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, Dr. P.H., OTR/L

• Exploring Play Occupations of Low-Income, Urban Children
  • Stephen B. Kern, MS, 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, Ph.D.

• 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, Ph.D.

• 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, MS, OTR/L, FAOTA

• Satisfaction with and utilization of powered wheelchairs in clients with stroke.
  • Arlene Lorch, MS, 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, MS, OTR/L
  • Laura Gitlin, Ph.D.
    
    
• Participatory action research project: development of a health promotion program for individuals with heart failure
  • Stephen B. Kern, MS, 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