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Thanks for visiting this page where we work together to capture the various facets of our team's journey to date. For posts older than 2020, please see this website.

CPERL secures new funding

Posted on April 03, 2020

With all that is happening in the world right now, we are glad to share some good news! We, together with our collaborators Beth McManus (Co-I), Jodi Dooling-Litfin (Co-I), and Elizabeth Papautsky (Co-I),…

CPERL welcomes Zuri

Posted on April 02, 2020

CPERL is excited to welcome Zuri Salgado as an undergraduate research assistant.

Publication alert: Feasibility, Acceptability, and Preliminary Effects of PEM+

Posted on March 25, 2020

Time to celebrate! Our manuscript reporting on the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary effects of Participation and Environment Measure-Plus (PEM+), has been accepted for publication in Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology. We are excited…

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Vera invited to present at CLDR annual meeting

Posted on March 06, 2020

This January, Vera had the honor of being invited to present on data archiving at the annual Center for Large Data Research (CLDR) meeting. She presented on two datasets that are available through ADDEP.

Publication alert: Characterizing caregiver strategy use to promote young children's participation

Posted on January 22, 2020

AJOT publication exploring the most common types of participation-focused strategies used by caregivers.

Andrea publishes and is featured as an inspiring graduate

Posted on January 13, 2020

Andrea publishes on OTD project and is featured as a UIC inspiring graduate

CPERL contributes two chapters to first international primer on children's participation

Posted on December 04, 2019

Mary and Jessica, were invited to write two chapters for this book, the first international primer on children's participation with an innovative approach to maximizing readership!

Postdoctoral Training Opportunity

Posted on November 20, 2019

Join our team! CPERL is seeking a postdoctoral associate who engaged in interdisciplinary and multi-site intervention and implementation research that leverages technology to advance family-centered and participation-focused pediatric (re)habilitatio

Publication Alert: Early intervention service intensity linked to gains in cognitive and social functioning

Posted on November 05, 2019

Mary and Briana, together with colleagues in Colorado, co-authored a paper recently accepted for publication in Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.

Mary delivers first international keynote in Pakistan

Posted on October 09, 2019

CPERL director Mary Khetani traveled to Pakistan to deliver her first keynote at the International Conference on Early Childhood Development.

Vera and Mary attend and present at premier childhood disability conference

Posted on October 09, 2019

CPERL team members recently attended and presented at the first-ever combined AACPDM and IAACD conference in Anaheim, California.

Andrea defends her OTD project and bids farewell

Posted on September 09, 2019

CPERL bids farewell to a second OTD graduate!

Another dataset archived and available for use!

Posted on August 21, 2019

Listen up, researchers and students interested in advancing knowledge about early intervention service use and outcomes! CPERL recently delivered on an NIH-funded project to archive a second dataset created as part of an…

New Publication on PEM+

Posted on August 13, 2019

Dianna recently published on her honors capstone project in Child: Care, Health, and Development! This publication comes on the eve of her transition to Boston to begin her OTD. This study, co-authored with her…

New publication on caregiver strategies to promote participation after pediatric critical illness

Posted on August 13, 2019

Another one in the books. Well, in the Archives!

Vivian Transitions from MS to OTD

Posted on August 03, 2019

It’s graduation season again at UIC OT, and our newest team member, Vivian, graduated with her MS degree and received the Emerging Leader Award!

New publication on building organizational capacity for early intervention research

Posted on August 02, 2019

Briana, our first OTD graduate, has successfully led the way to publishing on her project in the latest edition of the ZERO TO THREE Journal. This article, co-authored with her doctoral committee and…

CPERL in Paris

Posted on July 01, 2019

CPERL flew across the pond this May to present at the European Academy of Childhood Disability in Paris, France. Three of our abstracts were accepted for a poster presentation to an audience of…

CPERL celebrates first OTD graduate

Posted on May 20, 2019

CPERL is celebrating our first OTD graduate! Briana Rigau wraps up her time in our lab on May 20. She has chosen to transition to Peek-a-boo Pediatric Therapy in Denver, Colorado to work…

Dianna heads to Beantown

Posted on May 20, 2019

Our youngest CPERL member, Dianna Bosak, graduated with her BA in Psychology & Political Science this May! She has accepted an offer to attend the OTD program in occupational therapy at Boston University,…

Andrea presents at AOTA

Posted on April 12, 2019

Laissez les bons temps rouler! (Let the good times roll!) Andrea has just returned from American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) Conference in New Orleans! She was selected to participate in a refereed research…

New Lab Video

Posted on April 03, 2019

Oscar season is still not over! Our lab members may soon become award winning actresses with the amount of filming that has been going on at CPERL. After wrapping up filming for Briana’s…

CPERL grows connection to CanChild

Posted on April 02, 2019

A new CanChild sponsored contract will support research and development activities in CPERL for the next two years, in partnership with our community partners! Mary serves as PI, Jessica as Co-I, and Dianna…

New Publication: Child social and clinical characteristics linked to EI service use intensity

Posted on April 02, 2019

Mary Khetani recently published a study along with colleagues Beth McManus and Zachary Richardson at the Colorado School of Public Health, and Beth Scully and Jodi Dooling-Litfin at Rocky Mountain Human Services. This…

CPERL Welcomes Vivian

Posted on March 28, 2019

Vivian Villegas has joined CPERL! She is an MS/OTD student in her second year at UIC. She will be completing practicums in CPERL and at one of our local community partners, to build foundational…

T32 for Jarvis

Posted on March 28, 2019

CPERL has a bittersweet announcement. Jessica Jarvis, our first postdoctoral trainee, wraps up her time in our lab this week. She has chosen to transition to the University of Pittsburgh as an NIH…

Andrea and Briana awarded AOTF scholarships

Posted on January 08, 2019

Hard work does pay off! Andrea and Briana have been awarded merit-based scholarships on behalf of the American Occupational Therapy Foundation (AOTF) for their contributions as students to the OT profession. They are two…

Celebrating progress

Posted on December 21, 2018

What a great team! Every now and then, it is time to celebrate! So we did. Twice. First, we had a joint lab party at the Khetani home – Bioengineering and Rehabilitation Science…

New Publication: Rehabilitation, Participation-Focused Strategies, and Caregiver Stress (oh my!)

Posted on December 10, 2018

CPERL's Postdoctoral Research Associate, Jessica Jarvis, recently published a study on caregiver stress following pediatric critical illness.

Poster Season

Posted on November 05, 2018

It's poster season at CPERL! Read about all the exciting opportunities we've had and that are coming up!

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