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Volume 13, Issue 4 (2025) Fall 2025
Letter from the Editor
Guidelines for Analyzing Health Care Policies
Kieran Fogarty and Diane Powers Dirette
Applied Research
An Interdisciplinary Functional Exercise Program for Individuals with Parkinson’s Disease: A Case Series
Lauren Turbeville, Caroline Adams, Amy Wedge, Kailey Smitherman, and Kathrin Rothermich
Evaluation of Receptiveness and Barriers to Including Occupational Therapists on Primary Care Teams
Jacquelyn P. Nash, Sue Dahl-Popolizio, Dayna Maureen Maniccia, and Debra Collette
Uncovering Occupational Therapy’s Role in Addressing Postpartum Anxiety: A Scoping Review
Felicia Markfield and Carlin D. Reaume
Effects of Yoga on the Mental Health of Women with Gynecological Cancers: A Systematic Literature Review
Sabina Khan and Christianah Edema
Guidelines for Practice and Technological Guidelines
Integrative Neural Networks: A Novel Frame of Reference to Support Occupational Engagement in Caregivers
Glenda E. Hux and Sarah A. Schoen
Integrative Neural Networks Frame of Reference: Application in Practice
Glenda E. Hux and Sarah Schoen
Improving Relationship-Based Feeding of Infants and Young Children with Disabilities: Developing a Guideline for Practice
Patricia Henton and Tsu-Hsin Howe
Occupational Therapy Guidelines for Rehabilitating People with Spinal Metastasis: Pathophysiology and Biomechanics
Julie H. Hunley and Ying Guo
Topics in Education
The Need for ‘Soft Skills’ in Occupational Therapy Curricula: A Descriptive Analysis of French Students’ Internship Comments
Cynthia Engels, Nadia Oubaya, and Aliki Thomas
The Perception of Occupational Therapists and Their Use of Therapeutic Use of Self When Interacting with Clients and Fieldwork Students
Maria T. Zock and Barbara Nadeau
Occupational Balance of Occupational Therapy Students Before and After Occupational Disruption Caused by COVID-19
Juan Pablo Saa, Georgia King, Kylee Lockwood, and Tamara Tse
Diversity Gaps in OT Education: Addressing the Challenges and Support Needs of Underrepresented Faculty
Divya Desai and Natalie A. Perkins
Mentoring Matters: Enhancing Occupational Therapy Capstone Experiences Through Effective Mentorship
Sara J. Stephenson, Gretchen L. Bachman, Michelle L. Bollom, and Alexandria N. Calca
Policy and Advocacy
Implicit Bias Training Standards in Health Care: Did Michigan Get It Right? A Policy and Ethical Framework Analysis
Megan Gailliard, Kieran Fogarty, and Mary Lagerwey
Opinions in the Profession
An Authentic Leader Never Dies: Lessons Learned from The Seminal Work Of Elizabeth Yerxa
Daniel Cezar Da Cruz
Occupation and the Artist
The Practice of Perfect Mistakes
Kelly Allen
Editors
- Editor-in-Chief
- Diane Powers Dirette, PhD, OT, FAOTA
- Managing Editor
- Nancy Hock, Ph.D., OTRL, CHT, FAOTA
- Associate Editor
- Allison Chamberlain Miller, MS, OTR/L, CAPS
- Assistant Editors
- Debbie Amini, EdD, OTR/L, FAOTA Molly Bathje, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA 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
- Kelly Allen, MSOT, OTR/L MFA
- Assistant Copy Editor
- Sharyn Coates, Dr. OT, OTRL You may at ot-ojot@wmich.edu
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.
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