Summer-Fall 2004

Faculty Highlights

Department of Occupational Therapy Vice Chairman and Director of Graduate Programs, Roseann Schaaf, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA was invited to present a paper on occupational therapy using a sensory integrative approach with children with autism at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Annual Conference, Spectrum of Developmental Disabilities XXVI, Autism to Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. She was also invited to present her current work on sensory processing, neuroplasticity and activity at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and at the Pediatric Therapy Network Annual Research Symposium in Long Beach, CA. Dr. Schaaf is the Project Director of Thomas Jefferson University's Sensory Integration Laboratory in addition to her roles as Vice Chairman and Director of Graduate Programs.