TTUHSC School of Allied Health Sciences
Home SAHS

Sandra Whisner, MA, OTR

Assistant Professor

EDUCATION

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Student/Faculty Projects

PRESENTATIONS

Understanding the Occupational Therapy Practice Framework: Domain of Occupational Therapy, November 2007, HealthNet, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX

Applying the Occupational Therapy Practice Framework: Process of Occupational Therapy, November 2007, HealthNet, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX

Assessing/Describing Children with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, (Co-presenter), November 2006, Mountain Central Conference, Irving, Texas

Homelessness in Lubbock, Texas: A Needs Survey, (Co-presenter/Poster presentation), November 2006, Mountain Central Conference, Irving, Texas

Understanding "Missed Behavior" in order to Support a Client’s Adaptive Response to Challenges, (Invited presenter), October 2006, Texas Woman’s University, Houston, Texas

Case Mapping to Support Clinical Reasoning by Students and Therapists, (Co-presenter), November 2005, Mountain Central Conference, San Antonio, TX

Concept Mapping to Support Clinical Reasoning: Applications for Teaching and Practice, (Co-presenter), May 2005, AOTA Annual Conference and Expo, Long Beach, CA

Research...Let's Get Started: Part II, (Co-presenter), June 2004, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX

Therapeutic Use of Self & Professional Boundaries, May 2004, Montford Unit, Lubbock, TX

OT: What To Expect?, May 2003, HealthNet, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX

A Practice Model in Correctional Mental Health, (Co-presenter), September 2002, Mountain Central Conference, San Antonio, TX

Building Outcome Measures, (Co-presenter), October 1999, Mountain Central Conference, Galveston, TX

PUBLICATIONS

Stelter, L. &; Whisner, S.M. (in press). Building responsibility for self through meaningful roles: Occupational adaptation theory applied in forensic psychiatry. OT in Mental Health, 23 (1).