Research Interests:

Adaptive Care Plan, Safety, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Neurodevelopmental Disabilities, Rural Health, Virtual Reality, Communication, Education, Advocacy, Parent/ Patient Experience, Sensory-friendly, Perioperative Care, Emergency Care, Impatient Care, Ambulatory Care, Primary Care, Ethics

Current Research Summary:

Improving the healthcare experience for children with autism spectrum disorder or other neurodevelopmental disabilities and behavioral challenges; individualized adaptive care plan development, implementation, and impact; patient and staff safety; rural access to services that improve the healthcare experience for children and their families; anesthesia use when adaptive care plans are implemented, virtual reality use in anxiety reduction of children in the perioperative area