Barbara A. Rider Colloquium
Colloquium History
Barbara A. Rider Colloquium through the years...
5th Annual |Wendy Coster| 2008
Department Chair, Occupational Therapy and
Rehabilitation Counseling
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n University - Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences Dr. Wendy Coster has been awarded the Eleanor Clarke Slagle Lectureship, the highest honor given by the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA). Given annually to a member of the association who has “creatively contributed to the development of knowledge of the profession through research, education, and/or clinical practice,” the award was established in 1955 as a memorial to Slagle, a pioneer in the field of occupational therapy. Dr. Coster delivered her lecture entitled "Embracing Ambiguity: Facing the Challenges of Measurement" at the 2008 AOTA Annual Conference in Long Beach, California.
“Dr. Coster is an exemplary faculty member and tremendous asset to Boston University Sargent College,” says Gloria Waters, dean of Boston University Sargent. “She is truly a gifted teacher, researcher, and administrator. I am thrilled that the AOTA has chosen to celebrate her efforts with this award.”
In addition to her work as an educator and leader at Boston University, Coster helped develop two assessment tools that evaluate functional capabilities and performance in young children, the Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory (PEDI) and the School Function Assessment. She has advanced theory and advocated evidence-based practice that promotes the well-being of people with disabilities. “I’m pleased that the assessments we developed really made a difference,” says Coster. “I think they really helped people focus on what children with disabilities could do as opposed to what they couldn’t do.”
Coster earned a master’s degree in occupational therapy at Boston University Sargent College and a doctorate degree at Harvard. Besides administering programs in the occupational therapy and rehabilitation counseling department, she teaches courses and conducts research on outcome measures for adults receiving rehabilitation services. Her colleagues describe her as a “gifted colleague,” whose “leadership style nurtures the growth of others.”
Reprinted from BU Today (Feb 22, 2007), by Brittany Jasnoff
For further information, please visit: http://people.bu.edu/wjcoster/background.htm
Other Sessions Held:
Imitation & Autism: Mirror Neurons, Intentionality, or Motor Planning
Speaker: Dr. Morton Ann Gernsbacher
The START Initiative (Statewide Autism Resources & Training)
Speaker: Michelle Simino, Teacher Consultant, SMART Facilitator
4th Annual |Florence Clark | 2007
Lifestyle Redesign: How to Sculpt a Meaningful and Healthy Life in Older Adulthood
Florence Clark, Ph.D., OTR/L, FAOTA
Dr. Florence Clark is an Associate Dean, Chair and Professor in the Division of Occupational Sci
ence and Occupational Therapy at the USC School of Dentistry. She has been Principal Investigator of three NIH-funded studies, including her current project, the NIA-funded Health Mediating Effects of the Well Elderly Study, and the recently completed U.S. Department of Education and NIDRR-funded project Daily Living Context and Pressure Sores in Consumers with Spinal Cord Injury. Her research studies have been published in both domestic and International journals, including the Journal of the American Medical Association and the International Journal of Aging and Human Development. Appointed as a charter member of the Academy of Research of the American Occupational Therapy Foundation, Dr. Clark has served as special consultant to the U.S. Army Surgeon General, served on the board of the NCMRR and been the recipient of the Eleanor Clarke Slagle Lectureship, the highest academic honor of the American Occupational Therapy Association.
In 1999, the American Occupational Therapy Association honored her with its Award of Merit and in 2001 she received a lifetime achievement award from the Occupational Therapy Association of California. In 2004 she received the Presidential Medallion from the University of Southern California, its ultimate honor, awarded to those who have brought distinction and honor to the University. Dr. Clark has also recently been elected as the Vice President of the American Occupational Therapy Association. Dr. Clark's research interest over the past two decades has largely centered on the relationship of activity and lifestyle to health and wellness. Her latest scholarly activity focuses on the design of lifestyle interventions for various populations such as independent-living older adults, business executives, obese adults, and individuals with spinal cord injury.
Other Sessions Held:
Occupational Therapy's Centennial Vision: Preparing Students for Action
Speaker: Cindee Quake-Rapp, Ph.D., OTR
Mental Health: Dementia Prevention
Speaker: Perry Westerman, M.D.
Matter of Balance
Speaker: Elizabeth Walker Peterson, MPH, OTR/L, FAOTA
Livable Communities
Speakers: Debra Lindstrom-Hazel, Ph.D., OTR and Karen Kafantaris, BA
Tai Chi: Blending Movement, Imagery and Awareness
Speaker: Roger Byrd, BS, NCTMB
Home Modifications and Community Connections
Speakers: Carla Chase, Ed.D., OTR, Bill Owens, CGR, CAPS, Annie Morgan, CAPS, Tuesday Toolmen
3rd Annual |Mary Schneider| 2006
Primate model of sensory processing disorder: Neurobiological correlates, genetic influences, and possible causal mechanisms
Mary L. Schneider PhD, OTR
Mary L. Schneider received a B.S. in occupational therapy (1973) from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and worked as an occupational therapist for several years, providing consultation, assessment, and direct treatment to children with attention deficit disorders, learning disabilities, fetal alcohol syndrome, and pervasive developmental disorders. She received masters and Ph.D. degrees in developmental psychology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (1984, 1987) and joined the UW-Madison faculty in 1987 as an assistant professor in Occupational Therapy. Currently, she is a professor in the UW-Madison Department of Kinesiology and a Director of the Occupational Therapy Program.
She has a joint appointment in the Psychology Department and she is a research affiliate at the Harlow Primate Laboratory and the Wisconsin Regional Primate Center. Her primate model uses behavioral and neuroimaging techniques to investigate underlying neural mechanisms associated with fetal alcohol exposure, prenatal stress, and sensory processing disorders. During her tenure at the University, Dr. Schneider has generated over 12 million dollars in grant funding from the National Institutes of Health and from private foundations to support her research. Dr. Schneider is a member of the American Occupational Therapy Foundation Academy of Research.
Other Sessions Held:
Issues in Driver Rehabiliation
Speaker: Laura Miller, MS, OTR, CDI, CDRS
Paradigm Shifts in Neurobehavioral Pediatrics: The Importance of Regulatory Sensory Processing in the Multimodal Management of Neurobehavioral Disorders
Speaker: Mark A. Sloane DO, FACOP, FAAP
Improving Motor Outcomes through Contraint-Induced Movement Therapy
Speakers: Stephanie Combs, MS, PT, NCS and Valerie Bush Marriman, OTR, SPT
Neurodynamics in Neurorehabilitation
Speaker: Robert C. Ferguson, OTR
Dementia: A Challenge Differential
Speaker: Jeanette M. Meyer, M.D.
Traumatic Brain Injury/Addictive and Psychiatric Disorders “The Misdiagnosed Population”
Speaker: Roman Frankel, PhD., CCD, NCAC II, CBIS, CEAP, CCGC
2nd Annual |Jim Hinojosa| 2005
Excellence in a Time of Hyperchange
Jim H
inojosa, Ph.D., OT, FAOTA
Dr. Jim Hinojosa is a Professor and Chair of the Department of Occupational Therapy at New York University. Currently, Dr. Hinojosa serves as the member-at-large on AOTA’s Commission on Continuing Competence and Professional Development. He also served as chairperson of the Commission on Practice of the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA), on the Executive Board of AOTA, and on the Board of Directors of the American Occupational Therapy Foundation. In recognition of his leadership, AOTA presented him with their highest honor, the Award of Merit, in 1994. Dr. Hinojosa has an extensive record of publications including more than 90 articles and chapters and six textbooks, including Perspectives in Human Occupation: Participation in Life, Frames of Reference in Pediatric Occupational Therapy, The Texture of Life: Purposeful Activities in Occupational Therapy and Occupational Therapy Evaluation: Obtaining and Interpreting Data
Dr. Hinojosa’s speciality is pediatrics and his research focuses on therapist collaboration with families. For the last three years, he has been investigating the ‘occupation’ of homework and how it influences family life when it is superimposed on more traditional home occupations such as cooking, cleaning and doing laundry. His project looks at the development of homework management strategies for families with children with disabilities. Another offshoot of the project has been the development of strategies to integrate home-based therapy into family routines by carrying over strategies used to integrate homework into family life
Other Sessions Held:
Occupational Therapy and the Treatment of Vision LossSpeaker: Cheryl Terpening Frueh, OTR, COT
Studying the Effectiveness of Handwriting Without Tears: The Search for Evidence-Based Practice in a Real Life Setting
Speaker: Paula W. Jamison, PhD., OTR
Low Cost Office Ergonomic Solution
Speaker: Suzanne M. Bade, MPH, OTR
Starting your own evidence based research: a workshop
Speaker: Richard Cooper, Ed.D, OTR, FAOTA
Hand Therapy Update: Recent Advances in Hand Therapy
Speaker: Timothy M. Mullen, MS, OTR, CHT
Current Occupational Therapist Practice In the Field of Home Modification Assessments and Design
Speakers: Christian Michael Petrovich, M.S., OTR, Deborah-Lindstrom-Hazel, PhD., OTR, Joseph Smolarkiewicz, OTR
Driver’s Rehabilitation: Safe Return to Driving for Persons with Brain Injury
Speakers: Tammy Westfall, OTR and Larry Klug, MA, CDRS, CDT
1st Annual | Carolyn Baum | 2004
Making A Difference: Professional Vision, Values and Advocacy
M. Carolyn Baum, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA
Dr. Carolyn Baum is the Elias Michael Director and Professor of Occupational Therapy and Neurology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri.
Dr. Baum currently serves as President of the American Occupational Therapy Association and served as past President of the American Occupational Therapy Association and the American Occupational Therapy Certification Board (now known as NBCOT). She served on the National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research at the National Institute of Health and the Institute of Medicine’s Committee to Assess Rehabilitation Science and Engineering needs, in that capacity helping to prepare a report for Congress. Dr. Baum serves on the Board of Trustees at the Rehabilitation Institute of St. Louis and was recently appointed to the University Committee that is planning the Washington University Center on Aging.
Dr. Baum’s research is on the relationship of activity and function in persons with cognitive impairment and chronic disease. Currently she is the principal investigator of a project funded by The James S. McDonnell Foundation to build an integrated model of cognitive rehabilitation. The project involves neuroscientists, neurologists, and occupational therapists working together to understand the brain and cognitive mechanisms that support every day life. Dr. Baum heads an interdisciplinary faculty that is contributing knowledge and training clinicians and rehabilitation scientists to understand the person and environmental factors that contribute to the performance of every day life.
Other Sessions Held:
Improvisational Theatre and Mental Illness
Speaker: Christine Urish MS, OTR/L
Hand Therapy
Speaker: Nancy Krolikowski, MS, OTR, CHT
Oral Motor Strategies
Speaker: Karen Galloway, OTR
Innovative Approcahes to Pain Managament
Speakers: DJ O’Bryant, OTR, Amy Taylor-Johnson, MS, OTR and Michelle Phillips, PT
Assistive Technology Without Tears
Speakers: Janice M. DiGiovanni, MS, OTR and Ellen Flannery Winter, MA, OTR
Innovations in Clinical Training
WMU OT Faculty Speakers: Ben Atchison PhD, OTR, FAOTA, Debra Lindstrom-Hazel, PhD, OTR and Berit Miller, MS, OTR