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Volume 10, Issue 1 (2022) Winter 2022

Letter from the Editor

State of the Journal: Another Record Setting Year
Diane Powers Dirette

Applied Research

Disability and Health in African Americans: Population Research and Implications for Occupational Therapy Community-Based Practice
Emily Schulz, Debarchana Ghosh, Eddie M. Clark, Beverly R. Williams, Randi Williams, Lijing Ma, Crystal L. Park, and Cheryl L. Knott

Chronic Shoulder Pain in Manual Wheelchair (MWC) Users with Spinal Cord Injury (SCI): The Lived Experience
Jennifer L. Silvestri, Sonia Lawson, and Cristina Sadowsky

Exploring the Feasibility of a Virtual, Home-Based MusicGlove® Protocol for Children with Hemiparetic Cerebral Palsy
Tiana Nguyen, Lisa Choromanski, Tatiana Kreuzer, and Jamie Stroppini

EMPOWER: An Online Staff Training Focused on Person-Centered Supports for Direct Support Professionals
Amy Castagnino and Meghan Blaskowitz

An Occupation-Based Clinic Makeover: Perceptions and Experiences of Occupational Therapists
Wendy B. Stav and Alison Herman

Ecospirituality in Forensic Mental Health: A Preliminary Outcome Study
Clark Patrick Heard, Jared Scott, and Stephen Yeo

Occupational Therapists’ Perspectives on Caregiver Education of Stroke Survivors
Elinor Pastore, Daniel Ryan, and Lisa J. Knecht-Sabres

Caring for the Caregiver: A Feasibility Study of an Online Program that Addresses Compassion Fatigue, Burnout, and Secondary Trauma
Emily C. Koller, Regina A. Abel, and Lauren E. Milton

Guidelines for Practice and Technological Guidelines

Guidelines for Medication Education for Occupational Therapists
Jaclyn K. Schwartz

Topics in Education

Should Dogs Have a Seat in the Classroom? The Effects of Canine Assisted Education on College Student Mental Health
Christine A. Kivlen, Allison Quevillon, and Dani Pasquarelli

Opinions in the Profession

Sleep in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU): An Overlooked Opportunity for Occupational Therapists to Fill a Gap in Health Care Service
McKenzie C. Bolin and Melissa M. Sweetman

Considerations for Occupational Therapists in Developing Community-Level Interventions for Youth with High Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)
Victoria G. Wilburn, Megan E. Huber, Denise Senter, and Hannah B. Stoll

Occupational Therapy’s Role in the Foster Care System
Melanie N. Smith

Racially Informed Care: A Treatment Approach and Exploration of the Implications of Race Related Barriers in the United States
Charae McConnell

Occupation and the Artist

Using Creative Making to Redesign Life After Stroke
Jennifer K. Fortuna

Editors

Editor-in-Chief: Diane Powers Dirette, PhD, OTL, FAOTA
Managing Editor: Ben J. Atchison, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA
Associate Editor: Allison Chamberlain Miller, MS, OTR/L
Copy Editor: Cynthia J. Cunningham, PhD
Art Editor: Jennifer Fortuna, PhD, OTR/L
Assistant Copy Editor: Rachel Harley, MS, OTR/L

Occupation and the Artist

The “Occupation and the Artist” section of OJOT highlights the use of art in the practice of OT and in the occupations of both consumers of OT services and its practitioners. Click here to explore this unique feature of OJOT.

Sponsor Profile

Please visit the Sponsor Profile Gallery to learn about the generous sponsor for this issue.