OT Department well represented at American Occupational Therapy Association Annual Conference
Several faculty members and 36 students from the Department of Occupational Therapy (OT) attended the American Occupational Therapy Association Annual Conference (AOTA) in Baltimore, Maryland, April 3-6, 2014. Jane O鈥橞rien, Ph.D., OTR/L, associate professor and OT director, received the AOTA Roster of Fellows award at the awards ceremony for 鈥渃reative and innovative teaching, scholarship, and service.鈥
O鈥橞rien and Scott McNeil, OTD, MS, OTR/L, assistant clinical professor, presented a research paper, which has been published in the Open Journal of Occupational Therapy.
OT students Josie Balazs (MS OT 鈥15) and Michael Whitty (MS OT 鈥14) represented 51品茶at the Association for Student Delegates and participated in pre-conference events.
Seven poster sessions at the conference involved 51品茶students, alumni and faculty. Faculty members who presented include O鈥橞rien; Professor Regi Robnett, Ph.D., OTR/L; Assistant Clinical Professor Mary Elizabeth Patnaude, MS, OTR/L; Assistant clinical professor Kate Loukas, OTD, MS, OTR.L, FAOTA; and Associate Professor Jan Froehlich, MS, OTR/L.
Poster presentations:
- Bolduc, J. & Robnett, R. (April 4, 2014). Usefulness of the ManageMed Screen and the S-5 for assessing medication management capacity for clients post stroke.
- Hanebrink, S., & Patnaude, MB (April 4, 2014). Make history: Become part of the international symbol for access movement.
- Kulesz, K., Loukas (April 5, 2014) The lived experience of physical disability: Challenge and triumph.
- Loukas, K., Lyons, E., Pascarella, M., & Shields, P. (April 4, 2014). Neuro-occupation: Reflection and research on remarkable recovery.
- O鈥橞rien, J. , Bowyer, P., & Kramer, J. (April 3, 2014). Applying the Model of Human Occupation in pediatric practice
- O鈥橞rien, J., Crossley-Marra, L., DeLuca, K., Kaminski, T., Peters, B., Schena, C. , Shea, M., & Froehlich, J. (April 5, 2014). Using the Child Occupational Self-Assessment in Pediatric Occupational Therapy Practice.
- Travnik, A. (April 5, 2014). A non-linear day of neuro-occupation and autism.
On the evening of Friday, April 4th, President Danielle Ripich and Westbrook College of Health Professions Dean Elizabeth Francis-Connolly, Ph.D., OTR, FAOTA, welcomed over 50 students, alumni, faculty and friends to an alumni event at the Baltimore Hilton to celebrate UNE鈥檚 OT community and O鈥橞rien鈥檚 Roster of Fellows award.