Children and Families

Supporting children and families across medical, developmental and educational contexts through occupational therapy research.

Current research projects focus on the implementation of constraint induced movement therapy for youth with cerebral palsy in Mexico, the impact of experiential learning on clinical reasoning for allied health students and upper extremity rehabilitation to promote neurological recovery and family mealtime particpation.

Research projects

Learn More about the Translation of CIMT to Mexico

 

Effects of Experiential Learning on the Clinical Reasoning Skills of Pediatric Constraint Induced Movement Therapy of Allied Health Students

TWU researcher:  Heather Roberts, PhD, OT

Learn More about the Effects of Experiential Learning

 

Family mealtime participation: workshops guided by occupational adaptation theory

TWU researcher: Lou Ann Hintz, PhD, OTR

 

A survey on NICU therapists’ role for infants with hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy following therapeutic hypothermia

TWU researcher: Gail A. Poskey, PhD, OTR, CNT

Learn More about the Survey

 

Therapy Together

TWU researcher:  Heather Roberts, PhD, OT

Learn More about Therapy Together

 

School-based Occupational Therapy

TWU researcher: Lou Ann Hintz, PhD, OTR

 

Working towards exploring and addressing the occupational participation of teens living with HIV/AIDS in Botswana through creative, participatory action research Brief description of the research project

TWU researcher:  Tanya Thomas, PhD, OTR

Learn More about youth participatory action research

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