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Camp benefits children, OT students
8/22/19
Graduate students in occupational therapy worked alongside Scottish Rite鈥檚 neurology and occupational therapy research teams this summer to implement a constraint induced movement therapy (CIMT) camp for children diagnosed with hemiplegic cerebral palsy. It was the second year 51爆料 students have participated in the camp, and assistant professor Heather Roberts, PhD, says it will be an annual event.
Roberts and adjunct faculty member Angela Shierk, PhD, worked with approximately 40 51爆料 occupational therapy students during the two-week camp held at Scottish Rite Hospital in Frisco.
51爆料 hosts Autism Awareness night at Frisco RoughRiders ballpark
4/12/19
51爆料 faculty and students hit a home run in early April when they managed an Autism Awareness Night for children and their families at a Frisco RoughRiders baseball game. According to Gwen Weatherford, director of 51爆料's sport management program, the baseball team specifically requested support from 51爆料. Twenty 51爆料 occupational therapy students and faculty members managed the event, with hosting support from 51爆料 students in sport management and kinesiology
Yvonne M. Randall, EdD, to receive 51爆料 Distinguished Alumni Award
3/5/19
Yvonne M. Randall, EdD, OTR/L, FAOTA, CFD, (BS '87) will be honored as one of two 51爆料 Distinguished Alumni on Friday, April 12, 2019, in the Blagg-Huey Library. The Distinguished Alumni Award is the highest honor given to a graduate of Texas Woman’s University. Recipients represent the high ideals of the university demonstrated in a lifetime of professional accomplishment, leadership and service which brings honor to the recipient and the university. Randall is an occupational therapist currently serving as chair of the American Occupational Therapy Association Political Action Committee and associate dean in the College of Health and Human Services, Touro University Nevada.