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Medication Management In Home Health Care Occupational Therapy Practice, Julie Blum, Jennifer Fogo, Judith Malek-Ismail

The Open Journal of Occupational Therapy

Background: Many community-dwelling adults do not adhere to their medication regimen, which results in high rates of emergency department visits and subsequent hospital admissions. Occupational therapists, as members of the home health care team, provide medication management in the occupational therapy scope of practice. There is sparse information in the literature regarding occupational therapists’ involvement in medication management in home health care practice.

Methods: The researchers interviewed nine occupational therapists practicing in home health care. Using a qualitative interpretive phenomenological study, the researchers explored the participants’ experiences addressing medication management.

Results: The researchers identified three themes: professional reasoning, interprofessional involvement, …

Quality Of Life, Stress Perception, And Quality Of Social Networks In Persons Living With Brain Injury: An Exploration Of The Effectiveness Of A Community-Based Program, Barbara P. White, Abigail Brinkman, Barbara P. Kresge, Lisa Couture

The Open Journal of Occupational Therapy

Background: This paper examines specific program elements of a community-based program for individuals living with brain injury. Results from a previous study suggested that members who attended regularly reported lower stress perception, higher quality of life perception, and higher social connectedness than did peers living in the community without such supports. In this study, we sought to understand reasons for their perceptions about how the program may have been helpful in shaping their perspectives of living with the effects of brain injury.

Methods: An explanatory case-study approach was applied, using multiple cases. Nine individuals were randomly selected from a subsample …

Concept Mapping And The Co-Op Approach With Adolescents With Autism Spectrum Disorder: Exploring Participant Experiences, Jessie Wilson, Angela Mandich, Lilian Magalhaes, Kaity Gain

The Open Journal of Occupational Therapy

Background: To explore the experiences of adolescents with ASD participating in a novel occupationally based intervention.

Methods: The intervention used concept mapping in combination with the CO-OP approach with 10 adolescents with ASD in a 4-week program focused on developing life skills they deemed as important in their transition to adulthood. A descriptive qualitative approach was employed using deductive thematic analysis informed by Self-Determination Theory and occupationally relevant theoretical frameworks. This study is part of a larger feasibility project and focuses on the analysis of participant reflections and researcher field notes.

Results: Five themes emerged: finding a sense of balance …

Challenges And Resources Available For Mothers In Opiate Recovery: A Qualitative Study, Michelle A. Suarez, Wendy Horton-Bierema, Caitlyn E. Bodine

The Open Journal of Occupational Therapy

Background: Opiate abuse and addiction in women during childbearing years has led to a sharp increase in neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS). Babies born with NAS are at risk for significant health and developmental deficits. Through understanding the challenges experienced by mothers in opiate recovery, and the resources available to this group, sensitive and effective treatment can be developed to ameliorate the impact of NAS on the child and the family.

Method: This qualitative interview study provides insight into the experience of becoming a mother for women in opiate recovery.

Results: Themes from the interviews include deep love …

Decolonialism In The Profession: Reflections From Wfot, Diane Powers Dirette

The Open Journal of Occupational Therapy

No abstract provided.

Research And Innovation, October 2018, Office Of Vice President For Research

Research and Discovery News

• Oct. 26 deadline to submit to NSF and to Bronco Big Idea Competition to win up to $52,000
• Dr. Sherine Obare named APLU CoR Research Leader Fellow
• Oct. 16 Discovery Acceleration Workshop: "National Institutes of Health - R15 Grants and Beyond"
• Innovation Networking Session on PFAS and Other Emerging Contaminants - Thursday, Nov. 15 (new date), 4 to 7 p.m. in the Fetzer Center
• Internal Funding Opportunities - deadlines in November
• FDP Expanded Clearinghouse
• NSF Molecular and Cellular Biosciences News
• New payroll confirmation system, ecrt, updates
• Upcoming event

Arts & Sciences Enews: Fall 2018, College Of Arts And Sciences

College of Arts and Sciences news

• A deep dive into freshwater science and sustainability
• Testing the interdunal waters
• Battling toxic blooms
• Managing water wisely
• Michigan's salty lakes
• World-renowned economist to receive distinguished scholar award
• Three high-profile graduates to receive WMU's top alumni honor
• 2018 Alumni Achievement Awards
• A Physics approach to stroke rehabilitation
• Alumnus, storyteller brings American legend to the screen
• WMU Giving Day

Connections 10/2018, College Of Health And Human Services

College of Health and Human Services Newsletter

• CHHS Outstanding Alumni Academy class of 2018
• Nursing Students introduced to VR simulation tech
• Research group's annual symposium focused on opioids
• "Exquisite" art on display in CHHS gallery
• CDS issues annual report
• HHS on Social Media

Emeriti News, Fall 2018, Emeriti Council

Emeriti News

No abstract provided.

Fall 2018 Family Science News Round-Up, College Of Education And Human Development

Family and Consumer Sciences News

• Publications
• Presentations at National Conferences
• Family Science Faculty Service to Professional Organizations
• Welcoming Our New Faculty (Summer II 2018)
• Student Organizations
• Student Accomplishments
• New Academic Options and Major

The Socializer - Fall 2018, Department Of Sociology

The Socializer

Fall 2018 Sociology departmental newsletter.

Inspire E-News 10 2018, College Of Engineering And Applied Sciences

College of Engineering and Applied Sciences News

• 2018 Alumni Excellence Academy Award Recipients
• 2018 Night of Excellence Honorees
• AMP Lab @ WMU opens in Grand Rapids
• "Stuff the Bus" brings in 2,000 pounds of food
• State of the College
• Corrugated Packaging Design Lab opens
• Looking at papermaking up close
• Battery research project supports clean energy
• Make a gift. Make an impact. Get the socks. *
• Please join us for our next Cluster Leadership Lecture on Oct. 10 featuring Sonya Looney
• College Snapshot: Breaking Records in 2017-18

Fall 2018 Fashion Merchandising And Design News Round-Up, College Of Education And Human Development

Family and Consumer Sciences News

• Awards
• Conferences
• Publications
• Program Events

Fall 2018 Dietetics News Round-Up, College Of Education And Human Development

Family and Consumer Sciences News

• Presentations
• Student Dietetic Association
• Program News

Western Michigan University Magazine, Fall/Winter 2018-19, Western Michigan University

Western Michigan University Magazine (1997-present)

• Harnessing the Future of Product Design
• Bronco's Billion-dollar Impact
• MLK Academy: 50 Years of Achievement
• All in for Student Success
• Esports: State of Play
• Medicine + Engineering
• Orchestral Fellow
• First Person
• Alumni Profile
• Classnotes
• In Memoriam
• In Print

Western News, September 27, 2018, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: President reports WMU is making great strides; WMU, Consumers Energy project is unique in state; Gather together for a golden homecoming, Family Weekend; WMU opens manufacturing lab in downtown Grand Rapids; On Campus with Cathe Springsteen.

2018 State Of The University Address, Edward Montgomery

WMU President Edward Montgomery

President Edward Montgomery's State of the University Address.

Contemplative Pedagogy In The Classroom: Engaging Students’ Self-Awareness To Enhance Learning, Michele Mcgrady

Academic Leadership Academy

Contemplative pedagogy offers unique opportunities for students to deepen their understanding and focus through introspection, reflection, and stillness. Contemplative practices, such as meditative exercises, movement, and writing allow students to understand the nature of their minds and the learning process. Through the use of contemplative practices, students experience increased attention, connection, creativity, as well as a deeper understanding of course material. Although critics may question the appropriateness of these practices in the classroom, contemplative pedagogy has the ability to positively impact students’ learning. This presentation invites participants to explore contemplative pedagogy and discuss ways to integrate practices into learning activities.

Wag Shares The Dope: Tools For Effective Writing Of Course Assignments International Writing Across The Curriculum Conference, Sue Caulfield

Academic Leadership Academy

Each of us received an Instructional Development Travel Grant to support our attendance at the 2018 International Writing Across the Curriculum Conference at Auburn University.We facilitated a three-hour workshop the afternoon of June 6, 2018.This workshop was an extension of work we have been doing in the College of Health and Human Services for the last 2 ½ years. This work was originally supported by an Assessment Fellows Grant and focused on addressing assessment at the college level. To do that, we needed to focus on an area of competence that was relevant to all programs in the college. After …

American Translators Association Conference, Vivan I. P. Steemers

Instructional Development Grants

This association was founded in 1959 and is now the largest professional association of translators and interpreters in the United States with more than 11,000 members in 90 countries.

One of its primary missions is to promote the professional development of translators and interpreters. Annually, the ATA organizes a conference, a four-day international event offering language professionals more than 150 continuing education sessions, seminars, and workshops.

This poster presents a selection of the sessions that I attended, including a summary of some of the dilemma’s and questions that translators and interpreters face.

Wag Shares The Dope: Tools For Effective Writing Of Course Assignments International Writing Across The Curriculum Conference, Susan L. Caulfield, Paula Andrasi, Lisa Singleterry

Instructional Development Grants

We facilitated a three-hour workshop the afternoon of June 6, 2018. This workshop was an extension of work we have been doing in the College of Health and Human Services for the last 2 ½ years. This work was originally supported by an Assessment Fellows Grant and focused on addressing assessment at the college level. To do that, we needed to focus on an area of competence that was relevant to all programs in the college. After reviewing the key goals that the college set back in 2005, and listening to colleagues on the college assessment committee, we decided to …

Shared Gold: Mapping Of Community Engagement, Brian Gogan, Jennifer Harrison

Academic Leadership Academy

Engaged universities and communities are a key focus for meaningful social transformation and addressing complex educational issues including access, research ethics, and business development (Cherrington et al., 2018).

Universities throughout the nation are called not only to serve their academic community, but also the communities in which they are situated. In fact, ongoing revisions to the Higher Learning Commission’s accreditation criteria suggest that community engagement will serve as a primary means by which institutions of higher education will demonstrate their publicly oriented missions and fulfill accreditation criterion number one (Higher Learning Commission, 2018).

Community engagement can be defined as “the …

Contemplative Pedagogy In The Classroom: Engaging Students’ Self-Awareness To Enhance Learning, Michele Mcgrady

Instructional Development Grants

Contemplative pedagogy offers unique opportunities for students to deepen their understanding and focus through introspection, reflection, and stillness. Contemplative practices, such as meditative exercises, movement, and writing allow students to understand the nature of their minds and the learning process. Through the use of contemplative practices, students experience increased attention, connection, creativity, as well as a deeper understanding of course material. Although critics may question the appropriateness of these practices in the classroom, contemplative pedagogy has the ability to positively impact students’ learning. This presentation invites participants to explore contemplative pedagogy and discuss ways to integrate practices into learning activities.

Global Reproductive & Sexual Health, Kelly Ackerson

Instructional Development Grants

Goal Gain hands-on practical knowledge and skills to advance the science of global reproductive & sexual health through state-of-the science lectures, discussion, case-studies, and small group work. Designed to provide training in key topics relevant to reproductive & sexual health in the global arena.

Objectives

i. Understand the paradigm of global reproductive & sexual health

ii. Identify conceptual frameworks that are useful for global reproductive & sexual health studies

iii. Understand how to design impactful studies

iv. Discuss different measurement aspects of a study

v. Understand the principals of proposal writing for funding

vi. Become familiar with the use of …

International Association Of Gerontology And Geriatrics 21st World Congress, Delores Walcott

Instructional Development Grants

Programming focused on aging, age-related disease and disability, and the social and public policies that impact our aging society from a global perspective

Leadership Through Self Transformation, David Paul

Academic Leadership Academy

In the Spring of 2006 I taught PHIL 3150: Race and Gender Issues for the first time. In my preparation for the course I was overwhelmed by my own lack of education. I was humbled by the experience and motivated to inform all of my teaching by what I came to understand through teaching the course.

Years later, in the Spring of 2013, I was again asked to teach the course and felt more prepared. Though I introduced substantial changes to the course, I was again overwhelmed by my own ignorance as I pushed deeper into studies of exploitation, oppression …

Online Evaluation Training Program, Lori Wingate

Academic Leadership Academy

The Western Michigan University (WMU) Evaluation Center and Extended University Programs are developing an online professional development program in evaluation. The learner-centered program will include a mix of live and self-paced instruction, including webinars, videos, text, assessments, and practice exercises. The following qualities set this program apart from existing academic and ad hoc evaluation training programs:

Equity-informed: As a critical aspect of high-quality evaluation practice, the curriculum is infused with guidance on how to address equity throughout the evaluation process.

Practical: Instruction is connected to practical application so learners can use what they learn right away.

Accessible: Barriers to learning …

International Association Of Gerontology And Geriatrics 21st World Congress, Delores Walcott

Academic Leadership Academy

Grant recipient used Instructional Travel Award to attend The 21st World Congress of the International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics (IAGG) in San Francisco, California. Programming focused on aging, age-related disease and disability, and the social and public policies that impact our aging society from a global perspective.

Gobal Reproductive And Sexual Health, Kelly Ackerson

Academic Leadership Academy

Goal

Gain hands-on practical knowledge and skills to advance the science of global reproductive & sexual health through state-of-the science lectures, discussion, case-studies, and small group work. Designed to provide training in key topics relevant to reproductive & sexual health in the global arena.

Objectives

i.Understand the paradigm of global reproductive & sexual health ii.Identify conceptual frameworks that are useful for global reproductive & sexual health studies iii.Understand how to design impactful studies iv.Discuss different measurement aspects of a study v.Understand the principals of proposal writing for funding vi.Become familiar with the use of big data

American Translators Association Conference, Vivan Steemers

Academic Leadership Academy

Funding provided by the Instructional Development Travel (IDT) Grant awarded by the Office of Faculty Development allowed me to attend the 58th Annual Conference of the American Translators Association held in Washington DC in October 2017.

This association was founded in 1959 and is now the largest professional association of translators and interpreters in the United States with more than 11,000 members in 90 countries.

One of its primary missions is to promote the professional development of translators and interpreters. Annually, the ATA organizes a conference, a four-day international event offering language professionals more than 150 continuing education sessions, seminars, …