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HealthMatters — 174 episodes

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Episode 174: Thriving in Nature: Promoting Well-Being through Occupation

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Ep 173: Advancing Inclusive Early Childhood Education Through Embedded Occupational Therapy Practitioner and Teacher Collaboration

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Ep 172: A Dietitian's Journey - From family to food to fueling athletes.

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Ep 171: Supporting First Generation Students and Pursuing an MBA

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The Journey of a Person who Stutters

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Ep 169: Choosing the Right Home to Guarantee Successful Aging in Place

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Ep 168: Spiritual OT - Shining Light on Meaning, Purpose, and Connection in Everyday Activities

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Ep. 167 A discussion about the use and application of the Rehabilitation Treatment Specification System (RTSS)

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Ep 166: Energy-Limiting Conditions and the OT Emerging Practice Landscape

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Ep 165: Thermoregulation, Virtual Reality, and the Power of Mentorship with Dr. Dustin Allen

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Ep 164: Beyond Words - A Researcher’s Journey with ASL, Language Access, and AI Technology.

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Ep 163: The OT Parent Coaches

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Ep 162: Universal Design for Learning and Speech-Language Pathology: A Shared Language for Interprofessional Collaboration

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Ep 161: Full Circle: From BU OT Student to Lecturer

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Ep 160: Backpack Awareness: Starting a Student Wellness Initiative

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Ep 159: Reasoning Beyond the Black and White: Embracing Uncertainty in Occupational Therapy Education and Practice

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Eps 158: From Goldfish to Global Develpment: How Unexpected Turns Shape a Research Career

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Ep 157: Full Circle Harmony: Clinical Care, Education, and Research with Dr. Monica Pessina

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Ep 156: Learning That Leads: Partnership-Driven Experiential Learning at BU’s Sargent College

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Ep 155: From Purpose to Partnerships: Tackling Global Malnutrition through Collaboration

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Ep 154: Integrating AI-powered sensory journaling into occupational therapy evaluation and practice - a child centered approach to sensory processing assessment

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Ep 153: Starting My Journey as a Faculty Council Representative

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Ep 152: A Chat with Dr. Rah-Rah - Supporting mental health of OT practitioners in rural settings.

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Ep 151: Integration of responsible artificial intelligence into occupational therapy curricula

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Ep 150: Simulation Rooms and their Impact on the Future of Healthcare

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Ep 149: From Passion to Practice: Completing the PP-OTD Program While Raising a Family

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Ep 148: Enhancing Executive Function through Story Power OT

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Ep 147: Holding SPACE: Advocacy, OT, and Students with PIMD.

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Ep 146: Cognitive Enhancement, Employment, and Occupational Therapy

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Ep 145: The Importance of Incorporating Affirmations into our Daily Lives

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Ep 144: A discussion on LGBTQIA+ health within Occupational Therapy, scholarly interests, and leadership positions

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Ep 143: Transforming Mental Health Rehabilitation with AI Innovation

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Ep 142: Contextual Factors Impacting Psychiatric Rehabilitation

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Ep 141: A discussion on immunology and a systems wide approach to health care

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Ep 140: The Science Behind Movement

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Ep 139: Creating Community Among OT Faculty and Students

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Ep 138: Social Prescribing and Prescribed Volunteerism in Health Care

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Ep 137: Improving Long-Term Health Outcomes

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Ep 136: OT and Pelvic Floor Therapy

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Ep 135: Life focused on a wellness based health care system

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Ep 134: Bringing Occupational Therapy to the Chinese Community

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Ep 133: The Intersection Between Maternal Health and Occupational Therapy

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Ep 132: A Journey into Audiology

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Ep 131: Navigating Career Opportunities as a New Graduate

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Ep 130: Life After Sargent College

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Ep 129: The Power of Integrating AI into Occupational Therapy

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Ep 128: Finding Balance as a Medical Student

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Ep 127: Occupational Therapy in Disaster Preparedness and Risk Reduction (DPRR)

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Ep 126: Plate to Profession - A Dietitian's Career Journey

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Ep 125: Empowering Voices

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Ep 124: Occupational Therapy in the Army

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Ep 123: Using Your Voice – A Professor's Perspective

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Ep 122: Everyday Superheroes

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Ep 121: Cultivating Calm: Self-Regulation in Practice

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Ep 120: Career Choices–Making a Difference through Healthcare Consulting

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Ep 119: Unexpected Choices - A Health Career's Path

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Ep 118: From Partners in Health to Life as a Digital Nomad

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Ep 117: Using a Mind-Body Integration Approach for Behavioral Regulation

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Ep 116: Ca.R.E. Program–Supporting Caregivers in Rural Areas

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Ep 115: The Connection Between Technology and Healthcare

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Ep 114: Flourishing Families–Supporting Caregivers of Young Adults with Mental Health Conditions

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Ep 113: A Helping Hand–Raising Congenital Limb Difference Awareness

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Ep 112: Uplifting the AAPI Community

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Ep 111: Welcoming Sargent College's New Dean

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Ep 110: A Podcast Within a Podcast—Emerging Practices in OT

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Ep 109: Inclusive Pedagogies in Education and Research

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Ep 108: A Glimpse Into the Life of the Sargent '23 Valedictorian

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Ep 107: Neurodiversity-Affirming Practice in Occupational Therapy with Bryden Giving

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Ep 106: Why Occupational Therapy Practitioners Should be Thinking about Mothers

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Ep 105: Lauren Tamburello and a Journey Through her Career

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Ep 104: Dr. Wesley Wildman and the Power of AI

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Ep 103: Dr. Amy Lynch on Trauma Informed Care

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E102: Lori Vaughn and Scott McNeil on How BU's PP-OTD Program Brought Them Together

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Ep 101: Hayley Davis on the Role of Occupational Therapy in Combating Human Trafficking?

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E100: Emily Scannell on Children's Book "Wonderfully Wired"

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E99: Wendy Colby on Lifelong Learning and BU Virtual

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E98: Colleen Melcher on Palliative Care

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E97: Physical Therapy Student Joe Bernardo

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E96: Gabrielle Cherfane on Medical School After Sargent

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E95: Sarah Sherman on Starting a Business

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E94: Dr. Steven Gorin on the path to becoming a successful surgeon

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E93: Dr. Colleen Whiting on Sensory Integration Intervention in the Schools

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E92: How to differentiate nutritional science and anecdotal opinion with Jay Patruno

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E91: How occupational therapy is crucial in supporting families impacted by trauma

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E90: How occupational therapy can best support military veterans in coping with their trauma and community reintegration?

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E89: The processes of coordination and cognition behind solving a Rubik's cube

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E88: Promoting early self-advocacy among children with disabilities

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E87: Learn about Sargent’s Admissions Process from the Director of Graduate Enrollment

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E86: What is the biggest misconception about Aphasia?

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E85: What does it mean to be the dean of Sargent College?

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E84: Why is accessibility in gaming important?

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E83: Interprofessional Leadership in Healthcare

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E82: On the Emerging Field of Digital Accessibility

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E81: Physical Therapy from an Interdisciplinary Lens

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E80: Boston University Rotaract Club

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E79: Occupational Therapy in Street Medicine

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E78: Sargent Alumnus’ Journey in Neurosurgery

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E77: Occupational Therapy and Fall Prevention

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E76: Executive Coach on the Great Resignation

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E75: Understanding Social Determinants of Health

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E74: On Disability and Ableism

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E73: Understanding Transgender Healthcare and Mental Health

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E72: Understanding Global Epidemiology

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E71: On the Dock - A Board Game for Children

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E70: President of Sargent College Alumni Board Shares Parting Advice for Class of 2020

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E69: The Power of Food, Smell, and Music

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E68: Getting to Know Emily Rothman, the New Chair of Boston University's Department of Occupational Therapy

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E67: Leading Interprofessional Teams in Healthcare Settings

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E66: Ciara’s Story with “How Unique We Can Be!”

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E65: “Making Sense” with HealthMatters

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E64: Social Entrepreneurship through an Occupational Therapy Lens

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E63: Learning Resilience and Success

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E62: BU Digital Education Incubator - Cultivating Tomorrow's Breakthrough

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E61: Ethical Decision Making

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E60: Leading as a Minority Woman

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E59: Relationship Management

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E58: On Sleeping Well

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E57: Helping Children with Autism

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E56: Sargent alumni on Sports Physical Therapy

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E55: Stars of the Show - CFA students on acting for Sargent’s new project

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54: Sargent's Operations Director Discusses her Diverse Roles

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E53: Becoming a Nurse with a Sargent Degree

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E52: How CPR Helps Students “Niteo”

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E51: Fundraising at Sargent College

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E50: Two-time Women Honoring Women Award Recipient Discusses Leadership

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E49: On Clinical Trials and Job Hunting

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E48: Ergonomist’s Pro-tips on WFH

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E47: Sargent College and Social Media

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E46: A Physical Therapist’s Perspective on Prosthetics

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E45: How a Children’s Book Helps Shed Light on Epilepsy

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E44: Conflict Resolution

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E43: Moving Forward with Autism Research

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E42: BU Movement & Applied Imaging Lab on Osteoarthritis

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E41: SMI and Cognitive Enhancement

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E40: Meet Gabby!

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E39: Meet BU’s Peer Mentoring Research Team

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E38: How to Do Grocery Shopping Like a Pro

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E37: The Healing Power of Nature

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E36: Finding your Sargent Alumni Mentor

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E35: “A Mechanic of the Human Body”

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E34: Sargent Alum Carolyn Cohen on Sargent Spirit and More

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E33: Cultural Competence and Why It Matters

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E32: Celebrate National School Backpack Awareness Day with AOTA

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E31: “Something is Always Better than Nothing”

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E30: Sargent Professor Alyssa Boucher on Children’s Literacy

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E29: Sargent Student Brandy Moser on CHAARG, Dual Degree, Gardening and More

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E28: On Stuttering

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E27: Self-care in the Real World

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E26: How CPR Helps Destigmatize Mental Illness

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E25: Using Exercise as Medicine

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E24: Nancy Lowenstein on Multiple Sclerosis and the Posse Foundation

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E23: The Story Behind Constant Therapy - an App that Helps Thousands

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E22: Don’t Know What to Do? Ask your Sargent Peer Mentors

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E21: Sargent Assistant Professor on Loneliness and Isolation

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E20: Dismantling Institutional Racism - the Science Behind ‘-ism’

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E19: Making a Difference in Local Community with Occupational Therapy

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E18: Isolated but not Alone - How BU Aphasia Resource Center Helps Combat Aphasia

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E17: How BU’s Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation is Making a Difference

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E16: Looking Through the Occupational Therapy Lens

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E15: Visual Impairment and Occupational Therapy

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E14: Sargent Academic Counsellor Shares Her Personal Story and the Importance of Resilience

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E13: Thirty Years of Advising and Singing

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E12: BUPTC - a Therapy Center of Care

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E11: Pain Management During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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E10: Baker Dreams Big

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E9: Sargent Choice Test Kitchen: Making Healthy Eating Taste Better

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E8: How “Simon Says” Helps Parents Bond with Their Children during the COVID-19 Pandemic

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E7 : Occupational Therapy Fieldwork: Helping People in the Real World

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E6: Sargent Choice: Healthy Eating at Boston University

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E5: Athletic Training: How Toe Yoga Helps Ankle Sprain Recovery

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E4: Moving Forward with Cerebral Palsy Research

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E3: Healthcare in the Real World: Getting to Know IPE

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E2: Start Packing for International Service Learning

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E1: Uncovering the Myth of Dyslexia