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Darlene J. Perez-Brown, Ph.D., OTR/L.
Clinical Associate Professor
Department of Occupational Therapy
School of Health Sciences
Winston-Salem State University
Address: FL Atkins #448
Winston-Salem, N.C. 27110
Phone: (336) 750-3185
Fax: (336) 750-3173
Email: browndp@wssu.edu
EDUCATION:
December 1991 Ph.D. in Education
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary,
May 1986 M.A. in Religious Education
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary,
May 1979 B. S. in Occupational Therapy
University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, P.R.
TEACHING AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Academic Positions:
08/99 – present Assistant Professor
School of Health Sciences
Occupational Therapy Department
08/97 – 07/99 Assistant Professor
College of Health Sciences
Occupational Therapy Program
Non-Academic Positions:
1989 – 1997 Occupational Therapist,
1989 – 1993 Director of Bivocational Education,
1987 – 1989 Occupational Therapist, Fort Worth Back Institute,
1985 – 1987 Occupational Therapist,
1984 – 1985 Occupational Therapist, Home Health Therapy,
1982 – 1984 Occupational Therapist/Supervisor,
1979 –1982 Occupational Therapist, University Children’s
Hospital,
SCHOLARLY ACTIVITIES:
A. Research
First
2008 The Effectiveness of the SmileWrite Program on the Handwriting
Skills of Kindergarten Children. MSOT Student Research Project,
Advisor. Research in progress.
2007 A Campus and Community-Based e-Health Program: Increasing
e-Health Literacy and Improving Health Behaviors, Co-Investigator
2007 Preferred Health Information Topics and Sources Among Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Latinos MSOT Student Research Project, Advisor.
2006 Needs Assessment of the Latino Community within the COPC Project. MSOT Student Research Project, Advisor
2006 Accessibility and Use of Internet Breast Cancer Information among African-American Women. MSOT Student Research Project, Advisor
2005 Backpack Safety, Research Trainee Mentor, Health Careers
Opportunity Programs
1991 Doctoral Dissertation: A Correlational Study of Baptist Groups
B. Publications
Perez-Brown D. (2005). Activities of daily life in the schools. In D. Romero & P. Murrillo (Eds.), Actividades de la vida diaria. Barcelona, Spain: MASSON.
Perez-Brown, D. (1994). Modelos para servir. Women’s Missionary Union,
Birmingham, AL.
Perez, D. (1987). Como ensenar en la escuela dominical, The Baptist
Sunday School Board,
Perez, D. (1987-1994). Adult and Youth Lesson Plans, El interprete, Convention Uniform Series, The Baptist Sunday School Board,
Refereed Publications in Conference Proceedings:
Radwan H, Perez-Brown D, Reddick B: Decrease Health Disparity: Access of Internet Information by Women” Submitted to the International Educational and Networking Forum for Health, Telemedicine and Health ICT, April 16-18, 2008.
Radwan H, Perez-Brown D: Utilization of e-Health Information to Reduce Musculoskeletal Work Related Injuries” Submitted to the 3rd International conference on Environmental Science and Technology, April 1-3, 2008.
C. Grants
Increasing e-Health Literacy to Decrease Health Disparities: e-CARE Project, October 2007 –October 2009.
Co-Investigator, Pilot Project, Center for Research to Improve Minority Health and Eliminate Health Disparities,
UNCFSP / NLM – HBCU ACCESS PROJECT, October 2006 – October 2007
Co-Investigator: United Negro College Fund Special Program Corporation in partnership with the National Library of Medicine: A Campus and Community-Based e-Health Program: Increasing e-Health Literacy and Improving Health Behaviors. September 2006.
eHealth Training Institute, Summer 2006.
2006 eHealth Training Institute, Center for Collaborative Research. Received funding and completed 40 hours of the eHealth Promotion Training Institute sponsored by the Center for Excellence in eHealth Promotion,
FY00 Breast Cancer HBCU/MI Partnership Training Award, 2003 – 2006
Development of a training program in breast cancer research to decrease the disparity of morbidity and mortality in underserved/minority women. Funded by the U.S. Army Medical Research and Material Command’s Office of the Congressional Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP).
Proposal Submissions:
August 2005 – After-School Services for At-Risk Children Applicants. North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services Division of Social Services. PI: Dr. Lenora Campbell. Co-investigators: Darlene Perez-Brown and Catherine Joyner.
February 2005 - Sensory Profiles of Youth in Youth Development Centers in
March 2004 - Sensori-Motor Development Program. Submitted to the Rehab Foundation.
TEACHING RESPONSIBILITES:
Graduate Courses:
OCC 5304 Occupational Development Across the Lifespan
OCC 5303 Analysis of Occupation
OCC 5100 Fieldwork Practicum A
OCC 5101 Fieldwork Practicum B
OCC 5211 Research Proposal Development
OCC 5202 Application and Integration Seminar I
OCC 5212 Conducting Occupation Based Research
OCC 6302 Research Writing and Dissemination
OCC 6501 Occupational Therapy Intervention: Childhood to Adolescence
OCC 6303 Application and Integration Seminar II
OCC 6302 Research Writing and Dissemination
Online Teaching
OCC 5105 Cultural Competence for Health Care
Global Educational Initiatives
Global Understanding – Instrumental in facilitating the development of the Global Understanding Course where students have the unique opportunity to interact in face to face setting and in communicate in live time with students from another country. Through this course WSSU student have the opportunity to have intercultural exchange with students from Santa Paula University, Costa Rica utilizing various technologies, such as, videoconferencing, chat room, I-Linc and others.
Undergraduate Courses (1999 to 2005)
OCC 3304 Analysis of Individual and Group Activities
OCC 3205 Research
OCC 3402 OT Theory and Frames of References
OCC 3305 Occupational Therapy Process: Childhood through Adolescence
OCC 3103 Fieldwork Level I-B Community
OCC 3206 Foundations of Occupational Therapy
OCC 3102 Assessment
OCC 3305 Occupational Challenges Across the Life Span
OCC 3103 Fieldwork Level I-A Wellness
OCC 2201 Introduction to OT
OTA to OT Blended Program:
OCC 3402 OT Theory and Frames of References
OCC 3305 Occupational Challenges Across the Life Span
OCC 3206 Foundations of Occupational Therapy
OCC 3102 Assessment
College of Health Sciences (1997 -1999)
OTB 300 Theory of Occupational Therapy I
OTB 320 Theory of Occupational Therapy II
OTB 316 O.T. in Mental Health
OTB 324 Pediatrics
OTB 440 Service Management
SERVICE:
A. University Service:
Department of Occupational Therapy
2007 to present Professional Development Committee
2003 to present OT Masters Accreditation Committee
2002 to 2004 COTA to OTR Distance Education
Committee
1999 to present Admissions Committee
School of Health Sciences
2008 Chair, Professional Development
Committee
2008 to present Research Committee
2007 to present International Committee
2006 to 2008 Professional Development Committee
2001 Hispanic Services Committee
2000 to 2007 Chair, International Committee
University Committees
2008 Search Committee for the Director of
International Programs
2007 to present Ralph Bunch Society
2004 to present Faculty Senate
2000 to 2004 Faculty Senate Alternate
2004 to 2005 Parking Committee
2000 to present International Programs Committee
2000 Core Curriculum Committee
2000
Other Universities
1999 Learning Resource Center SACS Committee, College of
Health Sciences, Roanoke, VA
B. Community Service:
2008 – present Backpack Awareness and Safety Program. This health
promotion program is designed to teach school age children
how to prevent back pain and back related injuries due to
heavy loads and improper use of backpacks. This program
has reached an audience of more than 250 students from
Elementary, Middle and High Schools of Forsyth County.
The Backpack Safety Program has been part of the Weed
and Seed Youth Program at the Center for Community
Safety, WSSU. This is an ongoing activity that has been
implemented since 2003.
2007 - 2008 Conducted handwriting tutoring programs with MSOT
students targeting kindergarten children with handwriting
deficits in Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools.
2005 - present Foster Parent, Department of Social Services, Forsyth
County. Serve as a foster parent and provide short term,
emergency and hospice care for abused children and
teenagers including pregnant teenagers removed from their
natural families.
2005 Research Mentor for the Health Careers Opportunity Research Trainee Program.
2003 - present Trainer and Evaluator at Sarah Austin Head Start Program.
2000 – 2003 Nuevo Amanecer, Director and Coordinator of a Faith-Based Initiative that addresses the needs of the Hispanic community. Services include spiritual guidance, ESL classes, counselling, child tutoring, clothing and food distribution projects. Licensed instructor for Walk Thru the Bible.
2000 to 2002 Think First Program. A spinal cord and head injury prevention program implemented at Winston Salem and
2000 – 2002 Cultural Competence in Education: Who are the Hispanic
Learners. Trainer/Consultant:
Winston-Salem Urban League in contract to the
2000 & 2001 Provided consultation services, training and developmental screenings for various community agencies such as The Kid’s Café – an after school program; A.B.C.D. - Association for the Benefit of Child Development; and
1998 & 1999 Coordinated “Service – Learning” projects for Occupational Therapy students. Students performed developmental screenings at Maternal-Infant Project and Head Start. Programs, and Community Based Day Care Centers. Students participated in “Christmas in April” by remodelling old homes program, Roanoke , VA.
1986 – 1996 Sunday School Consultant, Team Director, responsible for designing, organizing and leading Sunday School Training in local, state and national churches as well as leading a team of Christian education specialists, Fort Worth, TX.
Community Committees and Boards:
2008 Leadership Team Committee, Pilot Mountain Association
2005 Board Member, Accion Hispana, Winston-Salem, NC.
2005 Member, Health and Safety Committee, Accion Hispana,
Winston-Salem, NC.
2003 Board Member, Infant Mortality Commission,
Winston-Salem, NC.
2002 Seminary by Extension, PMBA, Winston-Salem, NC.
2001 Member, Education Committee, Accion Hispana
(Hispanic Action), Winston-Salem, NC
C. International Service:
2008 Facilitated the establishment of an MOU between WSSU and Santa Paula University in Costa Rica. The MOU stipulates the exchange of students and faculty between both universities and it has opened opportunities for a videoconferencing lecture exchange, short term fieldwork experiences in Costa Rica and collaborative research initiatives.
1998 - 2007 International Service Learning Projects: Costa Rica and
El Salvador.
Developed, organized and led five educational service projects to Costa Rica and El Salvador. The highlight of the projects has been wheelchair distribution, including fitting children and adapting wheelchairs to the specific needs of children with disabilities as well as construction of therapeutic and adaptive equipment. Provided home and clinic consultation services to special populations and provided staff training for Early Intervention Programs and Rehabilitation Clinics. Presented seminars and workshops in the Occupational and Physical Therapy School, Universidad Nacional, El Salvador, the Occupational Therapy School, Universidad Santa Paula, and Universidad Central in Costa Rica. Served as interpreter and co-presenter with recognized researcher, author and lecturer Patricia Wilbarger renown for studies in Sensory Defensiveness. The projects provided OT students from the
2000 & 2001 Participated in a wheelchair distribution program with the Association of Mobility Providers in
D. Service to the Profession:
2004-2006 Item Writer, Certification Examination Item Development Program. National Board for
Certification in Occupational Therapy (NBCOT).
2004 - 2006 Chair, TODOS, Hispanic Network of Occupational
Therapists
PRESENTATIONS:
2008
(November) Co-Presenter. E-CARE: A Mentor-Mentee Research Project. First Mentor-Mentee Training Program. School of Health Sciences, Winston-Salem State University
(November) Addressing the Needs of Preschool Children: A Sensory Integration Approach. Winston-Salem, NC
(September) The Role of Occupational Therapist in Working with Early Intervention and Preschool Services. Winston-Salem, NC
(August) Sensory Integration and Children with Sensory Processing Disorders, Universidad Santa Paula, Costa Rica.
2007
(June) Co-Presenter. Increasing the Accessibility of Health Care Information Through the Internet to Reduce Health Disparities. The 6th International Conference on Public Management, Policy and Development,
(June) The Role of Play in Promoting Child Development. The 6th International Conference on Public Management, Policy and Development,
(June) Co-Presenter. A Campus and Community-Based e-Health Program: Increasing e-Health Literacy and Improving Health Behaviors. E-Health, The New Frontier, UNCF/SP and The National Library of Medicine,
(April) Co-Presenter. The Access and Use of Internet Breast Cancer Information by African American Women. AOTA’s 87th Annual Conference and Expo.
2006
(November) Sensory Integration in Early Intervention. Universidad Santa Paula, Curridabat, Costa Rica.
2004:
(September). Cultural Competence: Integrating Culturally-Sensitive Strategies with Hispanics. Faces of a Healthy Future, National Conference to End Health Disparities.
(July). Enabling Function and Well-Being. Entraide Nationale,
(June). Modelo de Practica: Conceptos Fundamentales de Integracion Sensorial. II Jornadas Universitarias Castellano-Manchecas de Terapia Ocuapcional, Universidad Castilla La Mancha, Talvera Espana.
(June). Implementacion de la Dieta Sensorial de Integracion Sensorial con Ninos con Problemas de Modulacion e Integracion Sensorial. II Jornadas Universitarias Castellano-Manchecas de Terapia Ocupacional, Universidad Castilla La Mancha, Talvera Espana.
(May). Co-presenter. AOTA Multicultural Exchange: Cultural Competency in the Clinic, Classroom, and Community. AOTA Annual Conference,
(April). Co-presenter. Applying the Occupational Therapy Practice Framework to OT Practice. NCOTA Spring Conference,
2003:
(September). Un Modelo de Practica para Trabajar con Ninos con problemas de aprendizaje, defecit de atencion e hiperactividad en la clinica, el hogar y el aula. II Congreso de Terapia Ocupacional, Universidad Santa Paula, San Jose, Costa Rica.
(September). Metodos Evaluativos para identificar deficits en la Integracion Sensorial. II Congreso de Terapia Ocupacional, Universidad Santa Paula, San Jose, Costa Rica.
(September). Planeacion, e Implementacion de la Dieta Sensorial en ninos con deficits de integracion sensorial. II Congreso de Terapia Ocupacional, Universidad Santa Paula, San Jose, Costa Rica.
(July).
(July). Cross-Cultural Competence in Education: Understanding the Hispanic Learners. Volunteer Training, Hispanic International Action Association,
2002:
(September). Cross-Cultural Competence in Health Care: Understanding the Hispanics.
(June). Problem-Solving Strategies in a Foreign Arena. Poster Presentation at World Congress of Occupational Therapy,
(June). Co-presenter. Lessons in Cultural Competence: Designing International Student Experiences. Panel presentation at World Congress of Occupational Therapy,
(May). Understanding the Hispanic Culture: Delivering Services in an International Arena. American Occupational Therapy Association Annual Conference, International Forum Workshop,
(May). “Sonrisas en Ruedas,” Un Proyecto de Servicio e Intercambio Cultural (“Smile on Wheels,” A Service Project and Cultural Exchange). American Occupational Therapy Association Annual Conference: International Forum Workshop,
(May). Co-presenter. Lessons in Cultural Competence: Three International Student Experiences. Panel presentation, American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) Annual Conference,
(April). Sensory Integration: A Different Approach.
(April). Developing Cross-Cultural Competence: Understanding Hispanic-Latino Culture in Health Care: UNC Chapel Hill,
(February). Cross-Cultural Competence in Education: Understanding the Hispanic Learners.
(September). Cross-Cultural Competence: Understanding the Hispanics,
CERTIFICATION AND LICENSURE:
Sensory Integration Certification – Course work completed, fulfilment of requirements in progress
North Carolina Board of Occupational Therapy, # 4207, 2000.
National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy, # AA456277, 1979
American Occupational Therapy Association, #00456277, 1979.
Previously licensed in Virginia, Texas, Florida, and Puerto Rico.
HONORS AND AWARDS:
May 2006 Community Service Award,
May 2004 Outstanding Teaching Award,
May 2001 Community Service Award,
July 1998 Darlene Perez and G. L. Brown Bank of Adaptive Equipment, Centro de Integracion San Felipe Neri,
April 1992 The R.S. and Pearl Hopson Mission Award, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary,
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Costa Rica Trip 2006
Occupational Therapy Faculty and Student Travel Abroad . . .
Dr. Darlene Perez-Brown along with Heather Fritz MSOT student participated in a wheelchair distribution project in San Jose, Costa Rica. Approximately 200 wheelchairs, walkers and other adaptive equipment were provided to adults and children with disabilities. Each wheelchair was modified and adapted to meet the specific needs of each individual. This experience consisted of hard labor but the reward was great indeed as we saw the smiles and tears of happiness. Thanks to this project people who could not afford a wheelchair, receive the gift of mobility, proper positioning and independence. A wheelchair provides clients with freedom which affects not only their own quality of life but the quality of life of the whole family. We had the opportunity to work with extremely challenging cases under very challenging circumstances such as, rain and heat. As practitioners our skills where enhanced and our spirit re-energized as we provided people with special needs one of the basic and essential resources in order to promote engagement in the occupations of life. That’s what Occupational Therapy is all about. I will echo the motto of our hosting organization Moviendo Esperanzas: “Llevar y sembrar esperanza, donde solo existen sueños . . . To take and plant hope where only dreams exist.
Heather's Words: "It is a truly life changing experience to be part of something that touches so many lives, the most significant impression was the realization that we have the ability to take what we learn in school here and apply it anywhere in the world to change a life, I think everyone should participate in a trip like this. I was touched by the human capacity for giving, serving, and loving our fellow man."
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