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Occupational Science Symposium
SummaryThank you to all alumni, students, faculty, and community partners who attended the 23rd USC Occupational Science Symposium. Read a summary of the event on USC News at: Autism Symposium Highlighted By Personal Experiences. FeaturingCatherine Lord, PhD Panel discussions among distinguished USC scholars: CEUs: Participants will receive a certificate of completion upon receipt of their completed learning outcomes and course evaluation. Sponsored In Part By
HistoryThe Occupational Science Symposium was established at the University of Southern California in 1988 as a forum to disseminate and celebrate the then-emerging academic discipline of Occupational Science. In the decades since, the Symposium has become the Division’s premier academic event at which interdisciplinary researchers and practitioners gather to exchange their scholarship and together propel forward the field of Occupational Science. Notable past speakers at the USC Occupational Science Symposium have included primatologist, ethologist and anthropologist Jane Goodall, theoretical physicist and cosmologist Stephen Hawking, and neuroscientist and scientific philosopher António Damásio. Wilma West LectureAt the Symposium, USC also awards the Wilma West Lecture, a recognition of a scholar’s distinguished contributions to Occupational Science. Wilma West was an undisputed leader in occupational therapy. She was Head of orthopedic occupational therapy at Walter Reed General Hospital from 1943 to 1944. As a USC student, in 1946, Wilma West was the first person in the country to receive a master’s degree in occupational therapy. From 1960 to 1964, she served as President of the American Occupational Therapy Association. In 1967, she received the Eleanor Clarke Slagle Lectureship, the highest academic award of the American Occupational Therapy Association, and delivered her lecture entitled “Professional Responsibility in Times of Change”. The Wilma L. West Library, the American Occupational Therapy Association’s extensive collection of resources including monographs, journals, dissertations, theses, conference proceedings and multimedia, is named in her honor. The AOTA and AOTF Presidents’ Commendation in honor of Wilma L. West, established jointly by the governing Boards of both the American Occupational Therapy Association and the American Occupational Therapy Foundation, is an award given to honor a respected leader of the profession who has made sustained contributions to occupational therapy over a lifetime of service. Previous SymposiaXXII. USC’s Science of Everyday Living: A Foundation for Ethical, Culturally Sensitive, & Evidence-Based Practice XXI. The Intersection of Self and Context: The Changing Landscape of Rehabilitation Science XX. Autism in Everyday Life: An Interdisciplinary Venture XIX. Health and Wellness: Interdisciplinary and Global Connections XVIII. Intersecting Interests in Health Care: Occupational Science and Interdisciplinary Collaboration XVII. The Brain, Emotion, and Occupation XVI. Creating an Academic Discipline that Supports Practice XV. The Spheres of Rehabilitation: Body, Mind, and Social Structures XIV. Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy: The Making of Community XIII. The Biological Basis of Occupation XII. The Engaged Self XI. Play: Occupations for a Lifetime X. Narrative and Identity IX. Occupation in the Everyday Lives of Children VIII. Toward a Philosophy of Occupation VII. Promoting Children’s Well-Being: Occupational Science and Health Care Policy VI. Narrative and Action V. The Links Between Occupation Science and Occupational Therapy: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow IV. The Human as an Occupational Being: The Link Between Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy III. Ecology and Occupation II. Co-Occupations of Infants and Mothers I. Perspectives on Early Intervention and Adolescent Transitions |
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