Texas Woman's University

Parent-Child Agreements And Disagreements in Perceptions of Adolescent General Functioning in Psychiatric Residential Care

Abstract While much research exists on alignment between parent–child reporting on adolescent mental health symptoms, little exists on parent–child agreement in perceptions of general functioning, or the day-to-day ability to engage in adaptive activities, which may be a better m...

Jerry Ann Johnson: Leader, Advocate, and Organizer

This article examines the life, work and contributions of Jerry Ann Johnson, who was president of the American Occupational Therapy Association from 1973-78 during a pivotal time of Association reorganization. Specifically, for the first time, all fifty states had functioning occ...

Meta Rupp Cobb: First Serving AOTA Paid Executive Secretary

This article documents and discusses the life and work of Meta Rupp Cobb, first executive secretary paid by the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) when the office was in New York City. Cobb took office during the period when the American economy was recovering from...