Allison Sullivan, DOT, MS, OTR/L is the 2017 recipient of the Massachusetts Association of Occupational Therapists’s Catherine Trombly award for excellence in research and education. Her recent study, “Impact of a Fieldwork Experience on Attitudes Toward People with Intellectual Disabilities”, is published in the 2017 November/December issue of the American Journal of Occupational Therapy. As an occupational therapist and educator, Dr. Sullivan has dedicated her career toward improving the lives of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities across the lifespan, working in day habilitation services, school-based occupational therapy, and residential settings in a career spanning 24 years. She is the chair of the MAOT Western Massachusetts Mental Health Special Interest Group, a certified group exercise and yoga instructor (RYT), and the co-founder and leader of #OTalk2US, a monthly Twitter chat for occupational therapists with over 60 million views of tweets carrying this tag. Please visit her website www.allisulli.com for more information on her work.
Sullivan, Allison and Mendonca, Rochelle. (2017, November) Impact of a fieldwork experience on attitudes toward people with intellectual disabilities. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 71(6).
Sullivan, Allison (2014, April). Practitioner’s reflection 12.1: The sunshine village yoga group program. In K. Haertl (ed.), Adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Bethesda, MD: AOTA, Inc.
Sullivan, A. Dowdy, T., Haddad, J., Hussain, S., Patel, A., & Smyth, K. (2013, March). Occupational therapy interventions in adult mental health across settings: a literature review. Mental Health Special Interest Section Quarterly, 36(1), 1-3.
Barlow, K., & Sullivan, A. (2018, April) Can a targeted cognitive behavioral intervention be effective for children diagnosed with avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder? Poster presentation at the AOTA Annual Conference. Salt Lake City, Utah.
Sullivan, A. and Mendonca, R. (2017, November) Impact of a fieldwork experience on attitudes toward people with intellectual disabilities. Poster presentation at the AOTA Annual Conference. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Sullivan, A. and Mendonca, R. (2017, July) Impact of a fieldwork experience on attitudes toward people with intellectual disabilities. Poster presentation at the RCOT Annual Conference. Birmingham, UK.
Lunsford, D., Meyers, P., Kenward, K., Sullivan, A. (2016, July). The evolution of an occupational therapy competency assignment: Learning theory meets collaboration and technology. Poster presentation at the COTEC-ENOTHE. Galway, Ireland.
Cook, B., Coolhaas, L., Hamilton, A., Penman, M., Phuah, T., & Sullivan, A. (2013, July). Social media in the contemporary CPD climate. Poster presentation at the twenty-fifth annual Occupational Therapy Australia (OTA) Conference, Adelaide, Australia.
Sullivan, A. (2018, April). Screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment: The SBIRT app. Presentation to the Annual American Occupational Therapy Association Conference. Salt Lake City, Utah.
Screening, Barlow, K. & Sullivan, A (2017, November). A proposal for a therapeutic intervention for ARFID. Presentation at MAOT Annual Conference. Norwood, MA.
Sullivan, Allison (2016, November). Impact of a Fieldwork Experience on Attitudes toward People with Intellectual Disabilities. Presentation to the Annual Massachusetts Occupational Therapy Association. Norwood, MA.
Sullivan, Allison (2016, May). Impact of a Fieldwork Experience on Attitudes toward People with Intellectual Disabilities. Presentation to the Temple University Occupational Therapy Faculty. Temple University. Philadelphia, PA.
Sullivan, Allison (2016, May). Mental Health Occupational Therapy Highlights from AOTA 2016. Presentation to MAOT Western Massachusetts Mental Health Special Interest Group. Providence Behavioral Health Hospital, Holyoke, MA.
Sullivan, Allison (2016, April) Addiction, Mental Health, & Recovery Resources: Developing Your Personal Learning Network & Keeping Track of It All. Presentation to the Annual American Occupational Therapy Association. Chicago, IL
Sullivan, Allison (2016, February). An Application of Trauma-Informed Yoga Instruction to Pediatric Education and Therapy. Presentation to Springfield College Pediatric Conference. Springfield, MA
Sullivan, Allison (2015, October). Screening, Brief Interventions & Referral to Treatment (SBIRT): SAMHSA’s Evidence-based Approach to Substance Abuse Prevention & Recovery. Presentation to MAOT Western Massachusetts Mental Health Special Interest Group. Providence Behavioral Health Hospital, Holyoke, MA.
Sullivan, Allison (2015, September). Advocacy & Pending Legislation Affecting Mental Health OT. Presentation to MAOT Western Massachusetts Mental Health Special Interest Group. Providence Behavioral Health Hospital, Holyoke, MA.
Health Care News 9.6.2016 “Bridging the Gap: AIC Creates a New Doctoral Program for Occupational Therapists”. Retrieved 9.2013 from http://healthcarenews.com/bridging-the-gap-aic-creates-new-doctoral-program-for-occupational-therapists/
The Republican 9.18.2013 “Social Media Useful in the Classroom”
The Hampden-Wilbraham Times 9.05.2013 “AIC Professor Advocates Using Social Media for Academic Purposes”
Sullivan, A. (2015, February). Advantages, Issues, and Troubleshooting with Response System Technology. Retrieved from http://www.allisulli.com/alli/iH/doc/1436265687AFS-1.pdf
Sullivan, A. (2015, March). The Value of Teaching Using Mobile Devices. Retrieved from http://www.allisulli.com/alli/iH/doc/1436265687AFS-3.pdf
Human Rights Committee, Human Resources Unlimited, Springfield, MA (2017): The HRC is responsible for:
(November 2012-Present)
This monthly Twitter chat promotes occupational therapy and facilitates knowledge and resource exchange regarding occupational therapy. Over 50 million unique tweet impressions with this hashtag have been viewed by twitter followers since this chat began, with over 20 million of those impressions originating from my accounts.
www.allisulli.com (April 2014-Present)
I maintain a professional website to disseminate results of my research efforts, share health information and promote occupational therapy and higher education.
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