CONTACT THE AUTHORS
Leslie may be reached at LESLIE.JACKSON@INDWES.EDU Penny may be reached at PENNY.POWERS@VUMC.ORG REFERENCE UEDOI, K. (2018, SEPTEMBER 24). THE BORGEN PROJECT: TOP 10 QUOTES ABOUT ADVOCACY. HTTPS://BORGENPROJECT.ORG/TOP-10-QUOTESABOUT-ADVOCACY/.
Leslie Jackson has been serving as a treating occupational therapist for over 20 years. Her clinical experience spans acute care, home health, school-based, long-term care and outpatient settings. She earned her post-professional occupational therapy doctoral degree from Creighton University. In addition to her current practice for a seating and wheelchair clinic, she serves as associate professor at the Occupational Therapy Doctoral Program at Indiana Wesleyan University, where she teaches content about assistive technology, adult intervention and assessments, orthotic fabrication, clinical documentation, and health systems management and policy. Jackson is recognized as a Certified Ergonomics Assessment Specialist and is also LSVT BIG® Certified. She earned RESNA’s Assistive Technology Professional certification in 2008. In 2013, she co-authored a chapter about spinal cord injuries and the brachial plexus in the “Hand and Upper Extremity Rehabilitation: A Quick Reference Guide and Review,” Second Edition. She has presented at the American Occupational Therapy Association’s Annual Conference and continues to be involved in research and grant-related projects.
Penny J. Powers, MS, PT, ATP, is a Level IV physical therapist at Pi Beta Rehabilitation Institute at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Powers is the lead therapist for the Adult Seating and Mobility Clinic. Her practices involve specialty seating for a diverse adult population. She has had presentations accepted at national conferences including RESNA and APTA Combined Sections meetings as well as the International Seating Symposium. She serves as adjunct faculty at Belmont University’s DPT program. She has had IRB approved research projects in collaboration with Belmont University for the past seven years. Powers sustains membership in APTA, including the Neuro Section, and RESNA. She currently serves on the Executive Board of the Clinician Task Force.
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