Annual Vanderkooi Endowed Lectureship

The 20th Annual Vanderkooi Endowed Lecture 
School of Occupational Therapy - Dallas
February 8, 2013 

Enabling Occupation: Ideas and Evidence for Practice

"As occupational therapists, we open doors to occupation. Occupational therapists work with individuals of all ages, groups or organizations who are at risk for decreased participation. The goal of occupational therapy is to enable persons to engage in occupations that support and bring meaning to daily life. Participation in occupation is a vital part of the human condition and lived experience - it leads to life satisfaction, a sense of competence, and is essential for psychological, emotional and skill development.  Over the past 30 years, we have gained substantive knowledge from occupational therapy research, occupational science and other disciplines. Sources of evidence and knowledge for occupational therapy come from person/client’s need, values, dreams, therapist wisdom and reasoning and research.  In this talk, we will examine how we use current knowledge to provide best practice in occupational therapy.  Our social responsibility as occupational therapists is to create and use knowledge to fulfill our commitment to the rights of all persons to participate fully in everyday living."

Presented by Mary Catharine Law, PhD, MSc, BSc, Professor, School of Rehabilitation Science, McMaster University, with an Associate Appointment, Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University

About the Vanderkooi Endowed Lectureship

The Vanderkooi Endowed Lectureship was established in 1994 to honor the first program director of occupational therapy at Texas Woman’s University, Fanny B. Vanderkooi. It celebrates the School of Occupational Therapy’s legacy of commitment to vision, professional values, and leadership development in occupational therapy education, practice and research. This years's event ran very smoothly with 250 in attendance, inclusive of students.

Founders – Vanderkooi Endowment	Vanderkooi 2013 Advisory Committee	Planning Committee
Roland and Virginia Chandler Dykes George and Grace Gilkeson       Bonnie Strauss	Lucy Aguirre-Kelley Regina Michael Campbell, Chairperson Catherine Candler Virginia Chandler Dykes Adele Polk Bonnie Strauss Margaret Wise	Regina Michael Campbell, MS, OTR, FAOTA Catherine Candler, PhD, OTR, BCP Sharon Venable,      Dev Officer, Corporate & Community Dev  Christianne Kellett-Price,      Coordinator for Lifelong Learning

Previous Vanderkooi Lecturers
1994 Lela Llorens, PhD, OTR 1995 Charles Christiansen, PhD, OTR        1996 Penney Kyler Hutchinson 1997 Catherine Trombly, PhD, OTR 1998 Carolyn Baum, PhD, OTR 1999 Beatriz Abreu, PhD, OTR 2000 Shereen Farber, PhD, OTR 2001 Linda Fazio, PhD, OTR 2002 Karen Jacobs, EdD, OTR 2003 Barbara Kornblau, JD, OT/L	2004 Patricia Crist, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA 2005 Jim Hinojosa, PhD 2006 Suzanne Peloquin, PhD, OTR, FAOTA 2007 Wendy Wood, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA 2008 Penelope Moyers, EdD, OTR/L, BCMH, FAOTA 2009 Kenneth Ottenbacher, PhD 2010 Barbara A. Boyt Schell, PhD, OT, FAOTA 2011 Glen Gillen, EdD, OTR, FAOTA 2012 Florence A. Clark, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA 2013 Mary Catharine Law, PhD, MSc, BSc