Department of Rehabilitation and Movement Sciences Archives - Rutgers

Creating Moments of Calm: Faculty Initiatives Bring Wellness Practices Into the Workplace

Patricia M. Damm2026-08-17T12:22:51-04:00June 25, 2026|Tags: Department of Health Informatics, Department of Psychiatric Rehabilitation and Counseling Professions, Department of Rehabilitation and Movement Sciences, Doctor of Physical Therapy, Judith Deutsch, Rahul Mittal, Rhea Banerjee|

Creating Moments of Calm Faculty Initiatives Bring Wellness Practices Into the Workplace Yoga, mindfulness, meditation, watercolor painting, and storytelling are helping faculty and staff across Rutgers School of Health Professions connect, recharge, and cultivate well-being at work. Through three Joy at Work mini-grants awarded by Rutgers Health, SHP faculty have developed programs designed [...]

Alma Merians Retires, Leaving Legacy of Innovation, Leadership, and Care

Patricia M. Damm2026-07-07T10:10:42-04:00June 25, 2026|Tags: Alma Merians, Department of Rehabilitation and Movement Sciences|

Alma Merians Retires, Leaving Legacy of Innovation, Leadership, and Care After more than 40 years at Rutgers School of Health Professions, Associate Dean Alma Merians, PT, Ph.D., F.A.P.T.A is retiring, leaving behind a legacy that has shaped generations of students, advanced the science of rehabilitation, and transformed the lives of an untold number [...]

Help Newark Families Access Essential Speech Therapy

Patricia M. Damm2026-07-07T10:18:51-04:00April 21, 2026|Tags: Department of Rehabilitation and Movement Sciences|

Help Newark Families Access Essential Speech Therapy At the Rutgers Speech-Language Pathology Clinic, free speech therapy services help children and adults receive essential care for autism, language delays, brain injuries, swallowing disorders, and more. But for many Newark families, getting to the clinic can be one of the biggest barriers to treatment. The [...]

Sandra L. Kaplan Named 2026 SHP Gonfalonier

Patricia M. Damm2026-07-07T10:03:42-04:00April 1, 2026|Tags: Department of Rehabilitation and Movement Sciences|

Sandra L. Kaplan Named 2026 SHP Gonfalonier As Rutgers School of Health Professions prepares for Convocation and Rutgers University Commencement, we are proud to announce Sandra L. Kaplan, PT, DPT, PhD, FAPTA, as the 2026 Gonfalonier. Each year, the Gonfalonier leads the faculty procession at Convocation and University Commencement. The honor recognizes [...]

Rewriting the Future of Rehabilitation: Gamified, Brain-Smart Therapy for Children with Cerebral Palsy

Patricia M. Damm2026-07-07T09:51:36-04:00February 24, 2026|Tags: Department of Rehabilitation and Movement Sciences, Jigna Patel, Michelle Chang, Qinyin Qiu, Soha Saleh|

Rewriting the Future of Rehabilitation Gamified, Brain-Smart Therapy for Children with Cerebral Palsy For many children with cerebral palsy (CP), therapy is both essential and exhausting. They practice the same hand movements and repeat words and sentences over and over. Sessions are often scheduled in different clinics for different problems: speech in one [...]

Listening First: How Rutgers SHP is Redesigning Care with Communities

Patricia M. Damm2026-07-17T17:38:43-04:00January 23, 2026|Tags: Aaron Dallman, Department of Clinical & Preventive Nutrition Sciences, Department of Rehabilitation and Movement Sciences, Joachim Sackey, Keara McNair, Kristen Victorino, M.S. in Speech-Language Pathology, Stephanie Hubbell|

Listening First: How Rutgers SHP is Redesigning Care With Communities When systems are designed far from the people who use them, even good intentions can land badly.An autistic adult’s pain is dismissed as just behavior.A bilingual child is routed into special education because a test wasn’t built for them.An older woman leaves the free [...]

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