Etown goes to Japan!

From the desks of Dr. Tam Humbert & Dr. Nancy Carlson Steadman

The World Federation of Occupational Therapists (WFOT) held its Congress this year in June in Yokohama, Japan. Over 5,000 occupational therapy practitioners attended, representing 66 countries. Etown was there, too, as represented by associated professors Dr. Tam Humbert and Dr. Nancy Carlson Steadman.

Several presentations highlighted some of the work of Elizabethtown College’s occupational therapy program.

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  Dr. Carlson Steadman presented a poster, “A systematic review of interventions in families’ routines:  An occupational therapy perspective.” Contributing authors were Chelsea Gibson (’13) & Sara Hardy (’13).

• Dr. Humbert presented a poster, “Learning Together: The Linguistic, Cultural and Disciplinary Border Crossings of an Occupational Therapy and Foreign Language Education Collaboration.” Co-authors were Dr. Charla Lorenzen, Brittani Nelson (’13) and Allyson Wells (’13).
• Dr. Humbert presented a paper entitled,  “Reflections on the Use of the Kawa Model in Phenomenological Research.”

Dr. Humbert was also invited to present her work, “Comprehending Domestic Violence using the Kawa Model” at the Japan – World Kawa Model International Symposium at the University of Tokyo. Dr. Michael Iwama and other noteworthy colleagues attended, which afforded Dr. Humbert an opportunity to join an international dialogue.

Other highlights included walking past the roller coaster at Cosmo World each day on the way to the Conference Center, using chopsticks, touring the silk museum, seeing Buddhist Temples and Shinto Shrines, enjoying contemplative gardens, and being with OTs from so many different spaces and places in the world!!

The next WFOT Congress will be in South Africa, 2018. Hope to see you there!!!!