2008 so far.....
Alum Jeremy Gardner responded to an acupuncture article and his response was published in OT Advance. See below
http://occupational-therapy.advanceweb.com/Editorial/Search/AViewer.aspx?AN=OT_08jun9_otp5.html&AD=06-09-2008
June 9th issue
AOTA conference 2008 was a big success for the department. Many of our students traveled to CA to attend and cheer on faculty at their presentations. Faculty Lenore Frost completed two presentations. Elissa Miller and Heather Miller-Kuhaneck co-presented, and Heather was a contributing author with two other co-authors on another workshop. Heather also received an AOTA Recognition of Achievement award.
Elissa Miller and Heather Miller Kuhaneck have an article being published in AJOT this summer on their qualitative research about why children play what they choose to play.
Mary Ellen Johnson and SHU OT alum Becky Irving published a paper in the Sensory Integration Special Interest Section Quarterly about SI issues in college students.
SHU hosted the 2008 ConnOTA annual conference and we had over 180 occupational therapists and students in attendance at our campus.
2007 A Good Year for the Occupational Therapy Department
The faculty and students of Sacred Heart University's occupational therapy department have had a successful and exciting year.
Jody Bortone completed her doctorate in Educational Leadership, Administration and Policy from Fordham University’s Graduate School of Education. The title of her dissertation research was Critical Thinking and Evidence-Based Practice in Problem-Based Learning Tutorial Groups: A Critical Case Study. Dr. Bortone’s dissertation research was accepted for presentation to the Problem-Based Learning Special Interest Section of the American Educational Research Association at its annual conference in April, 2007, and the annual conference of the Canadian Occupational Therapy Association in July 2007. She presented at the Sacred Heart University College of Education and Health Profession's conference in celebration of our 10th anniversary on Evidence-Based Practice as well. She has recently co-authored a paper on concept mapping with 2 other Sacred Heart OT faculty for the AOTA Developmental Disabilities Special Interest Section Quarterly.
Mary Ellen Johnson presented at the Sacred Heart University College of Education and Health Profession's conference in celebration of our 10th anniversary on ADA Compliance and Technology.
Lenore Frost spoke on private practice issues at the national occupational therapy conference in April in St. Louis. She has recently co-authored a paper on concept mapping with 2 other Sacred Heart OT faculty for the AOTA Developmental Disabilities Special Interest Section Quarterly.
Heather Miller Kuhaneck, with co-authors, published the Sensory Processing Measure through Western Psychological Services. She presented at the state occupational therapy conference about this tool and the author group presented at the national occupational therapy conference as well. A journal article on children's play preferences in collaboration with Jane Case-Smith has been accepted for publication in OTJR: Occupation, Participation & Health for fall 2007. She has recently co-authored a paper on concept mapping with 2 other Sacred Heart OT faculty for the AOTA Developmental Disabilities Special Interest Section Quarterly and she recently joined the editorial board for Occupational Therapy in Early Intervention, Preschool & School: Journal of Practice, Theory & Research. Lastly, Heather recently was accepted to the University of Connecticut's doctoral program in public health.
Margo Gross kicked off' the first Mental Health SIS event for ConnOTA with a lecture on "Complementary and Alternative Methods of Healing to Integrate with OT Practice" at the Institute of Living in Hartford, in May 2007.
Elissa Miller, one of our adjunct faculty presented a paper at the national occupational therapy conference in St. Louis on the meaning of play and the rationale for play preferences in children. Elissa also recently presented on play at the state occupational therapy conference and she will also be speaking at the Sacred Heart University College of Education and Health Profession's conference in celebration of our 10th anniversary on Assitive Technology for Play. A journal article submission on the model of dynamic play choices created in collaboration with Heather Miller Kuhaneck was recently accepted for publication in the American Journal of Occupational Therapy.
A Sacred Heart University Occupational Therapy Program first- one of our student research groups was accepted to present a poster presentation at the national occupational therapy conference this April in St. Louis. Congratulations students!!!!!! This same poster was also accepted at the NATTAP conference this September in Columbus Ohio. http://www.ocali.org/nattap2007/
And lastly, another research project completed by prior Sacred Heart OT students has been accepted for publication in the American Occupational Therapy Association's Developmental Disabilities Special Interest Section Newsletter. The paper, entitled "An Exploratory Survey of Occupational Therapists' Role in Hippotherapy, will be published in the September 2007 issue.