Celebration of Scholarship

Thanks to everyone who helped to make the 2009 Celebration of Scholarship a success!

Keynote Speaker: David Nelson, PhD, OTR, FAOTA
Dr. David Nelson is a professor of Occupational Therapy at the University of Toledo Health Science Center. He has been an occupational therapist for 34 years, and his initial clinical work was with children with pervasive developmental disorders. Early in his career he developed an interest in researching some of the basic ideas of the profession, such as occupationally embedded movement, choice-making, and group occupations. As an outgrowth of his research, he proposed the Conceptual Framework for Therapeutic Occupation, a series of definitions for occupation and therapeutic occupation. Research interests include prevention of falls in older persons and other community-based interventions for older persons. He is a fellow of the Academy of Research of the American Occupational Therapy Foundation, and he presented the annual Eleanor Clarke Slagle Lecture at the 1996 AOTA Conference in Chicago.

Conference Program

Conference Location
University of Indianapolis

Celebration of Scholarship | PDF

Abstracts & References
A Qualitative Study of Professional Occupational Therapy Education

An Exploration of Fieldwork Placement

An Exploration of Volition: Caregiver’s Perceptions of Persons with Dementia

Attitudes and Knowledge of Occupational Therapy Professionals in a Multi-State Survey on Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Information Needs Required to Deliver Evidence Based Practice Among Occupational Therapists

Support Services That Enable College Students With Autism Spectrum Disorders To Succeed In Postsecondary Education

The Effectiveness Of A Supplementary Inschool Program On Reducing Body Mass Index In 5 To 7 Year Old Children

The Prevalence Of At Risk And Obese Five To Twelve Year Old Children In Northeastern Kentucky