{"id":40,"date":"2014-05-27T22:28:37","date_gmt":"2014-05-28T02:28:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/groups.etown.edu\/ot\/?p=40"},"modified":"2014-05-27T22:28:37","modified_gmt":"2014-05-28T02:28:37","slug":"aota-conference-in-baltimore-blue-jays-in-attendance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/groups.etown.edu\/ot\/2014\/05\/27\/aota-conference-in-baltimore-blue-jays-in-attendance\/","title":{"rendered":"AOTA Conference in Baltimore &#8211; Blue Jays in attendance"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_140\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-140\" style=\"width: 448px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/groups.etown.edu\/ot\/files\/2014\/05\/AOTA-group-with-crab.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-140  \" alt=\"Group of Etown students and faculty standing near a statue of a large crab\" src=\"http:\/\/groups.etown.edu\/ot\/files\/2014\/05\/AOTA-group-with-crab.jpeg\" width=\"448\" height=\"321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/groups.etown.edu\/ot\/files\/2014\/05\/AOTA-group-with-crab.jpeg 448w, https:\/\/groups.etown.edu\/ot\/files\/2014\/05\/AOTA-group-with-crab-300x214.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-140\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The crab statue was a popular place for photos &#8211; here are graduate students from the class of 2014 with a faculty member. (Back row, L &#8211; R): Veronica Benoit, Megan DiBernardino, Emalee Hartman, Megan Waters, Kimberly Welker, Debbie Waltermire, faculty; (Front row L &#8211; R): Jenna Niedermayer, Ashley Lockwood, Megan Steber.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Occupational Therapy faculty, students, and alumni attended the recent American Occupational Therapy Association Annual Conference, which was held in Baltimore, April 2-6, 2014.\u00a0 This year\u2019s annual conference gathered more than 7,000 clinicians, faculty, and students from all over the United States as well as from international settings. \u00a0Check out the many presentations by Elizabethtown College faculty, students, and recent graduates:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #339966\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Thursday April 3, 2014<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Associate Professor <strong>Dr. Tam Humbert<\/strong> &amp; <strong>Brittani Nelson<\/strong>, MS (\u201813) presented their poster, &#8220;The Cultural and Disciplinary Border Crossings of an Occupational Therapy and Foreign Language Education.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Associate Professor <strong>Dr. Tam Humbert<\/strong> <span style=\"line-height: 1.5em\">&amp;<strong> Lauren Rossi<\/strong> (\u201911) presented a research poster, &#8220;A Conceptual Model of Spirituality and Occupational Therapy: Constructs From a Comprehensive Literature Review.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;color: #339966\">Friday, April 4, 2014<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Associate Professor <strong>Dr. Tam Humbert<\/strong> &amp;<strong> Sara Brown del Pozo<\/strong>, MS, OTR\/L (\u201911) gave a presentation entitled, &#8220;Occupational Therapists Working Abroad: Exploring Decision Making With Culturally-Relevant Critical Incidents.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_136\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-136\" style=\"width: 403px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/groups.etown.edu\/ot\/files\/2014\/05\/Megan-Steber-with-poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-136 \" alt=\"Megan Steber, graduate student, presents a poster, &quot; &quot;Building a Healthier America: How Schools Incorporate Health Promotion To Foster Healthy Lifestyles in Children.&quot;\" src=\"http:\/\/groups.etown.edu\/ot\/files\/2014\/05\/Megan-Steber-with-poster.jpg\" width=\"403\" height=\"257\" srcset=\"https:\/\/groups.etown.edu\/ot\/files\/2014\/05\/Megan-Steber-with-poster.jpg 448w, https:\/\/groups.etown.edu\/ot\/files\/2014\/05\/Megan-Steber-with-poster-300x190.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 403px) 100vw, 403px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-136\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Megan Steber, (MS, &#8217;14) presented her poster entitled, &#8220;Building a Healthier America: How Schools Incorporate Health Promotion To Foster Healthy Lifestyles in Children.&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Assistant Professor\u00a0<strong>Kerri Hample<\/strong><b>\u00a0<\/b>presented a poster entitled, &#8220;Going Beyond Continuing Education To Continued Competency: An Opportunity to Shape Your Career and the Future of OT!&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_137\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-137\" style=\"width: 448px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/groups.etown.edu\/ot\/files\/2014\/05\/LL-and-Gail-with-poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-137    \" alt=\"Poster:  Community &amp; Academic Partnerships: Providing Health Promotion Occupational Therapy Services in Community-Based Settings. \" src=\"http:\/\/groups.etown.edu\/ot\/files\/2014\/05\/LL-and-Gail-with-poster.jpg\" width=\"448\" height=\"265\" srcset=\"https:\/\/groups.etown.edu\/ot\/files\/2014\/05\/LL-and-Gail-with-poster.jpg 448w, https:\/\/groups.etown.edu\/ot\/files\/2014\/05\/LL-and-Gail-with-poster-300x177.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-137\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Assistant Professor Dr. Linda Leimbach and Gail Z. Richert, MS, OTR\/L, FAOTA with their poster, &#8220;Community &amp; Academic Partnerships: Providing Health Promotion Occupational Therapy Services in Community-Based Settings.&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\u00a0<span style=\"color: #339966\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Saturday, April 5, 2014<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_139\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-139\" style=\"width: 403px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/groups.etown.edu\/ot\/files\/2014\/05\/DW-Kristen-Chaney-Lauren-Watt-with-poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-139    \" alt=\"Kristen Chaney,  Lauren Watt, &amp; Debbie Waltermire with their poster, &quot;Play and Social Participation: Children with Congenital Heart Defects Compared to Typically Developing Peers.&quot;\" src=\"http:\/\/groups.etown.edu\/ot\/files\/2014\/05\/DW-Kristen-Chaney-Lauren-Watt-with-poster.jpg\" width=\"403\" height=\"189\" srcset=\"https:\/\/groups.etown.edu\/ot\/files\/2014\/05\/DW-Kristen-Chaney-Lauren-Watt-with-poster.jpg 448w, https:\/\/groups.etown.edu\/ot\/files\/2014\/05\/DW-Kristen-Chaney-Lauren-Watt-with-poster-300x140.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 403px) 100vw, 403px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-139\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kristen Chaney, MS, OTR\/L (&#8217;13), Lauren Watt MS, OTR\/L (&#8217;13) and Lecturer Ms. Debbie Waltermire with their poster, &#8220;Play and Social Participation: Children with Congenital Heart Defects Compared to Typically Developing Peers.&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Megan DiBernardino<\/strong>, MS, (&#8217;14) &amp; Lecturer Ms. <strong>Ann Marie Potter<\/strong> presented a poster, &#8220;Addressing Driving\u00a0Within Occupational Therapy Practice: Connecting the Dots Between Generalists and Specialists.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Associate Professor <strong>Dr. Tam Humbert<\/strong> &amp; <strong>Kristin Hall<\/strong>, MS, OTR\/L (\u201912) presented a research poster entitled, &#8220;Intimate Partner Violence and Motherhood: An Exploratory Study.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Occupational Therapy faculty, students, and alumni attended the recent American Occupational Therapy Association Annual Conference, which was held in Baltimore, April 2-6, 2014.\u00a0 This year\u2019s annual conference gathered more than 7,000 clinicians, faculty, and students from all over the United &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/groups.etown.edu\/ot\/2014\/05\/27\/aota-conference-in-baltimore-blue-jays-in-attendance\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">AOTA Conference in Baltimore &#8211; Blue Jays in attendance<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alumni-spotlight","category-news-and-accomplishments"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/groups.etown.edu\/ot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/groups.etown.edu\/ot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/groups.etown.edu\/ot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/groups.etown.edu\/ot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/groups.etown.edu\/ot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"https:\/\/groups.etown.edu\/ot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":197,"href":"https:\/\/groups.etown.edu\/ot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40\/revisions\/197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/groups.etown.edu\/ot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/groups.etown.edu\/ot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/groups.etown.edu\/ot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}