CFOT Awards at OTAC:

30th ANNIVERSARY AWARD/SYMPOSIUM LUNCHEON SPEAKER:

Pam Richardson, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA

"Living Life to the Fullest: Reflections on the real meanings of client-centeredness and participation"

CFOT Humanitarian Award –

Joan Surfus, MS, OTR/L

For volunteer efforts in occupational therapy on behalf of children around the world.

 

Entry Level Graduate Scholarships

Fred Sammons Scholarship – Eun Yu (Charlie) – Cal State – Dominguez Hills

Jaffe Graduate Scholarship – Jamie Latut – Samuel Merritt University

Ardith Breton Scholarship – Chealsea Robinson – USC

Janice Matsutsuyu Scholarship – Kiersten Lednik – SJSU

Knox-Hirsch Scholarship – Marilyn Chiu – USC

Bonita Kraft Scholarship – Brenna Weeks – SJSU

Fredlyn Berger Scholarship – Justine Carandang - USC

 

Post Professional Graduate Scholarships

North Coast Medical Scholarship – Donna Stanton – Thomas Jefferson University

Fred Sammons Scholarship – Domenic Bruzzese - USC

Janice Matsutsuyu Scholarship – Kathy Oversheet - USC

Wilma West Scholarship – Stacy Willis - USA

 

Occupational Therapy Assistant Traineeships

Los Angeles Consultants Group Traineeships –

          Anthony Osiecki – Sacramento City College

          Laurie McEnery – Santa Ana College

Jan Matsutsuyu Traineeship - Maria Guymon – Grossmont College

 

CFOT Research Awards:
Amanda Colleen Foran, MS, OTR/L
Case Studies on the Feasibility of Exergaming to Enhance Physical Activity in Youth with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Deborah B. Pitts, PhD (cand), OTR/L
Doing ‘ACT’: An Ethnographic Study of How Assertive Community Treatment Practitioners ‘Think-in-Action’

Kayti Whitehead Corcoran, MOT, OTR/L
Children with Autism: Participation in Religious Occupations

 

Seed Money for Program or Research Projects
Anthony Osiecki -Public Service Announcement for Occupational Therapy

Adriana Garcia; Dagmara Marciniak; Lauren Mcune; Erica Smith - Promoting Healthy Occupations and Self-Efficacy in Older Adults: The ‘Stepping On’ Program

Amy Lee; Brooke Cappa; Miranda Dabbs; Elizabeth Murray - Exploration of the Impact of Weight Status on Social and Leaisure Participation in Middle School Children

Sheela Roy; Diana Chien; Amy Hawryluk; Jessica Rankin-Gee - Fostering Work Readiness in Homeless Mothers