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 2014
The Development of a Therapeutic Listening Instrument For Allied Health: A Pilot Study, Linda Diane Roybal, Suzanne Laura Schwind, Elizabeth Jeanne Szoboszlay, and Brittnee Jane Witham
The Effectiveness of Peer Mentoring in Helping First Year Students Develop Occupational Adaptation Skills, LaShelle Rena Rullan, Jovita Vasquez, and Julia Wong
The Impact of Fibromyalgia and Sensory Processing on Participation of Daily Activities, Florina Mendoza-Battle, Regina Okun, and Ashlee Sand
The Preschool Kitchen Task Assessment (PKTA): A Pilot Study Exploring Executive Functioning in Children Ages 3 to 6 Years, Annette M. Yuson, Mallory Hope Engelhardt, and Fanny Canlas Dizon
Understanding and Preventing Falls: Perspectives of First Responders and Older Adults, Monica Fernandez, Anita Diep Hin, and Chelsea C. Prado
Theses/Capstones from 2013
An Analysis of Occupational Therapists’ Listening Behaviors During Treatment Sessions, Steven Joseph DeVilbiss, Andreanna Marie Rodriquez, and Maria Tolentino
Bridging the Gap for First Generation Students (BG4FGS): An Occupation-Based Peer Mentoring Program at Dominican University of California, Victoria Danielle Rivera, Marion de Celis Sarte, and Alison Jean Wiggam
Circles of Connection: Finding Social Connectedness and Meaning within Group Process, Julianna F. Bratsberg, Aundrea Marcella Roberts, and Susan R. Untiedt
Clinical Reasoning in the Use of Slings for Stroke Patients with Shoulder Subluxation: A Practice Phenomenon in California, Simon Chi and Naoko Murai
Computer-Based Cognitive Retraining for Individuals with Chronic Acquired Brain Injury: A Pilot Study, Stephanie Camille Gella, Joshua Victor Ramos, Julie Anne Robertson, and Lucia Diana Ulloa
Decreasing Fall Risk in Older Adults with Serious Mental Illness, Reynaldo Joseph Ballesteros Jr., Kellie Ann Hislop, and Chanita Mary Panchasarp
Developing a Comprehensive Handwriting Curriculum Utilizing the Handwriting Without Tears™ Approach for Typically Developing Elementary School Aged Children, Taryn Nicole Clough, Jane C. Malone, and Christina Marilyn Robertson
FRETT: Fall Risk Evaluation Tool For Traumatic Brain Injury A Master’s Thesis Project, Heidi Ann Mertle, Kiley Elizabeth Richter, and Louis A. Scirica
Healthy Seniors: A Program Evaluation, Andrea Edith Maffei, Matthew Alexander Patjawee, and Jamie Christine Thompson
Increasing Fall Self-Efficacy and Awareness of Fall Risks Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults, Dona Diane Andersen, Brian Edwin Dinozo, Heather Vengco Enrile, and Brittany Anne Hutchison
Kindergarten Readiness: The Impact of Sensory Integration on Preschool Children's Readiness for the Transition to Kindergarten, Laura Alexandria Boyd and Shannon Logan Sobieraj
Theses/Capstones from 2012
Contemporary Practice Patterns and Trends of Mental Health Occupational Therapists in California, Cassie Whittington
Fotonovelas: A Parent Resource and Education Guide for Underserved Hispanic Families with Autism in Marin County, Tiffany Chi, Monica Christina Guzman Critchfield, and Isaac Xuliang Stahlhut
Task Analysis for a Food Processing Facility: A Social Enterprise for Persons from Underemployed Populations, Louise Bobbitt, Jeremy Darrimon, and Jessi Saaty
The Spiritual Occupations of Older Adults: A Qualitative Study, Emily Ann Sheridan
Theses/Capstones from 2011
Adaptations of Older Drivers: A Retrospective Study, Ashleigh Relvas, Jackie Torvestad, and Max Zweig
An Evidence Based Review of Computer-Assisted Cognitive Remediation Programs for People with Traumatic Brain Injury, Mitch Riker and Gina Stires
A Qualitative Review of Occupational Therapists' Listening Experiences in End of Life Care, Michele Asuncion, Jennifer Rabello, Caitlin Silangcruz, and Elizabeth van Dyk
Asperger's Syndrome and High Fuctioning Autism: A Resource guide for Individuals and their Families in Marin County, California, Rita Caskey, Laura Pehle, and Kimberly Woodland
Body positions and Movements of Pediatric Occupational Therapists Working in Sensory Integration Clinics and the Impact on Occupational Participation, Chloe Conroy, Kerry Gates, and Heather Jantz