Children and Their Families in Context

  The Impact of Atypical Sensory Responsivity on Participation for Children with Autism

  Sensory Processing Styles and Occupational Roles

  Outcomes of Occupational Therapy Using a Sensory Integrative Approach

• Roseann C. Schaaf, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA
• View information on Dr. Schaaf's Sensory Integration Laboratory and additional research studies.

  Games for Life Learning: Movement and Play in Children

• Shelley Wallock, DrPH, OTR/L

  Exploring Play Occupations of Low-Income, Urban Children

• Stephen B. Kern, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA
  

 

 

Health and Community Participation

  In-Touch: Mind, Body, and Spirit:
      Exploratory Study #1: Exploring Concerns, Adaptive and Cultural Mechanisms Used by Aging African American
      Women and Men of Varying Health and Functional Status

• Janice Burke, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA  
• Laura Gitlin, PhD

  Tailored Activity Project (TAP):
      How the Introduction and Use of Meaningful Activity May Affect Individuals with Dementia and Their Caregivers

• Janice Burke, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA
• Adel Herge, MS, OTR/L
• Laura Gitlin, PhD

  Social Service/Health Independence Program:
      A Collaborative Effort of Jefferson Medical College, Department of Family Medicine and the Philadelphia Senior Center

• Stephen B. Kern, MS, OTR/L, FAOTA
  

  Development of a Health Promotion Program for Individuals with Heart Failure (Participatory action research project)

• Stephen B. Kern, MS, OTR/L, FAOTA

  Perceptions and Strategies that Persons who are Homeless Use to Manage a Chronic Health Condition

• Kathleen Swenson Miller, PhD, OTR/L

  Aligning Occupational Therapy Intervention Goals/Outcomes with Homeless Program Goals/Outcomes

• Kathleen Swenson Miller, PhD, OTR/L
  

 

 

Rehabilitation and Disability Studies

  Development of an Upper Extremity Assessment for Persons with Spinal Cord Injury

• Stephen B. Kern, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA

  Satisfaction with and Utilization of Powered Wheelchairs in Clients with Stroke

• Arlene Lorch, OTD, OTR/L, CHES

  Development of a Pragmatic Model of Putting Evidence-Based Processes into the Daily Practice Patterns of
      Rehabilitation Therapists

• Kathleen Swenson Miller, PhD, OTR/L
• Susan Toth-Cohen, PhD, OTR/L

 

 

Other Current Research Projects

  Sensory processing and reactivity in children with autism

• Roseann C. Schaaf, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA
• View information on Dr. Schaaf's Sensory Integration Laboratory and additional research studies.
  
  

  Tailored Activity Project (TAP):
      How the Introduction and Use of Meaningful Activity May Affect Individuals with Dementia and their Caregivers

• Janice Burke, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA
• Adel Herge, OTD, OTR/L
• Laura Gitlin, PhD
  
  

  Participatory Action Research Project:
      Development of a Health Promotion Program for Individuals with Heart Failure

• Stephen B. Kern, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA

  Investigating professional behavior development in students

• Caryn Johnson, MS, OTR/L, FAOTA
  
  

  Experiences of Occupational Therapists Addressing Spirituality in Occupational Therapy Practice

• Susan Toth-Cohen, PhD, OTR/L
• Laura Feeney, MS, OTR/L
  
  

  Coping Strategies for Chronic Health Conditions Among Adults Who are Homeless

• Kathleen Swenson Miller, PhD, OTR/L

See additional information about Department of Occupational Therapy research projects