Positions
- Associate Professor, Occupational Therapy, College of Allied Health Sciences
- Contact Info
Heather L Panczykowski
Affiliation
Publications
selected publications
presentations
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presentation
- Understanding your therapy horse's brain., American Hippotherapy Program Biennial Conference
- Horse vs. horse simulator: Investigating engagement and sensory processing patterns in youth with autism. , North Carolina Occupational Therapy Association Fall Conference
- Impact of an occupational therapy ground-based horsemanship program on social participation in children and youth with disabilities: Outcomes and future directions , American Hippotherapy Program Biennial Conference
- Horse vs. horse simulator: Investigating engagement and sensory processing patterns in youth with autism, North Carolina Occupational Therapy Association Fall Conference
- Collaboration of Occupational Therapy and Interactive Vaulting to Address Social Skill Deficits in Children with Disabilities., American Hippotherapy Association Biennial Conference
- Development of a Collaborative Interactive Vaulting Occupational Therapy Program to Foster Social Skills of Children with Disabilities: Sharing the Program and Lessons Learned., American Hippotherapy Association Conference: Perspectives in Practice
- Effects of a collaborative interactive vaulting OT program on executive function and participation in children with disabilities., American Occupational Therapy Association Annual Conference & Expo
- Effects of a self-care support group incorporating horses on parents of children with disabilities: A qualitative investigation., American Occupational Therapy Association Annual Conference & Expo
- Facilitating Cancer Survivorship Groups: OT Participation and Addressing Challenges, North Carolina Occupational Therapy Association Spring Conference
- Flipping with Intention to Improve Student Accountability, Professionalism and Reasoning, American Occupational Therapy Association Education Summit
- Flipping with Intention: Increase accountability, engagement, and professionalism in students., American Occupational Therapy Association Education Summit
- Implementation of universal design for learning (UDL) in OT education: Current trends and future directions, 2019 American Occupational Therapy Association Education Summit
- Individuals receiving inpatient rehabilitation show the highest objectively-measured physical activity level during occupational therapy, 2022 American Occupational Therapy Association Annual Conference
- Insights Using a Systematic Coding System to Evaluate Level of Reflective Writing in First Year Occupational Therapy Students, American Occupational Therapy Association Conference and Exposition
- Insights and Teaching Implications of Using a Systematic Coding System to Evaluate Level of Reflective Writing in Occupational Therapy Students, American Occupational Therapy Association Education Summit
- OT community program development: Process and lessons learned, North Carolina Occupational Therapy Association Conference
- Partners in Interactive Vaulting and Occupational Therapy Program (PIVOT) on Executive Function and Social Participation in Children with Disabilities: Outcomes and Future Directions., American Occupational Therapy Association Annual Conference & Expo
- Strategies for Implementing Universal Design for Learning in Your Classroom, Conference on Higher Education Pedagogy
- Utilizing Structured Frameworks to Teach and Assess Reflection in Occupational Therapy Education., American Occupational Therapy Association Annual Conference
Research
principal investigator on
- Effects of a collaborative occupational therapy interactive vaulting program on executive function on in children with disabilities: A pilot study awarded by North Carolina Horse Council 2019 - 2021
- Engagement and Outreach Scholars Academy awarded by Office of Community Engagment and Research 2019 - 2020
Service
professional service activities
- Member of Research Committee I serve on the Research Committee for the American Hippotherapy Association. 2021
- Journal Reviewer Journal of Allied Health 2020
Background
education and training
- B.S. in Occupational Therapy, Keuka College
- DHSc in Health Sciences, Nova Southeastern University
- M.S. in Occupational Therapy, University of New York at Buffalo