Occupational Therapy

Our occupational therapy team collaborates across the institute with colleagues in many different areas of research.

Department Research Areas

• Improving family and child outcomes for the at-risk infant.

• Understanding how individuals with movement disorders use their vision while planning and performing actions.

• Assessing early transition planning, by focusing on instrumental activities of daily living skills, social skills training, vocational skills training, independent living skills and community mobility and integration.

• Allowing the client to express fears and concerns, and offering assistance with problem solving.

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Student Research Opportunities

Faculty and Staff Research

Explore research focused on the needs of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities performed by MMI's Department of Occupational Therapy faculty and staff.

• Samantha Montemarano, MOT, OTR/L
• Mollie Sultenfuss, MOT, OTR/L
• Michelle Westengaard, OTR/L, BCP
• Heather Young, OTR/L