Professor Eileen Ricci and DPT student Jamie Ward present poster at the Interprofessional Education Conference in Toronto

On January 24 and 25, Professor Eileen Ricci and DPT student Jaimie Ward traveled to the Interprofessional Education Conference in Toronto, Ontario, where they presented a poster describing the very successful Transdisciplinary Integrated Playgroup for toddlers which had been held on campus last Spring.

The pilot Playgroup provided not only a community service to toddlers with and without developmental disabilities and their families, but also provided an important interprofessional learning experience for OT, PT, Social Work and Nursing students. Many conference participants viewed the poster and asked questions of Professor Ricci and Jaimie, who had been the playgroup coordinator (along with Ashley Tremblay, OT student), about this innovative on-campus program.

The Playgroup will be operated again this year with continued support from the Division of Exercise Science, PT and OT, and serves as a basis for an exciting and practical elective OT course taught by Professor Kate Loukas.

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