Certified by The National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy Licensed by the Texas Board of Occupational Therapy Examiners

   Jennifer N. Padilla Melendez, OTR is highly trained in multiple treatment interventions to provide client-centered therapy. She has been an occupational therapist since 2013 and has researched and practiced a wide variety of treatment interventions in order to provide effective and comprehensive care. Jennifer received her Bachelor of Science majoring in Allied Health from Texas A&M University in 2011. She earned her Master of Occupational Therapy from The University of Texas Medical Branch in 2013. After practicing in the pediatric field for 4 years, she decided to pursue her doctorate of occupational therapy to expand her knowledge and research the effects of reflex integration intervention. She earned her Doctorate of Occupational Therapy from The University of Texas Medical Branch in 2019.

   Jennifer has increased her knowledge and skills in the field of occupational therapy by receiving training in behavioral feeding, sensory integration techniques, executive functions and self-regulation, NDT techniques, basics of sign language, basics of kinesiotaping, and handwriting. She is MNRI (Masgutova Neurosensorimotor Reflex Integration) trained and Beckman Oral Motor Certified.