LEWISTON – Faculty members in the Master in Occupational Therapy program at the University of Southern Maine’s Lewiston-Auburn College delivered presentations at conferences sponsored by statewide organizations:

Roxie M. Black, PhD, associate professor and director of the therapy program, and Lisa L. Clark, MS, clinical instructor and field work coordinator, presented “Evidence Based Practice in Occupational Therapy” at the Maine Occupational Therapy Educators’ Alliance annual conference in Bangor.

Black and Clark also presented at the annual Fall Practice Symposium of the Maine Occupational Therapy Association in Portland. Their talk was titled “Applying the New Occupational Therapy Practice Framework.”

Kristin Winston, MEd, who also serves as a field work coordinator, presented a seminar at the symposium titled “Pediatric Feeding Follow-up in Occupational Therapy.”

Black has been the director of the therapy program since October 1997. She earned her undergraduate degree in occupational therapy from Boston University and a master’s degree in adult education from USM. She completed her doctorate in educational studies from Lesley University.

Her clinical experience includes 25 years of practice in pediatrics, and she has focused her scholarship on multicultural curricula for health professions education. Black has published on issues of diversity and has co-authored a book, “Cultural Competency for Health Professionals,” with Shirley Wells, MPH, OTR/L, (AOTA, 2000).

Clark’s areas of clinical specialty have been geriatrics, rehabilitation and management. She is involved with the Maine Occupational Therapy Association in a number of capacities and served as president for four years.

Her research interests have focused on the effects of reimbursement on occupational therapy practice. She holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in occupational therapy from the University of New Hampshire.

Winston earned a bachelor’s degree in occupational therapy from the University of New Hampshire and a master’s degree in early childhood special education at the University of Vermont. She also earned a certificate in neuro-developmental treatment.

While her primary focus has been in pediatrics, she also has experience in acute care and long-term care and has worked for various institutions in Vermont, Florida and Maine.