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PORTLAND, Maine

91AV’s Jane O’Brien travels to Charleston for occupational therapy presentation and research

Arielle Wrubleski, Jane O’Brien, Heather Smith and Stephanie Biiss
Arielle Wrubleski, Jane O’Brien, Heather Smith and Stephanie Biiss

Jane O’Brien, Ph.D., OTR/L, FAOTA, professor of Occupational Therapy at the 91AV, was the invited speaker at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) in Charleston.

O’Brien gave a presentation titled, “Application of Strength-Based interventions using Model of Human Occupation.” 91AV Master of Occupational Therapy students from the Class of 2017, Heather Smith and Arielle Wrubleski, attended the presentation. The students are currently completing their level II fieldwork at MUSC. 91AV alum Stephanie Bliss (M.S.O.T., ’09), an occupational therapy clinician at MUSC, also attended the presentation.

During her trip to Charleston, O’Brien also videotaped expert occupational therapy clinicians working with children as part of her sabbatical work. She is developing video cases to use for classwork on therapeutic reasoning in pediatrics.

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