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Department of Rehabilitation Sciences
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Professor Paws
Research Profile
Mary Isaacson, EdD, OTR/L, FAOTA, ATP
Professor
Program Director,
Doctorate, Occupational Therapy
Director:
Professor Paws Project
Schusterman Campus, 2F11
(918) 660-3272
Mary-Isaacson@ouhsc.edu
Education:
Ed.D., Adult Education, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, 2003
M.A., Occupational Therapy Administration, Texas Women’s University, Denton, TX, 1991
B.S., Occupational Therapy, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, 1985
Societies and Organizations:
American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA)
Rehabilitation Engineering Society of North American (RESNA)
Oklahoma Occupational Therapy Association (OKOTA)
Member, Alpha Eta Honor Society
Teaching:
OCTH 7063 Mental Health
OCTH/PHTH 8292 Introduction to Assistive Technology
OCTH/PHTH 7312 Contexts for Occupational Performance
Research Interests:
Service Dog Education
The Impact of Service Dogs on Individuals with Mobility Challenges
Assistive Technology
Education
Clinical Interests:
Seating and Mobility
Assistive Technology
Community-based services
Administration and Management
Select Publications:
Isaacson, M. & Hellman, C. (2023). Examining the use of assistance dogs to enhance participation in everyday occupations for people with mobility challenges. British Journal of Occupational Therapy, https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/03080226231188013 .
Collins, R., Bowman, H., Wetherill, M., Isaacson, M. Tsotsoros, J. (2022). Veggies for life: Evaluation of culinary medicine healthy eating curriuculum for individuals with physical challenges. American Journal of Occupational Therapy 76(2), Supplement.
Weatherill, M.S., Duncan, A., Bowman, H., Collins, R., Santa-Pinter, N., Jackson, M., Lynn, C.M., Prentice, K., Isaacson, M. (2021). Promoting nutrition equity for individuals with physical challenges: A systematic review of barriers and facilitators to healthy eating. Preventative Medicine 153.
Cribbs, J.M., Bragg, J., Isaacson, M., Nay, E.D., Howell, D., Rodrguez, K., Frances, W., Jelley, M., Coon, K., (2021). Evaluation of a simulation-based training program on childhood trauma with occupational therapy students. Journal of Occupational Therapy Education 5(2). https://encompass.eku.edu/jote/vol5/iss2/9/
Miller-Cribbs, J., Bragg, J., Jelley, M. J., Wen, F. K., Coon, K. A., Hank, H., Howell, D., Randall, K., Isaacson, M., Rodroguez, K., Sutton, G. (2020). An Evaluation of a Simulation and Video-Based Training Program to Address Adverse Childhood Experiences. The International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine, 55(5), 366-375. PMID: 32128537. https://doi.org/10.1177/0091217420951064
Randall, K., Cribbs, J.M., Bragg, J., Isaacson, M., Miller, G., Frances, W., Jelley, M., Coon, K., Rodrguez, K., Hanks, H. (2020).Using Social Simulation to Teach Rehabilitation Science Students about Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and Trauma Informed Care (TIC). Journal of Allied Health. Spring 2020;49(1): 36-44.
Randall, K.E., Isaacson, M., & Ciro, C. (2017). Systematic review and meta-analysis of the Meyers briggs. Journal of Best Practices in Health Professions Diversity: Research, Education, and Policy. Spring 10(1): 1-27.
Randall, K.E., Steinheider, B., Isaacson, M., Shortridge, A., Byrd, S., Ciro, C., Ross, H., & Loving, G. (2016). Measuring Knowledge, Acceptance, and Perceptions of Telehealth in an Interprofessional Curriculum for Student Nurse Practitioners, Occupational Therapists, and Physical Therapists. Journal of Interactive Learning Research. 27(4).
Ciro, C., Isaacson, M. (2016). Student rating of skill performance opportunities in faculty-directed research. Open Journal of Occupational Therapy. 4(3), Article 3. Available at http://dx.doi.org/10.15453/2168-6408.1184.
Randall, K., Hudson, M., Isaacson, M. (2014). Formalizing a college diversity statement. Journal of Best Practice in Health Professions Diversity: Research, Education, and Policy, 7(1):941-953.
Isaacson, M. (2013). The training and use of service dogs and the application to the occupational therapy education process. Open Journal of Occupational Therapy, 1(2). Retrieved from http://scholarworks.wmich.edu/ojot/vol1/iss2/6/.
Isaacson, M. (2011). Best practices by occupational and physical therapists performing seating and mobility evaluations. RESNA-Assistive Technology Journal, 23(1):13-21.
Service:
Community Education through the Professor Paws Project
Mentor AOTA Representative Assembly
OT Advisory Board TCC
Simulation Steering Committee