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CURRICULUM VITAE
Amiya Waldman-Levi, PhD, OTR/L Contact Information Permanent Address: 91 11TH Street, Cresskill, NJ Telephone numbers: (h) 201-266-6772 (c) 201-790-6035 e-mail address: amiyawl@gmail.com
Education 1996 - 1999
BOT Dean Honor List at 2nd year, School of Occupational Therapy of Hadassah and the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
1999 - 2002
Msc. OT Magna Cum Laude, School of Occupational Therapy of Hadassah and the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
2006 - 2012
PhD OT, School of Occupational Therapy of Hadassah and the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
2012 - 2013
Post Doctorate Training at the Center for Attachment Research at the New School of Social Research
Professional Experience 1999- 2000
Teacher assistant for Prof. Parush
School of Occupational Therapy of Hadassah and the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
2002
Research assistant School of Occupational Therapy of Hadassah and the Hebrew University, for Prof. Katz Jerusalem, Israel
2002 -2007
Fieldwork Coordinator
School of Occupational Therapy of Hadassah and the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
2007-2011
Lecturer
School of Occupational Therapy of Hadassah and the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
2007–2012
Thesis CoAdvisor
School of Occupational Therapy of Hadassah and the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
2014current
Research Fellow
Research Institute for the Health & Medical Professions Ono Academic College, Israel
2 2015 current
Adjunct Professor School of Health and Natural Sciences, Occupational Theray and Physical Therapy Programs, Mercy College, NY, USA.
Funds and Grands 2007
The Fund in Memory of Ramah Shuval Itiel, The influence of an intervention for mothers and children residing in shelters for abused women, on mother-child interaction and the play functions of the child, Amiya Waldman Levi, N. WeintraubPI, 4,500 NIS
2007
The Fund in Memory of Arie Juros, The Israeli Association of Occupational Therapy, The influence of an intervention for mothers and children residing in shelters for abused women, on mother-child interaction and the play functions of the child, Amiya Waldman Levi, N. WeintraubPI, 2,500 NIS
2007
The Martin Levin Institute for Child Development, The influence of an intervention for mothers and children residing in shelters for abused women, on mother-child interaction and the play functions of the child, Amiya Waldman LeviPI, 10,000 NIS
2015
The Israeli Insitue for Natioanl Security, Playfulness, well being, and participation among elderly: A comparative study between healthy independent elderly to elderly who need help in everyday life, Katz, N., Waldman-Levi, A., Katz, M., & Bar- Haim Erez A. (submitted).
Society Memberships 2004
Member of the National Israeli committee for adapting the Occupational Therapy Practice Framework
2005
Member of the Scientific committee for the 14th Annual Conference of the Israel Society of Occupational Therapy
2002-2007
Member of the Committee for Clinical Fieldwork Studies, School of Occupational Therapy of Hadassah and the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
2002 – 2009 Member of the Curriculum Committee of the Undergraduate Program, School of Occupational Therapy of Hadassah and the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel 2002-2011
Member of the Student's Admissions Committee for the Undergraduate Program, School of Occupational Therapy of Hadassah and the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
2011
Self-Evaluation Committee Coordinator, School of Occupational Therapy of Hadassah and the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
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Reviewing and Editorial Work 2002
Book reviewer for The Israel Journal of Occupational Therapy
2005 – 2011
Reviewer for The Israeli Journal of Occupational Therapy
2008
Reviewer, Occupational Therapy Journal of Research
2009
Reviewer for The Occupational Therapy International
2009 conti.
Co-Editor of the Israeli Journal of Occupational Therapy
Nov 2011
Co-Editor in chief of the Israeli Journal of Occupational Therapy Special Issue. Schnider, E., & Waldman-Levi, A. (Eds.) (2011). Special issue on play- central and meaningful occupation. The Israeli Journal of Occupational Therapy, 20, 4.
Nov 2014
Reviewer for Journal of Violence and Victims Journal
July 2015
Reviewer for Journal Traumatology
Research Projects 2004
Development of clinical assessment; Prof. Parush, S., Hirsch, I., & Dr. Waldman-Levi, A. Parental expectations and satisfaction from Occupational Therapy Intervention an outcome measure
2010 conti.
The Efficacy of intervention programs: Looking at parental expectations and satisfaction from Occupational Therapy intervention; Dr. Waldman-Levi, A., Prof. Parush, S., & Gutwilig, G.
2013 conti.
Co-Occupations: Establishing psychometric properties for the Parent's Support of Young Children’s Playfulness Scale (PSYCP); Dr. Waldman-Levi, A., & Prof. Bundy, A.
2014 conti.
The association between playfulness, participation, wellbeing and cognitibe-behavioral functioning among healthy and non-healthy elderly; Prof. Katz, N., Dr. Waldman-Levi, A., & Dr. Bar- Haim Erez A.
Publications a. Thesis and Dissertation Waldman-Levi, A. (2002). The Correlation Between Praxis, Visuomotor Organization and Attention Among Typical Children in First to Fourth Grade. (Unpublished master thesis). Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel. Advisors: Prof. Noomi Katz and Prof. Shula Parush
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Waldman-Levi, A. (2012). The efficacy of an intervention program for mothers and their children, who reside in shelters for battered women, on mother's parental functioning, mother-child interaction and the child's play functioning (Unpublished doctoral dissertation). Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel. Advisor: Dr. Naomi Weintraub
b. Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals Waldman-Levi, A. & Tal-Saban, M. (2002). Interventions in occupational therapy for visual-motor integration deficit among children with learning disabilities. The Israei Journal of Occupational Therapy. 11(3-4), 147-163. Traub-Bar-Ilan, R., Waldman-Levi, A., & Parush, S. (2004). Participation in daily life among children with and without DCD. The Israeli Journal of Occupational Therapy. 14(4), 175-192. Waldman-Levi, A. & Weintraub, N. (2009). Occupational therapy intervention for mothers and their children who were victims of domestic violence. The Israeli Journal of Occupational Therapy, 18(2), 97-116. Klein, M. & Waldman-Levi, A. (2013). A Parenting group for women residing in shelters who were exposed to domestic violence. Journal of Social and Welfare, 33, 331-345. Levi, D., & Waldman-Levi, A. (2014). Parents as change agents in their children's lives: a thematic group in the area of play. The Israel Journal of Occupational Therapy, 23(2). Waldman-Levi, A., & Keren, N. (2014). Occupational perspective to cognitive functional intervention for improving family relations. The Israeli Journal of Occupational Therapy, 23(3). Waldman-Levi, A., & Weintraub, N. (2014). Efficacy of a crisis intervention for improving mother-child interaction and the children's play functions. The American Journal of Occupational, Therapy, 69, 1-11. DOI:10.5014/ajot.2015.013375 Waldman-Levi, A. & Bar-Haim Erez, A. (2014). Will environmental interventions affect the level of mastery motivation among children with disabilities? A preliminary study. Occupational Therapy International. DOI: 10.1002/oti.1380 Waldman-Levi, A., Finzi, R., & Weintraub, N. (2015). Attachment security and parental competency among abused women in the shadow of PTSD and childhood exposure to domestic violence. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 24, 1, 57-65. DOI 10.1007/s10826-013-9813-3. Waldman-Levi, A., Katz, N., & Bundy, A. (2015). Playfulness and interaction: an exploratory study of past and current exposure to domestic violence. Occupational Therapy Journal of Research. DOI: 10.1177/1539449214561762 Waldman-Levi, A. & Bar-Haim –Erez, A., & Katz, N. (2015). Healthy aging reflected by: Well-being, participation, playfulness, and cognitive-emotional functioning. Healthy
5 Aging Research 4:8. DOI:10.12715/har.2015.4.8. Waldman-Levi, A. & Bundy, A. (under review). A Glimpse into co-occupations: Parent's support of young children’s playfulness scale. Occupational Therapy in Mental Health. Waldman-Levi, A., Hirsch, I., Gutwillig, G., & Parush, S. Parents' expectations and satisfaction with occupational therapy intervention. (under review).
c. Book chapter Weintraub, N., & Waldman-Levi, A. (2009). Mother-child play In R. P. Carlisle (Ed.). Encyclopedia of Play: A Social History. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage publications.
Scientific Conferences 2003
Waldman-Levi, A. Domain and Process: Occupational Therapy Framework. Keynote, Jerusalem, Israel.
2004
Hirsch, I., Waldman-Levi, A., & Parush, S. Parental expectations and satisfaction from Occupational Therapy Intervention, Invited. The Israeli Occupational Therapy Conference, Haifa, Israel.
2004
Traub-Bar-Ilan, R., Waldman-Levi, A., & Parush, S. Participation in daily life among children with and without DCD, Invited. The Israeli Occupational therapy Conference, Shfaim, Israel.
2004
Hirsch, I., Waldman-Levi, A. & Parush, S. Parental expectations and satisfaction from Occupational Therapy Intervention, Invited. The National Conference of the Israeli Association of Child Development and Rehabilitation, Haifa, Israel.
2005
Hirsch, I., Waldman-Levi, A. & Parush, S. Occupation and Participation: Assessing occupational therapy consequences to home and kindergarten. The Israeli Occupational therapy Conference, Jerusalem, Israel.
2005
Parush, S., Hirsch, I., & Waldman-Levi, A. Parental expectations and satisfaction from Occupational Therapy Intervention, Poster Presentation. 6th International Conference on “Children with Developmental Coordination Disorder”, Trieste, Italy.
2011
Sela, S., Bar-Chaim –Erez, A., Brezner, A, & Waldman-Levi, A. Reviweing the charcteristics of mastery motivation among children with developmental disabilities: Differences between structured tasks and professional staff perception, Poster Presentation. 62 Annual Conference of the Israeli Association of Physical & Rehabilitation Medicine, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
2012
Warshawsky-Shammah, C., Bar-Chaim –Erez, A., Waldman-Levi, A., & Brezner, A. The efficacy of environmental intervention on the mastery motivation of children with developmental disabilities. The Israeli Occupational therapy Conference, Ramt - Gan, Israel.
6 2013
Waldman-Levi. A. & Weintraub, N. Efficacy of an intervention for improving parenting functions and child's play among mother-child dyad, who reside in shelters for abused women. The American Occupational Therpay Association Annual Conference, San-Diego, CAL.
2014
Gutwilig, G., Gavan, N, Waldman-Levi, A., & Parush, S. Parent’s expectations and satisfaction from occupational therapy group-based intervention, Poster presentation. Clalit Health Services Qulity Assurnance Conference, Kefar-Saba, Israel.
2015
Gutwilig, G., Gavan, N, Waldman-Levi, A., & Parush, S. Parent’s expectations and satisfaction from occupational therapy group-based intervention, Poster presentation. The Israeli Occupational therapy Conference, Jerusalem, Israel.
2015
Waldman-Levi A., Bar-Haim Erez A., & Katz, N. Playfulness, wellbeing, and participation among elderly with and without disabilities. 9th World Congress of the ISPRM 2015, Berlin, Germany.
2015
Waldman-Levi, A., Bar-Haim Erez, A., & Katz, N. Playfulness, hope, wellbeing, and participation among independent elderly. Healthy Aging Summit, Washington, DC.
2015 Sep
Katz, N. Waldman-Levi, A., & Bar-Haim Erez, A. Playfulness, hope, well-being, and participation among elderly. VIII Geriatrics and Gerontology Meeting GERIATRIO 2015, Rio de Janerio Brazil.
2015 Oct
Bar-Haim Erez, A., Waldman-Levi, A., & Katz, N. Playfulness, hope, and percived well-being among elderly. The 9th Conference of the Research Institute for the Health & Medical Professions, Ono Academic College, Or-Yahuda, Israel.
Submitted:
Bar-Haim Erez, A., Waldman-Levi, A., Stancanelli, J., & Katz, N. (Feb 2016). Wellbeing, playfulness, hope, and participation beyond cognition and emotion among independent and non-independent elderly in Israel and the USA. Rehabilitation Science & Technology Update 2016 Congress, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
Teaching Experience Undergraduate courses: 2002-2007
Foundations for Intervention - Level I (Course coordinator and lecturer)
1.5 credit points
2002-2007
Foundations for Intervention - Level II (Course coordinator)
1 credit points
2002-2007
Foundations for Intervention - Level III (Course coordinator)
1 credit points
2002-2007
Colloquium (Course coordinator and lecturer)
2 credit points
7 2008
Theoretical Seminar in OT (Course lecturer)
3 credit points
2008
Research Seminar in OT (Course lecturer)
3 credit points
2008-2009
Communication Clinical Skills in Occupational Therapy (Course coordinator and lecturer)
2 credit points
2010-2011
Principles of Group Activity in Occupational Therapy (Course coordinator and lecturer)
4 credit points
2010-2011
The Clients' Family (Course coordinator and lecturer)
1.5 credit points
Graduate courses: 2007-2011
Play: Evaluation and Intervention in Pediatric Occupational Therapy (Course coordinator and lecturer) The Continuing Education Program of The School of Occupational Therapy of Hadassah and the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
2-3 credit points
OctoberNovember 2012
Play: Evaluatin using the Test of Playfulness (ToP). A Skype workshop. The Continuing Education Program of The School of Occupational Therapy of Hadassah and the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
6 contact hours
August 2013
Play: Evaluation and Intervention in Pediatric Occupational Therapy (Course coordinator and lecturer) The Continuing Education Program of the School of Occupational Therapy of Hadassah and the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
3 credit points
October 2014Janurary 2015
Play as a Central Occupation - From Theory to Intervention - Webinar At the School of Occupational Therapy of Hadassah and the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
3 credit points
2015
Quantitative and Qualitative Research Methods for Occupational Therapy School of Health and Natural Sciences, Occupational Therapy Program, Mercy College, NY, USA
3 credit points
2015
Applied Research Theory School of Health and Natural Sciences, Physical Therapy Program, Mercy College, NY, USA
3 credit points
8 2015
Applied Reserch Occupational Therapy Program, Mercy College, NY, USA
1 credit points
2015/16
Capestone Research Projects, Occupational Therapy Program, Mercy College, NY, USA
4 credit points
Invited Seminars and Lectures Occupational Therapy Framework, one day Workshop, Hertzog- Geriatric Facility, Gedra, Israel. Play from theory to practice, one day seminar, Clalit health Services, Jerusalem, Israel. Play from theory to practice, one day seminar, Maccbi Health Services, Jerusalem, Israel. Play from theory to practice, one day Seminar, The Ministry of Education Jerusalem Distric, Israel. Introduction to play theory and assessment, two lecturs, The Ministry of Education, Hashron District, Israel.