Summary: This presentation pays tribute to a leader in the occupational therapy field, Dr. Jane Case-Smith. Her contributions to the field are summarized and results from a recent review are presented. Then, recent findings from the field are reviewed, concluding with recommendations to honor Dr. Case-Smith by continuing to pursue her commitment to excellence in scholarship, education and practice.
Presented live and recorded November 2014.
Level: Advanced
Intended Audience: Occupational therapists, speech language pathologists, physical therapists, special education teachers, psychologists, early intervention specialists, nurses, physicians, mental health providers and parents
Prerequisite: None
Presenter: Mary Fristad, PhD, ABPP is a Professor of Psychiatry, Psychology and Human Nutrition at the Ohio State University, where she has been on faculty since 1986. Dr. Fristad is the Director of Research and Psychological Services in the OSU Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry; her area of specialty is childhood mood disorders.
She has published over 150 articles and book chapters addressing the assessment and treatment of childhood-onset depression, suicidality and bipolar disorder (manic-depression). Dr. Fristad recently co-wrote two books for professionals, A Clinical Manual for the Management of Bipolar Disorder in Children and Adolescents and Childhood Mental Health Disorders: Evidence Base and Contextual Factors for Psychosocial, Psychopharmacological and Combined Interventions and one for families, Raising a Moody Child: How to Cope with Depression and Bipolar Disorder. Dr. Fristad has served on and chaired many NIMH review committees.
She has also been the principal or co-principal investigator on over two dozen federal, state, local grants focused on assessment and treatment of mood disorders in children. In 2014, she co-authored the article “A systematic review of sensory processing interventions for children with autism spectrum disorder.
Learning Objectives:
- Name two types of sensory integration interventions (sensory integration therapy; sensory based intervention).
- Identify the rating system most commonly used in occupational therapy to rate the methodologic rigor of studies and the range of scores that can be achieved on it (PEDro, 0-10).
- Name five or more features that contribute to a rigorous study (Random allocation, Allocation concealed, Groups ~ at baseline, Participants blinded, Therapists blinded, Assessors blinded, Outcomes from > 85%, ITT analyses, Between-group results reported, Pre/post measures and measures of variability (or ES) reported).