School & Alumni News

OT faculty members collaborate on published article

Four members of the Texas Woman’s University community from two schools collaborated on an article published in the school psychology publication, Communiqué.

Occupational Therapy hosts 30th Annual Vanderkooi Endowed Lectureship event

The Texas Woman’s School of Occupational Therapy will hold its 30th annual Vanderkooi Endowed Lectureship event on Friday, Feb. 3. 

Environmental audits aimed at reducing barriers

The Autistic Self Advocacy Network’s motto, “Nothing About Us Without Us,” means that decisions about autism need to be made with input from people with autism. Tina Fletcher (Occupational Therapy, Dallas) and her students took that to heart in a project aimed at evaluating the autism-friendliness of community venues and events.

Fletcher used a $267,477 grant from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to create sensory spaces on wheels for use at cultural arts and entertainment venues, and also developed an environmental audit process for businesses and other public venues.

TWU Houston students collaborate on custom cars

Occupational therapy and nursing students from TWU’s Houston campus partnered with students from EnMed to provide electric ride-on vehicles for some children with special needs in the Houston community. The project was part of the national Go Baby Go program.

Regents give green light to health science building project

The Texas Woman’s University System Board of Regents today approved a plan to build a 175,000-square-foot health science center for the Denton campus to support growth in the colleges of health sciences and nursing and other collaborative efforts.