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Education
BS in Special and Elementary Education, Gwynedd-Mercy College, Gwynedd Valley, PA
MS in Occupational Therapy, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
PhD in Adult Education, Capella University, Minneapolis, MN
Certification
Occupational Therapy
Life Care Planning
University Appointment
Professor, Department of Occupational Therapy,
School of Health Professions
Research and Clinical Interests
My professional mission is to promote the desires and aspirations of young people with physical impairments, mental health challenges and social disadvantages so that they develop healthy and meaningful relationships with others and become self-directed and meaningfully engaged in their chosen pursuits. In support of this mission, my clinical passion involves working with children with spinal cord injuries and their families. Through research funding, I am studying the long-term outcomes of children with spinal injuries; developing computer adaptive testing platforms of activity performance and participation and; developing trajectories of typical participation patterns of children and adolescence living in the United States as way to better understand the similarities and disparities of participation in children with health conditions compared to peers without health conditions. Having knowledge on similarities and disparities will catalyze work involving the development of occupationally based methods to enhance participation.
Professional Memberships
American Occupational Therapy Association
American Spinal Injury Association
Association of SCI Professions
American Academy of Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine
American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine
International Spinal Cord Society
Association of Children Prosthetics and Orthotics
Courses Taught
Research Methods
Neuroanatomy and Physiology
Advanced Evidence Based Practice
Leadership
Leading Edge Occupational Therapy
Disability Studies
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Mary Jane (MJ) Mulcahey, PhD, OTR/L