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Volume 12, Issue 1 (2024) Winter 2024

Letter from the Editor

State of the Journal: Introducing the Policy and Advocacy Category
Diane Powers Dirette

Applied Research

Relationships Between Sensory Processing, Temperament Characteristics for Effortful Control, and Executive Function in School-Age Children
Rachel B. Diamant and Natasha Smet

Confronting Systemic Racism in Occupational Therapy: A Mixed Methods Study
Rachelle Murphy, Karen Park, Christy Billock, Tracy Becerra-Culqui, Natalie A. Perkins, and Rajvinder Bains

Cross-cultural Adaptation of the Inventory of Reading Occupations-Adult into Filipino and its Content Validation
Peñafrancia E. Ching, Treisha Naedine H. Santos, Lenin Grajo, Maria Concepcion Cabatan, and Anna Liza Y. Tan Pascual

Perspectives on Adaptation in a Stroke Self-Management Program: A Multiple Case Study
Riqiea F. Kitchens, Gayle Hersch, Wayne Brewer, and Marsha Neville

Practice and Recommendations for Universal Design for Learning in Occupational Therapy Client Education
Heather L. Panczykowski, Lynne F. Murphy, Victoria Christmas, and Whitely Macintyre

Guidelines for Practice and Technological Guidelines

Outcomes of the NuroSleeve and Occupational Therapy on Upper Limb Function of an Individual with Chronic Hemiparesis Following a Stroke: A Case Report
Nicole M. Gerhardt, Jeremy P. Armstrong, Mijail D. Serruya, and MJ Mulcahey

When Music Becomes Me: Occupational Therapy’s Role in Caring for Upper Extremity Disorders in Musicians
Kathryn S. Halsted, Kristin Biggins, and Kimberly Davis

Topics in Education

A Scoping Review of Universal Design for Learning in United States Allied Health & Medical Education
Karolina Gawron, Madison Tomlinson, Nicole Mohan, and Laura H. VanPuymbrouck

Predictors of General Well-Being in Postprofessional Students of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy
Elena Wong Espiritu, Paul E. Yeatts, and Cynthia L. Evetts

Hand Strength Changes Following a Clinical Rotation in Hand Therapy: A Pilot Study
Gretchen L. Bachman, Josh MacDonald, and Rhian Sage

OSCEs’ Impact on Occupational Therapy Student Learning: Insights from Second- and Third-Year Focus Groups
Craig R. St. Jean, Karin Werther, and Mary R. Roberts

COVID-19 Pandemic’s Effect on Occupational Therapy Students’ Time-Use and Occupational Engagement On Returning to In-Person Learning
Jhannell Hannah D. Ocampo, Susan MacDermott, and Karen McCarthy

Opinions in the Profession

Occupational Therapists' Role in Sexual Education for Teens and Young Adults Living with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Taylor M. Urban and Reeti R. Douglas

Exploring the Spiritual Alliance of Maintaining a 5-Acre Tropical Farm Through the Lens of Occupational Engagement
Jose Rafols and Amy Wagenfeld

Occupation and the Artist

artWorks: Art as Occupation
Erin Barrus

Editors

Editor-in-Chief: Diane Powers Dirette, PhD, OTL, FAOTA
Managing Editor: Nancy Hock, Ph.D., OTRL, CHT
Associate Editor: Allison Chamberlain Miller, MS, OTR/L, CAPS
Assistant Editors: Debbie Amini, EdD, OTR/L, FAOTA
Molly Bathje, PhD, OTR/L
Rosanne DiZazzo-Miller, Ph.D, DrOT, OTRL, CDP, FMiOTA, FAOTA
Beth Elenko, PhD, OTR/L, BCP, CLA, FAOTA
Bryan Gee, PhD, OTD, OTR/L, BCP, CLA, FAOTA
Shirley P. O'Brien, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA
Copy Editor: Cynthia J. Cunningham, PhD
Art Editor: Erin Barrus, MS, OTRL, BFA
Assistant Copy Editor: Aditi Tuell, MS, OTR/L, CHT, CLT

Occupation and the Artist

Would you like to learn about the art featured on the cover? 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

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