The occupational therapy profession combines a holistic perspective with evidence-based practice to improve the quality of life for patients and families in their daily activities at home, work, and in the community. From the first day of class at A.
This heralded approach optimizes health, well-being, and participation in meaningful activity. Rebecca L. Occupational Therapy Department. Still Memorial Library A. Reset Password System Check. Request Program Info. Occupational Therapy Department The occupational therapy profession combines a holistic perspective with evidence-based practice to improve the quality of life for patients and families in their daily activities at home, work, and in the community.
Beginning in , Shearon began post-graduate training in the area of professional yoga therapy and has utilized yoga as a therapeutic modality for both orthopedic and neurologic conditions. She is currently working toward her doctor of health sciences degree with a focus on fundamentals of education. She teaches courses related to adult rehabilitation practice, kinesiology, modalities, and splinting. She has extensive experience working to improve the lives of vulnerable populations.
Early in her career, she developed educational and health promotion programs for immigrants, elderly individuals, and at-risk youth in Israel. She also worked as a youth advocate in a homeless shelter for women and low-income housing for families in Washington, D. Prior to attending graduate school, she founded and directed the Helping Hands Medical Fellowship, which brought Israeli medical volunteers to Uganda to improve the health of vulnerable individuals and communities. Her academic research has primarily focused on health behavior and promotion, human rights, bioethics, genomics, and occupational justice.
Professor Wolf served as a consultant, research assistant, and part-time faculty for the Occupational Therapy doctoral program at Northern Arizona University. Professor Wolf earned a bachelor of arts degree in psychology, with an emphasis in law, medicine, and health policy from Brandeis University, a juris doctorate and master of arts in international affairs from American University, a master of public health degree from Harvard T. Chan School of Public Health, and a master of occupational therapy degree from Midwestern University.
Muriithi has a broad interdisciplinary background which includes music education, musicology, music therapy, occupational therapy and occupational science. During his studies in Magdeburg, he was a guest student of music therapy at the University of Applied Sciences Magdeburg-Stendal. Prior to graduate studies in Germany, Dr.
He worked as a clinician in multiple clinical settings including acute care, acute psychiatric hospital, skilled nursing, acute rehabilitation, school-based practice, and home health. Muriithi teaches mental health practice, group dynamics, therapeutic use of self, and theory and foundations of occupational therapy. Muriithi is active in research within the fields of occupational science and occupational therapy, music therapy, musicology, and education.
Jennifer Radziak is an academic fieldwork coordinator and assistant professor in the Occupational Therapy Program at A. She graduated with a bachelor of science in health science degree in and a master of occupational therapy degree in from Saint Francis University.
She received a certification in the advanced rehabilitation of the hand and upper extremity from Drexel University in In , Dr. Radziak received her certification in hand therapy and in she graduated with a clinical doctorate in occupational therapy from Temple University. Before coming to A. Still University, Dr. Radziak worked at the Pennsylvania Hand Center providing post- operative and conservative treatment for patients with upper extremity ailments in collaboration with a team of hand surgeons and hand therapists.
Radziak discovered that she enjoyed mentoring students and occupational therapists new to the field and this led to her interest in pursuing a career in academia specific to fieldwork. Additionally, she has experience in the skilled nursing and assisted living facility settings. Radziak has completed research in the area of thumb osteoarthritis and hand dominance and has an interest in researching current trends in occupational therapy fieldwork.
Still University as assistant professor in She plans to continue conducting research in this area for the duration of her career and also has interest in research related to animal-assisted therapy. Fulwider obtained a bachelor of science degree in psychology in and a master of science degree in occupational therapy in , both from Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia. She has worked as a clinician with adults in the acute care, acute rehabilitation, and skilled nursing settings and in multiple states in the country.
Prior to transitioning into full-time work in the academic setting, Dr. Fulwider worked as an adjunct professor and supervised many fieldwork students in the clinical setting. Prior to teaching, she received a bachelor of arts B. Professor Jones has spent over 15 years in the clinical setting working with the pediatric, adult, and gerontology populations in settings that include acute care, rehabilitation, skilled nursing, home health, outpatient, and school-based therapy.
Over the years her special interests have been in oncology and survivorship, traumatic brain injury, stroke, shoulder rehabilitation, autism, visual-perception, cognition, psychosocial needs, and oculomotor dysfunction. She was trained as a lymphedema therapist through the Dr. Professor Jones is currently working toward her doctorate in education EdD degree with a focus on adult teaching and learning in health sciences through the University of St.
Augustine for Health Sciences, FL and is interested in student engagement and building the professional identity of occupational therapists.
Kellie C. Bliven has been a faculty member in various programs, including anatomy, kinesiology formerly human movement , and athletic training. Bliven was a faculty in the athletic training department at Indiana State University. In addition to her faculty responsibilities, Dr. She is also involved in professional service, including the Board of Certification for the Athletic Trainer exam development committee, associate editor of the Journal of Sport Rehabilitation, and active member in the American Society of Shoulder and Elbow Therapists.
Story has done volunteer work using his occupational therapy skills in Peru, a clinical rotation in Australia, undergraduate studies in advanced research in Brazil, and studies in Japan. He enjoys meeting, teaching, and treating people from different cultures, diversities, and socioeconomic backgrounds.
He led fire crews to help save structures and lives all over the United States. Story worked alongside many different levels of leadership roles within the firefighter chain of command and rode on with firefighters all over the world. He has worked in almost every setting in both the PT and OT professions including: a neuro trauma ICU rotation, acute rehab, super-skilled nursing facility with vents and tracheostomies, skilled nursing facilities, assisted living facilities, home health care, outpatient spine rehabilitation, and an international rotation in Australia for work hardening.
When Dr. Story is not working or traveling the world, he is spending time with his wife Lisa and two daughters, Olivia and Audrey. Prior to this, she had been an adjunct professor for 6 years at A.
Still University assisting in the adult practice immersion courses. Still University in She was the primary occupational therapist to help develop the brain injury unit at Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of East Valley and in became a certified brain injury specialist CBIS. She has over 10 years of clinical experience in the areas of adult rehabilitation with an emphasis in neurorehabilitation. She has worked an OT in a variety of settings including inpatient rehabilitation, skilled nursing facilities, pediatric home health and outpatient hand therapy.
Her special interests include traumatic brain injury, stroke, cognitive rehabilitation and caregiver assistance. Professor Lacee Andrews received her undergraduate Bachelor's of Science in therapeutic recreation in at the University of South Dakota. She spent a majority of her time as a recreational therapist working at Alabama's Special Camp for Children and Adults.
The courses were rigorous and you have to do the work. There were no "easy A's. The faculty were helpful and always willing to provide any assistance needed. The doctoral project was the most challenging. Although a dissertation was not required, the Applied Research Project ARP consists of the same elements of a dissertation. The literature review, proposal, data collection, data analysis, and dissemination is required. An oral defense of the project is also required. As a working professional, the online program at ATSU enabled me to obtain my doctorate.
Jennifer G. This school has provided me with so many opportunities to get involved in my community during didactic year. They truly focus on taking care of the whole patient through body, mind, and spirit and encourage us to provide healthcare to our underserved population.
The program has offered a quality education, rigorous course work, student diversity as well as campus safety. Still University is a wonderful environment for inter-professional learning. As a school solely comprised of healthcare professionals, you get a great collaborative experience which athletic trainers need to be successful. Jennifer Lechtenberg. Still University has prepared me to become a stronger more knowledgeable clinician. When it comes to making decisions within the clinic setting, I feel that I am more confident now than I would have been with just a bachelor's degree.
ATSU provided many classes with hands on activities that stress the point of treating the whole patient and not just the injury. There was also a great support staff that wanted all students to succeed. The only con that I experienced was the cost of the schooling.
But in the end I feel that it was worth it because it has prepared me for what I am able to accomplish today. Christopher Crain. Thomas McDonough. It focuses on helping students, and I feel everyone of the staff and faculty aims to see us achieve our goals. It is not a school for "Gunners" so if you need competition to do well this is not the school for you. We liberal share our notes and help each other.
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