Happy O.T. month! The annual AOTA conference is this week! Will you be there? Etown faculty, recent graduates, and students will be there and presenting. Check out the list of our presentations here. We hope to see you in Nashville!
On Monday, May 18, a group of 20 students (occupational therapy, social work, education, anthropology, and communication) and two faculty members will depart for a humanitarian/service-learning trip to Vietnam. They will join staff members and sponsors from Brittany’s Hope, a …
by Ann Marie Potter, MA, OTR/L, Lecturer and PTE Advisor On March 15, thirteen new members were inducted into Pi Theta Epsilon (PTE), occupational therapy’s national honor society. Students who are junior or senior status with a GPA of at least …
Faculty, recent graduates, and current students are headed to Nashville for the 2015 annual American Occupational Therapy Association Conference in April. They are excited to represent E-town through various presentations. If you are going to the conference, check out these …
Blue Jays head to Nashville – Music City – for the AOTA Conference Read more »
BETHESDA, MD (June 10, 2014)—The American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) has appointed Lorie Gage Richards, PhD, OTR/L, as the Editor-in-Chief of the American Journal of Occupational Therapy (AJOT). Richards is chair of and a tenured associate professor in the Division of …
Meet the new AJOT editor – Lorie Gage Richards, PhD, OTR/L (’83) Read more »
Marla Peiffer was recently crowned “Miss York County” – part of the Miss Pennsylvania and Miss America Organization. The “Miss York County” pageant is open to young women who live in York County or surrounding counties. Marla is from Quarryville, …
Marla Peiffer – Senior OT student wins “Miss York County” Pageant and Scholarship Read more »
By Tam Humbert, D.Ed., OTR/L, Associate Professor Domestic violence has always been a social concern. Even though it might show up and be highlighted in the media from time to time, as it did this past fall, it is not …
Domestic Violence: Women’s Perspectives on Recovery Read more »
From Rebecca Patten, (MS, class of 2016) May 25, 2014 a group of Elizabethtown College students started their journey to Honduras for a week-long medical mission trip with C.A.R.E. (Central America Relief Efforts).The group was composed of occupational therapy majors …
Occupational therapists and occupational therapy assistants who are licensed in Pennsylvania must comply with new education and training requirements under the Child Protective Services Law – Act 31, section 6311. Effective January 1, 2015, all licensed health care workers (and funeral …