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Distance Education Programs for Occupational Therapists


Lead the Way Symposium Schedule, May 18, 2009
  Time Event  
  7:00 - 8:00 AM Practice session (optional)  
     
  8:00 - 8:30 AM Registration  
     
  8:30 - 9:30 AM Keynote Address by Dr. Elsie Vergara - Promoting Emerging Areas of OT in Countries with Limited Resources: What Should Be Our Role?  
     
  9:30 - 9:45 AM Questions and Answers  
     
  9:45 - 10:00 AM Break  
     
  Session 1    
     
  10:00 - 11:00 AM  A Iris De la Calzada - The Effectiveness of a "Patient-Oriented Hand Rehabilitation Program" for Clients with Work-Related Upper Extremity Disorders in Achieving Functional Outcomes and Facilitating Return to Work

Katie Schweitzer - The effectiveness of splinting in the management of first carpometacarpal osteoarthritis
     
  10:00 - 11:00 AM  B Sheila Krajnik - The Effectiveness of Low Vision Rehabilitation for Improving Performance of Daily Living Activities in Older Adults

Emilie Pessagno - The Effectiveness Of Early Mobilization Therapy In older adults With Proximal Humeral Fractures
 
     
  11:00 - 11:15 AM Break  
     
  Session 2    
     
  11:15 AM - 12:30 PM  A Mary Grinovics - The role of occupational therapy in promoting public health awareness: The sample case of preventing pediatric lead exposure

Daphne Hooyboer - The effectiveness of manual therapy techniques on pain and self care independence in clients diagnosed with shoulder impingement
 
     
  11:15 AM - 12:30 PM  B Angela Landry - Hippotherapy and conventional occupational therapy: Two approaches for treatment of postural control in children with cerebral palsy

Kathy Rubel - Effectiveness of occupational therapy interventions in improving handwriting performance in children aged four to eight years

Traci Gilman - Maladaptive Behaviors in Adolescence with Autism: Which Method is More Efficient in Treating Them?
 
     
  12:30 - 1:30 PM Lunch (on your own)  
     
  Session 3    
     
  1:30 - 2:30 PM Going Steady: Falls Prevention (PTE Students' Workshop)  
     
  2:30 - 2:45 PM Break  
     
  Session 4    
     
  2:45 - 3:45 PM  A 3 concurrent presentations by post-professional OTD students; presentations are 20 minutes:

Lori Vaughn: Educating for 21st Century Practice:  Development of a Sociocultural Competence Training Module for Occupational Therapy Fieldwork Students

Scotty McNeil: Minority Recruitment in Occupational Therapy Education: A New Model

Ann Kline: Parent Support and Advocacy Education: Accessing Connections
 
     
  2:45 - 3:45 PM  B Panel: "Three innovative social interaction programs for children with an ASD: Evidenced-based approaches for school and community"

Heidi Wolley
Shannon Levandowski
Robin Kirschenbaum
 
     
  3:45-4:00 PM Break  
     
  Session 5    
     
  4:00 - 5:15 PM  A 2 concurrent presentations by faculty; presentations are 30 minutes:

Gael Orsmond: Families of Adolescents & Adults with Autism

Christine Helfrich: Life Skills Interventions with People Who Are Homeless with Mental Illness
 
     
  4:00 - 5:15 PM  B 2 concurrent presentations by faculty; presentations are 30 minutes:

Ellen Cohn: The Relationship between Behaviors Associated with Sensory Processing and Parents' Sense of Competence

Mary Evenson: Evidence-Based Case Analysis: A Pilot Study of Students' Confidence to Use Descriptive, Assessment, and Intervention Research Evidence
 
     
  5:15 - 5:45 PM Closing Ceremony