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OT and PT 101

April 20, 2021 by Strategic Communication

Occupational therapy (OT) and physical therapy (PT) have differences when it comes to treating patients.

OT focuses on helping patients relearn everyday tasks, like brushing teeth or cooking a meal. Physical therapy focuses on rehabilitating movement after injury, trauma or overuse pain.

However, the two disciplines often work together to form a comprehensive treatment plan for a recovering patient.

“We often work with someone who is post-stroke or post-brain injury,” said Dr. Traci Garrison, clinical assistant professor of OT at Missouri State. “So, they have movement issues, cognitive issues and psychosocial issues. With this patient, my PT colleagues will work on balance and specific transfers, while I help the individual get back to everyday tasks, like dressing themselves. It’s a very collaborative process.”

Dr. Traci Garrison works with a student in a biomedical sciences class in 2016.

Garrison and Dr. Jason Shaw, assistant professor of physical therapy, discuss the partnership between OT and PT in April’s “Health Queries” episode.   

Listen to the episode

View episode transcript.

Filed Under: Health Queries Podcast, Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy Tagged With: Dr. Jason Shaw, Dr. Traci Garrison, Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy

Tackling bullying and promoting friendships in middle schools

April 6, 2021 by Strategic Communication

How do kids build friendships and navigate bullying in schools? Dr. Leslie Echols, Missouri State University associate professor of psychology, is trying to find out with her latest research project.

Echols and her co-researcher, Dr. Sandra Graham from University of California – Los Angeles, received a grant of about half a million dollars from the National Science Foundation. It will be used to create and implement an anti-bullying program in selected middle schools in both Missouri and California.

Echols shares more about her research focus and the new project.

Creating a positive peer-mentoring program
Creating a positive peer-mentoring program

Read the full transcript for part 1

Read the full transcript for part 2

Read more about Echols’s research on Mind’s Eye

Filed Under: Psychology

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