagement, teamwork, and reflective practice.

• Completed occupational therapy placement in a rehabilitation setting, supporting clients with functional, cognitive, physical, and psychosocial needs.
• Practised components of the OT process, including information gathering, observation, assessment, goal setting, intervention planning, and documentation.
• Supported clients to improve independence and participation in activities of daily living, including self-care, mobility-related routines, and home-based tasks.
• Applied clinical reasoning to identify occupational performance issues, client strengths, environmental barriers, and rehabilitation goals.
• Observed and assisted with intervention strategies such as ADL retraining, functional task practice, equipment education, energy conservation, and discharge planning.
• Developed professional communication skills through client interaction, supervisor feedback, documentation, handover, and multidisciplinary team collaboration.

• Practised occupational therapy assessment, goal setting, intervention planning, and documentation through simulated vocational rehabilitation scenarios.
• Analysed how injury, illness, mental health, environmental demands, and personal factors may impact work capacity and occupational participation.
• Developed understanding of return-to-work planning, graded work participation, workplace modifications, and capacity-building strategies.
• Applied OT models and clinical reasoning to identify worker strengths, barriers, functional needs, and environmental supports.
• Practised professional communication skills through simulated client interviews, case discussions, education, and workplace-focused recommendations.
• Strengthened skills in documentation, risk awareness, reflective practice, and client-centred decision-making relevant to vocational rehabilitation OT practice.

• Completed simulated occupational therapy placement activities focused on supporting a client experiencing mental health challenges.
• Practised gathering occupational history and identifying how mental health symptoms may impact daily routines, self-care, productivity, leisure, and social participation.
• Applied OT models and clinical reasoning to analyse occupational performance issues, strengths, environmental barriers, and support needs.
• Developed client-centred goals and intervention ideas to support routine development, emotional regulation, meaningful activity engagement, and community participation.
• Practised therapeutic communication skills, including active listening, rapport-building, open-ended questioning, and responding sensitively to client needs.
• Strengthened documentation, risk awareness, reflective practice, and ethical decision-making skills relevant to mental health OT practice.