Schaaf, Roseann
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130 S 9th Street
6th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19107
(215) 503-9609
(215) 503-2950 fax
6th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19107
(215) 503-9609
(215) 503-2950 fax
Education
PhD, Neural and Behavioral Sciences, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA
MEd, Motor Development, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
BS, Occupational Therapy, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
Certifications
- National Board Certification for Occupational Therapy
- Licensed Occupational Therapist: Pennsylvania
- Sensory Integration and Praxis Test Certification
- AOTA Neuroscience Certificate: Neuroscience Foundations of Human Performance
University Appointment
- Professor, Department of Occupational Therapy
- Faculty, Farber Institute for Neuroscience
Professional Societies
- Member, American Occupational Therapy Association
- Member, Pennsylvania Occupational Therapy Association
- Member, International Society for Autism Research
- Founding Member, Sensory Integration Research Collaborative
- Member, Society for Psychophysiological Research
- Member, Alpha Eta Society
Research & Clinical Interests
- Autism
- Sensory integration/multisensory integration
- Intervention research
- Neural markers of sensory integration (fMRI, autonomic nervous system; EEG)
Awards & Honors
- A. Jean Ayres, Research Award, The American Occupational Therapy Foundation, 2008
- Bridges to the Ivory Tower Research Award, Pediatric Therapy Network, 2007
- Dean's Faculty Achievement Award, Thomas Jefferson University, 2005
- Switzer Fellowship - National Institute on Disabilities and Rehabilitation Research, 2001-2002
- Service Award, 1993-1996, 1996-1999
American Occupational Therapy Association Developmental Disabilities SIS - Fellow of the American Occupational Therapy Association, 1996
- Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching, Thomas Jefferson University, 1996
- Fred and Sayde Abrams Award for Excellence in Clinical and Laboratory Instruction, 1993
- Master Clinician Award of Excellence, Pennsylvania Occupational Therapy Association, 1990
- Cordelia Myers Writer's Award, 1985
- Graduate Teaching Assitantship, Temple University, 1981
Publications
Most Recent Peer-Reviewed Publications
- A systematic review of ayres sensory integration intervention for children with autism
- Erratum: (American Journal of Occupational Therapy (2018) 72: 1 DOI: 10.5014/ajot.2018.029017)
- Efficacy of occupational therapy using ayres sensory integration®: A systematic review
- Introduction to the evaluation in ayres sensory integration® (EASI)
- Sleep in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Manualization of occupational therapy using ayres sensory integration® for autism
- Application of data-driven decision making using ayres sensory integration® with a child with Autism
- Toward a Best-Practice Protocol for Assessment of Sensory Features in ASD
- Creating evidence for practice using data-driven decision making
- Ayres sensory integration®intervention
- Linking Sensory Factors to Participation: Establishing Intervention Goals with Parents for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Sensory integration and praxis patterns in children with autism
- State of the science: A roadmap for research in sensory integration
- Measuring change in somatosensation across the lifespan
- Sensory interventions for children with autism
- Response from authors to comments on "An intervention for sensory difficulties in children with autism: A randomized trial"
- Interrater reliability and discriminative validity of the structural elements of the ayres sensory integration® fidelity measure©
- State of measurement in occupational therapy using sensory integration
- An intervention for sensory difficulties in children with autism: A randomized trial
- Occupational therapy based on ayres sensory integration in the treatment of retentive fecal incontinence in a 3-year-old boy