56 research outputs found
IMAGE Love Your Body Day Speaker Emily Rapp discusses "Disabilities and Body Image"
No full textIncludes descriptive metadata provided by producer in MP3 file: "Politics, Economics and Social Issues - Podcasts - IMAGE Love Your Body Day Speaker Emily Rapp discusses 'Disabilities and Body Image'." Rapp, the author of the book Poster Child, speaks on Oct. 15, 2008, drawing partially on her experiences living with a prosthetic leg and with anorexia nervosa. She reads a passage from her book. The event was sponsored by the activist organization IMAGE and was a celebration of Love Your Body Day. Part of the address at the beginning is missing
Enigmas
No full textArising from the 2020 Darwin College Lectures, this book presents eight essays from prominent public intellectuals on the theme of Enigmas. Each author examines this theme through the lens of their own particular area of expertise, together constituting an illuminating and diverse interdisciplinary volume. Enigmas features contributions by professor of physics Sean M. Carroll, author Jo Marchant, writer and broadcaster Adam Rutherford, professor of earth sciences Tamsin A. Mather, professor of the history of the book Erik Kwakkel, reader in cultural history Tiffany Watt Smith, mathematician and public speaker James Grime, assistant professor of positive AI J. Derek Lomas, and explorer Albert Y.- M. Lin. This volume will appeal to anyone fascinated by puzzles and mysteries, solved and unsolved
Anosognosia of Neglect During Performance of Daily Activities
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Date Presented 3/30/2017
This poster highlights how common anosognosia is among clients after stroke and how important it is for practitioners to assess for anosognosia and plan treatment to address it in this client population.
Primary Author and Speaker: Emily Grattan
Contributing Authors: Elizabeth Skidmore, Michelle Woodbury</jats:p
An Exploration of the Role of Sensory-Based Theory in School-Based Occupational Therapy
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Date Presented 3/31/2017
This mixed-design study explores the prevalence and role of sensory-based interventions in school-based occupational therapy. This study contributes to a greater awareness of the prevalence and trends of current sensory-based interventions used by school-based occupational therapists.
Primary Author and Speaker: Meghan Roach
Additional Authors and Speakers: Emily Breisinger, Jeryl Benson</jats:p
Clinical Reasoning Styles Used by Occupational Therapists Delivering an eHealth Intervention
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Date Presented 3/31/2017
Think-aloud methods were used to explore the clinical reasoning of occupational therapists interacting with clients through videoconferencing. Pragmatic, procedural, interactive, and conditional reasoning styles were all used. Think-aloud methods may help train therapists practicing using eHealth.
Primary Author and Speaker: Emily Nalder
Contributing Authors: Carolina Bottari, Elizabeth Skidmore, Deirdre Dawson</jats:p
The Association Between Two Sensory Processing Measures: The Sensory Over-Responsivity Inventory and the Adolescent/Adult Sensory Profile
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Date Presented 3/31/2017
Concurrent validity between the Sensory Over-Responsivity Inventory and the Adolescent/Adult Sensory Profile was examined among 556 typical adults. Results indicate a moderate correlation between measures that varies across individual sensory systems.
Primary Author and Speaker: Michelle Kanda
Additional Authors and Speakers: Laura Ruzzano, Emily Cohen, Sharon Cermak</jats:p
A Transdisciplinary Team Model for School-Based Sensorimotor Programming
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Date Presented 3/31/2017
This qualitative research proposes a model for transdisciplinary team collaboration and sensorimotor program implementation in special education for adolescents with autism spectrum disorder, intellectual disabilities, or both. This new model will advance school-based occupational therapy practice.
Primary Author and Speaker: Laura GreissHess
Contributing Authors: Brooke Czuleger, Emily Garnica, Jessica Phung, Maciej Rzepka</jats:p
Attention and Sensory Characteristics in Children With High-Functioning Autism and Sensory Processing Disorder
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Date Presented 3/30/2017
Children with sensory processing disorder and high-functioning autism have different attention and sensory processing characteristics. These results can help therapists identify specific treatment strategies while working on attention and sensory processing skills with these children.
Primary Author and Speaker: Mei-Heng Lin
Additional Authors and Speakers: Jewel Mascarenhas, Patricia L. Davies
Contributing Authors: Emily Marshall, Blythe LaGasse, William J. Gavin</jats:p
A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words: A Unique Voice for People With Aphasia
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Date Presented 3/30/2017
This study used photos in conversations with people with aphasia about occupations. Seven participants completed three photographic assignments, interviews, and a focus group about their occupations. Researchers found that photography can be a useful tool when communicating with people with aphasia.
Primary Author and Speaker: Lori Breeden
Additional Authors and Speakers: Lauren Cain, Erin Velpel
Contributing Authors: Kayla Ford, Emily Hauser, Jaimie Hutchins, Kinsey Lengerich</jats:p
Chronic Pain Patients’ Perceptions of Treatments That Decrease Pain and Increase Function
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Date Presented 3/31/2017
This qualitative study explored chronic pain patients’ perceptions of treatment interventions that work to decrease their pain and increase their occupational performance, in order to further incorporate treatments that work into occupational therapy practice and ensure client centeredness.
Primary Author and Speaker: Emily Jehl
Additional Authors and Speakers: Erin Solger, Crysta Weaver
Contributing Authors: Debora Oliveira, Barbara Kornblau, Sarah Mbiza, Aurelia Alexander</jats:p
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