Students in the Occupational Therapy program spend their last three semesters creating a capstone project. This major academic achievement represents a synthesis of content learned throughout the program.
Subject matter such as theory, research methodology and analysis, program development, and education of clients are applied to either faculty lines of research or projects that will serve the community.
Students gather in teams to complete the thesis under the mentorship of their faculty thesis advisor. Completed theses are disseminated to a wide audience of constituents either in poster sessions, workshops, or peer-reviewed journals.
Theses/Capstones from 2016
The Effect of Therapeutic Listening® on Bilateral Coordination, Emily Smiley, Daryl Arora, Jiawen Liang, and Melissa Ramirez
The Lifestyle-integrated Functional Exercise Program for Older Adults, Anna Lee, Courtney Beyer, Jessica Lim, and Sienna Anderson
The Relationship Between Somatosensory Processing and Handwriting Proficiency, Hillary Colby, Ani K. Courville, Sherin Thomas, and Salwa Yaser
Theses/Capstones from 2015
A Matter of Balance: Program Outcomes for Community-Dwelling Older Adults, Tiffany Lau, Victoria Reyes, Adrienne Angeles, and Leslie Hollaway
Bridge/Adapt: A Systematic Cognitive Rehabilitation Curriculum, Julie S. Bergen, Natalie Repin, Amy Bennet, and Abigail LaFrenz
FRET: Validity of a Fall Risk Evaluation Tool for Individuals with Acquired Brain Injuries, Desiree Shaver, Colon Mikaela, Irene Leung, and Melanie Shea
Helping Parents Navigate Occupational Therapy in the IEP Process, Noelle Bakken, Kelly Calton, Molly Hyland, and Shannon Landau
Interprofessional Collaboration Between Occupational Therapists and Nurses in an Acute Care Setting: An Exploratory Study, Bethany Loy, Holly Micheff, Kelly Nguyen, and Vincent O'Brien
Oral Wellness: Using Occupational Therapy to Enhance Oral Hygiene Delivery in Long-Term Care, Lauryn J. Banovitz, Liberty Bellah, and Rosemarie Lion
Participants' Perceptions of Factors in Preventing Falls, Rajvinder K. Bains, Jaclyn A. Fok, Nadine M. Marcelo, and Tamara Vileshina
PediApp Finder: Creating a Pediatric Application Database, Sara Pro, Adrianne LeBlanc, April Wasjutin, and Robert Williams
Standardized Patients in Occupational Therapy Education, Andrea E. Battle, Jessica M. Borceguin, Joanna P. Dizon, and Lai Zan Saechao
The Preschool Kitchen Task Assessment (PKTA): Assessing Validity of a Performance-based Assessment of Executive Function, Emily Fry, Hayley Gilligan, Liza Henty-Clark, and Jennifer Weissensee
Therapeutic Listening® and Bilateral Coordination in Typically Developing Children, Shanee Ben-Haim, Cassandra DeBonis, Jane Schwartz, and Amy Smith-Schwartz
Theses/Capstones from 2014
An Inventory of Evidence-Based Health and Wellness Assessments for Community-Dwelling Older Adults, Elliott David Brent and Matthew Jordan Carlson
A Qualitative Study of the Experiences of First-Generation Peer Mentors, Cindelle Leyson, Jessica Suzanne Taylor, and Tiffany Torres
A Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Contrast Baths to Cryotherapy in Patients with a Wrist Fracture, Elizabeth Ashley Brown and Brittany Nicole Phipps
Developing a Data Compilation for the Marin Autism Collaborative, Sarah Jane Dequis Calub, Nicole Marie Hofeditz, and Caitlin Danae McIntyre
Developing a Website of Occupation-Based Resources for Healthy Aging at Dominican University of California, David Aizpuru, Kevin Urquhart Brown, Beverly Posqdas DeGuzman, and Cournety Brooke McIntosh
Effect of Therapeutic Listening® Quickshift on Bilateral Coordination in Healthy Adults, Madeleine Haas and Amy Marie Sequeira Boeschen
Employment Exchange Opportunities for Teens and Adults with Autism, Rafael Garcia, Kisa Nicole Geiger, and Alex Robert Shragg
Exploring the Utility of the Children’s Kitchen Task Assessment for Use with Six-Year-Olds, Vanessa Mae Clemente Carzon, Charisa Justine Kelly, and Alexandra Maria Rodriguez
Factors that Influence Career Choice in South African Township High School Students, Emily Ann Dodge and Martha Welderufael
Fall Risk Evaluation Tool for Acquired Brain Injury: A Validation of a Multifactorial Assessment: A Pilot Study, Tanya Elesia Orgill, Amanda Marie Woods, and Josue Julian Zamora
Skill Generalization Following Computer-Based Cognitive Retraining Among Individuals with Acquired Brain Injury, Jonathan William Alonso, Nisha E. Chadha, and Jennifer Elizabeth Pulido