Sandra Whisner, OTR, MA
Assistant Professor, Master of Occupational Therapy Program
EDUCATION
1992 Bachelor of Business Administration: Management - Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
1997 Bachelor of Science: Occupational Therapy - Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX
2003 Master of Occupational Therapy - Texas Woman's University, Denton, TX
BOARD CERTIFICATIONS/ LICENSURE
- Texas Licensure: Texas Board of Occupational Therapy Examiners, (1998 - current)
- National Certification: National Board for Certification in OT (1998 - current)
- Graduate Certificate in the Treatment of Children with Behavioral Disorders, Texas Woman’s University, December 2000
RESEARCH INTERESTS
- Psychosocial interventions for children and youth
- Roles of persons with chronic mental illness
- Therapeutic use of self strategies applied by occupational therapists
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Stelter, L. & Whisner, S.M. (2007). Building responsibility for self through meaningful roles: Occupational adaptation theory applied in forensic psychiatry. OT in Mental Health, 23 (1).