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Student Capstone Projects

OTD Student Capstone Projects - Class of 2023

  • Integrating Proper Body Mechanics Education and Nutrition Education at We Will Go Ministries (Erin Barnes)

  • The Vision: Developing a pilot hybrid program for visually impaired individuals in Mississippi (Cassidy Barnett)

  • Designing a Sensory Room and Developing a Grant Proposal to Supply the Equipment for Use in a School-Based Therapeutic Environment for Students with Speech and Language Impairments (Brooke Bell)

  • Best Practices for Patients with Parkinson's Disease to Integrate into a Program Community (Beth Brinkley)

  • Improving Children's Transition from USM Children's Center into Kindergarten Through an Educational Guidebook for Teachers and Caregivers (Sydney Brossard)

  • Healthy LEAP: A Special Olympics Mississippi Program (Miracle Buckley)

  • Addressing Sleep Quality in Children Attending Outpatient Occupational Therapy (Baylee Bryant Clifton)

  • Bridging the Gap Between Food Insecurity and Financial Literacy for Better Patient Outcomes within UMMC EversCare Clinic (Kristen Dunaway)

  • Investigating and Optimizing the Productivity of the Mobility Techs Involved in the Safe Mobility Program at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (Miranda Edwards)

  • Primitive Reflex Integration: Insight Therapy Center (Lexie Fallon)

  • Promoting Parent Involvement: The Development of an Advocacy Initiative for the Needs of Elementary Students (Cristina Friend)

  • Implementation of Monthly STEM Lessons into We Will Go's After-school Program (Lindsey Groce)

  • Quality Improvement of Dry Needling Protocol within the Scope of Occupational Therapy at G.V. (Sonny) Montgomery VA Medical Center (Zach Hardin)

  • Patient Education for Nonoperative and Operative Management of CMC Osteoarthritis at Campbell Clinic Orthopaedics (Austin Harmon)

  • Educating on Acute Care: Design and Implementation of an ICU/Acute Care Module Within the Curriculum of the MOT Program at ULM (Rhett Henderson)

  • Wellness After Therapy: A Resource for Patients Following Discharge from NMMC Neuroscience Outpatient Rehab (Hannah Heustess)

  • Development of an OT Toolkit for 1st and 2nd Grade Students at St. Andrew's Episcopal School (Mackenzie Johnson)

  • Expanding Adaptive Sports for Veteran Health and Wellness (Calli Johnston)

  • Unlimited Potential for Success: Evaluating the Effectiveness of Upper Extremity Prosthetic Devices (Mary Ashton Lembo)

  • An Introduction of Interprofessional Collaboration to Physical and Occupational Therapy Assistant Students (Abbie Scott McDill)

  • Developing and Implementing an Expanded Marketing Campaign for the Little Light House Annual Garden Party to Support Financial Growth and Services (Marquita McIntosh)

  • Sensory Amenity Development for Hope Hollow Ministries (Morgan Pope McRaney)

  • Implementing a Sensory Friendly Event to Promote a Sensory Inclusive Children's Museum (Madeline Richardson)

  • The Quest for Success: A protocol guide for vocational rehabilitation (Olivia Roberts)

  • Implementing a Biopsychosocial Approach in an Outpatient Therapy Clinic in North Mississippi (Austin Smith)

  • Advancing Interprofessional Collaboration: The Creation of a Low Vision Program Through Training and Resource Development (Jenna Starks)

  • Developing an Acute Care Survival Guide for Occupational and Physical Therapy at Children's of Mississippi (Autumn Tamor)

  • Promoting an Effective Orientation Through the Development of a Reference Guide at a Veterans' Hospital (Elizabeth Thompson)

  • Empower Me: Fall Prevention and Fitness for Older Adults (Lydia Thompson)

  • Supporting Success: Promoting Occupational Success for those Experiencing Homelessness in Collaboration with the Community of Jackson, MS (Abbie Tidwell)

  • Enhancing the Assistive Technology Course Content of the MOT Bridge Program at ULM (Amber Tillman)

  • Designing and Developing Original Mustard Seed Material for the “Virtual Seedster Program” to Increase Community Involvement for Adults with Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities (Delaney Wallace)

  • Creating a Life Skills Curriculum for Adults with Developmental Disabilities (Brooke Wells)

  • Patient and Community Empowerment: Promoting Wellness and Health Literacy Among Patients and Community Members through Educational Materials and Community Outreach (Sarah Whinery)

  • Employee Engagement within Acute Care Therapy at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (Liza Wise)

Please contact the Department of Occupational Therapy for more details regarding these projects.