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Dunn, L., Coster, W.J., Orsmond, G.I., & Cohn, E.S. (in press). Household task participation of children with and without attentional problems.  Physical and Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics.

 

Dunn, L., Coster, W.J., Cohn, E.S., & Orsmond, G.I. (in press). Factors associated with participation of children with and without Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in household tasks. Physical and Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics.

 

Cohn, E.S., Cortés, D.E., Hook, J.M., Yinusa-Nyahkoon, L.S., Soloman, J.L., & Bokhour, B. (2009). A narrative of resistance; Presentation of self when parenting children with asthma. Communication & Medicine, 6, 27 – 37.

 

Smith, L.A., Bokhour, B., Hohman, K.H., Miroshnik, I., Kleinman, K.P., Cohn, E.S., Cortes, D., Galbraith, A., Rand, C., & Lieu, T.A. (2008). Modifiable risk factors for suboptimal control and controller medication underuse among children with asthma. Pediatrics, 22, 760 – 769.

 

Bokhour, B.G., Cohn, E.S., Cortes, D.E., Yinusa-Nyahkoon, L., Hook, J.M., Smith, L.A., Rand, C.S., & Lieu, T.A. (2008). Patterns of concordance and non-concordance with clinician recommendations and parents’ explanatory models in children with asthma. Patient Education and Counseling, 70, 376-385.

 

Yinusa- Nyahkoon, L., Cohn, E.S., Tickle-Degnen, L., Lieu, T. A., Bokhour, B.G.(2007). Examining Routines to Understand the Ecological Context: Managing Childhood Asthma. Occupational Therapy Journal of Research, 27, 975-995.

 

Parham, L.D., Cohn, E.S., Spitzer, S., Koomar, J., Miller, L.J., Burke, J.P., Brett-Green, B., Mailloux, Z., May-Benson, T.A., Smith Roley, S., Schaaf, R.C., Schoen, S., & Summers, C.A. (2007). Fidelity in sensory integration intervention research. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 61, 216 – 227.

 

Mailloux, Z.K., May-Benson, T.A., Summers, C.A., Miller, L.J., Brett-Green, B., Burke, J., Cohn, E.S., Koomar, J., Parham, L.D., Smith Roley, S., Schaaf, R., & Schoen, S.A. (2007). Goal attainment scaling as a measure of meaningful outcomes for children with sensory integration disorders.  American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 61, 254-259.

 

Howard, B., Cohn, E.S., Orsmond, G. (2006). Understanding and negotiating friendships: Perspectives from an adolescent with Asperger’s Syndrome.  Autism: The International Journal of Research & Practice. 6, 619-627.

 

Bedell, G., Cohn, E.S., Dumas, H. (2005). Exploring parents’ use of strategies to promote social participation in school-age children with acquired brain injuries.  American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 59, 273-284.

 

Goldstein, D.N., Cohn, E.S., & Coster, W. (2004).  Enhancing participation for children with disabilities-Application of the ICF enablement framework to pediatric physical therapist practice. Pediatric Physical Therapy, 16,114-120.

 

Marr, D., Cermak, S., Cohn, E.S., & Henderson, A. (2004).  The relationship between fine-motor play and fine-motor skill.  National Head Start Dialogue, 7, 84 – 96.

 

Chen, H. & Cohn, E.S. (2003).  Social participation for children with developmental coordination disorder: Conceptual, evaluation, and intervention considerations. Physical and Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics, 23, (4), 61- 78.

 

Marr, D., Cermak, S., Cohn, E.S., & Henderson, A. (2003).  Fine motor activities in head start and kindergarten classrooms.  American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 57, 550 –557.

 

Cohn, E.S. & Lyons, K.D. (2003).  The perils of power in interpretive research.  American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 57, 40-48.

 

Evenson, M., Barnes, M.A, & Cohn, E.S.  (2002).  Brief report—Perceptions of Level I and Level II fieldwork in the same site.  American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 56, 103-106.

 

**Cohn, E.S. (2001). Parent perspectives of occupational therapy using a sensory integration approach. American Journal of Occupational Therapy,55, 285-294.

 

**Cohn, E.S. (2001). From waiting to relating: Parents’ experiences in the waiting room of an occupational therapy clinic. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 55, 168-175.

 

Cohn, E.S., Roberts, N., Simmons, LA. (2001). Collaborative learning applied to fieldwork education.  Occupational Therapy in Health Care,15, 69-83.

 

Bailey, D. & Cohn, E.S. (2001). Understanding others: A course to learn interactive clinical reasoning.  Occupational Therapy in Health Care,15, 31-46.

 

**Cohn, E.S., Miller, L.J., & Tickle-Degnen, L.(2000). Parental hopes for therapy outcomes: Children with sensory modulation disorders. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 54, 36-43.

 

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Publications (Books and Book Chapters):

 

Cohn, E.S., Schell, B.A.B., & Crepeau, E.B. (in press). Occupational therapy as a reflective practice. In N. Lyons (Ed.), Handbook of reflective inquiry. New York: Springer.

 

Crepeau, E.B., Cohn, E. S., & Schell, B.A.B  (Eds.) (2009). Willard and Spackman's occupational therapy (11th ed.), Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins.

 

Cohn, E.S. (2009). Team interaction models and team communication. In E.B. Crepeau, E.S., Cohn, & B.A.B. Schell (Eds.), Willard and Spackman’s Occupational Therapy, (11th ed., pp. 396 – 402). Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Co.

 

Cohn, E.S., & Henry, A.D. (2009). Care-giving and child rearing. In E.B. Crepeau, E.S., Cohn, & B.A.B. Schell (Eds.), Willard and Spackman’s Occupational Therapy, (11th ed., pp. 579 – 591). Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Co.

 

Crepeau, E.B., & Cohn, E.S. (2009). Narrative as a key to understanding. In E.B. Crepeau, E.S., Cohn, & B.A.B. Schell (Eds.), Willard and Spackman’s Occupational Therapy, (11th ed., pp. 98 – 104).  Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Co.

 

Crepeau. E.B., Cohn, E.S., & Schell, B.A.B. (2009). Contemporary occupational therapy practice in the United States. In E.B. Crepeau, E.S., Cohn, & B.A.B. Schell (Eds.), Willard and Spackman’s Occupational Therapy, (11th ed., pp. 216 – 221). Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Co.

 

Schell, B.A.B., Cohn, E.S., & Crepeau, B.A.B. (2009). Overview of personal factors affecting performance. In E.B. Crepeau, E.S., Cohn, & B.A.B. Schell (Eds.), Willard and Spackman’s Occupational Therapy, (11th ed., pp. 650 – 657). Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Co.

 

Schell, B.A.B., Crepeau, E.B., & Cohn, E.S. (2009). Theory and practice in occupational therapy. In E.B. Crepeau, E.S., Cohn, & B.A.B. Schell (Eds.), Willard and Spackman’s Occupational Therapy, (11th ed, pp. 428 – 434). Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Co.

 

Crepeau, E.B., Cohn, E. S., & Schell, B.A.B  (Eds.) (2003). Willard and Spackman's occupational therapy (10th ed.), Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins.

 

Cohn, E.S. (2003). Interdisciplinary communication and supervision of personnel. In E.B. Crepeau, E.S. Cohn, & B. Schell (Eds.), Willard and Spackman's Occupational Therapy, 10th ed. (pp. 907-918). Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Co.

 

Cohn, E.S., & Henry, A.D., & Marks, K. (2003). Childrearing and caregiving. In E.B. Crepeau, E.S. Cohn, & B. Schell (Eds.), Willard and Spackman's Occupational Therapy, 10th ed. (pp. 546-550).  Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Co.

 

Cohn, E.S., Schell, B., & Neistadt, M.E. (2003).  Overview of evaluation. In E.B. Crepeau, E.S. Cohn, & B. Schell (Eds.), Willard and Spackman's Occupational Therapy, 10th ed. (pp. 279-284).  Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Co.

 

Baloueff, O. & Cohn, E.S. (2003).  Introduction to the Infant, Child and Adolescent Population.  In E.B. Crepeau, E.S. Cohn, & B. Schell (Eds.), Willard and Spackman's Occupational Therapy, 10th ed. (pp. 691-698).  Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Co.

 

Crepeau, E.B., Schell, B., & Cohn, E.S. (2003).  Occupational therapy practice today .In E.B. Crepeau, E.S. Cohn, & B. Schell (Eds.), Willard and Spackman's Occupational Therapy, 10th ed. (pp. 27-30).  Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Co.

 

Schell, B, Crepeau, E. B., & Cohn, E.S. (2003) Occupational Therapy Intervention.  In E.B. Crepeau, E.S. Cohn, & B. Schell (Eds.), Willard and Spackman's Occupational Therapy, 10th ed. (pp. 455-459).  Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Co.

 

Schell,B., Crepeau, E.B., & Cohn, E.S. (2003). Professional development. In E.B. Crepeau, E.S. Cohn, & B. Schell (Eds.), Willard and Spackman's Occupational Therapy, 10th ed. (pp. 141-146).  Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Co.

 

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Presentations:

Reverse chronological order

 

A.      Peer-Reviewed Presentations

 “Parent Perspectives of Occupational Therapy Using a Sensory Integration Approach”

                        American Occupational Therapy Annual Conference, Philadelphia, PA. April 2001

“Social Participation in Children with Disabilities”

                        World Federation of Occupational Therapy, Stockholm, Sweden, June 2002

“Parenting the Child with Asthma: Managing Uncertainty and Making Choices to Assert

             Control”

            Society for the Study of Occupation: USA, Warm Springs, Oregon. October 2004

“Disparities Among Children with Asthma: Culture, Communication & Complexity”

                        American Occupational Therapy Association Annual Conference, Long Beach, CA.

May 2005

            “Disparities Among children with Asthma”

                        International Conference on Communication in Health, Chicago, Illinois. October 2005

“A Narrative of Resistance: Asserting Control to Preserve Self and Uncertainty When   Parenting Children with Asthma”

            Communication, Medicine & Ethics, Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales. June 2006

“Road to Acceptance: How Parents Develop an Understanding of Managing Childhood

      Asthma”

            American Public Health Association Annual Conference, Boston, MA. October, 2006

“Parent’s Explanatory Models and Approaches to Medications for Childhood Asthma”

            American Public Health Association Annual Conference, Boston, MA, October, 2006

            International Society of Critical Health Psychology, Beverly, MA. July 2007

“Level II Fieldwork Student’s Reflections on Translation of Learning into Practice: A Mechanism for Evaluating an Occupational Therapy Curriculum”

American Occupational Therapy Association Annual Conference, Long Beach, CA. April 2008

“Parent Sense of Competence with Children with ADHD and Sensory Processing             Disorder”

American Occupational Therapy Association Annual Conference, Houston, TX. April 2009

 

B. Peer- Reviewed Workshop Presentations

            “How Interpretations are Made: Exploring Approaches to Narrative Analysis”

                        American Occupational Therapy Annual Conference, Indianapolis, IN. April,1999

                        Research Workshop with Dr. Betty Crepeau

            “Interpreting Text: Exploring Approaches to Narrative Analysis”

                        American Occupational Therapy Annual Conference, Seattle, WA.  April 2000

                        Institute with Dr. Betty Crepeau, Dr. Mary Lawlor & Dr. Cheryl Mattingly

 

C. Peer-Reviewed Poster Presentations

Lin, L.Y., Orsmond, G.I., Cohn, E.S., & Coster, W.J. Cultural Stressors, Cultural Values, and Caregiver Burden in Mothers of Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorders in Taiwan. 

            International Association for the Scientific Study of Intellectual Disabilities

            2nd Asia Pacific Regional Conference, Singapore, June 2009

Bokhour, B.S., Solomon, J.S., Cohn, E.S., Cortes, D.E., Elwy, A.R., Haidet, P., Katz, L., Borzecki, A., Green, A., & Kressin, N.K. Patient Perspectives on Managing Hypertension: Developing a New Model of Patient Behavior.

            Society of General Internal Medicine, Miami Beach, Florida,  May 2009

            Health Services Research and Development (VA), Baltimore, MD, February 2009

Cmero, J.H., Orsmond, G.I., & Cohn, E.S. How Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorders Talk About Friendships: Descriptors, Activities, and Facilitators.

            Society for Research in Child Development Annual Conference

            Boston, MA, April 2007

            Massachusetts Association for Occupational Therapy Annual Conference

            Westford, MA, October 2007

Yinusa-Nyahkoon, L.S., Cohn, E.S., Tickle-Degnen, L., Cortes, D.E., Lieu, T.A., & Bokhour, B.G. Constructing Routines to Manage Childhood Asthma: The Experience of African-American Families.

            AOTF Habit and Rehabilitation: Promoting Participation Conference

            Pacific Grove, California, February 2004

 

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