amiya waldman-levi, phd, otr/l · 2020. 6. 4. · 1 curriculum vitae amiya waldman-levi, phd, otr/l...

1

CURRICULUM VITAE

Amiya Waldman-Levi, PhD, OTR/L

Contact Information

Permanent Address: 91 11TH Street, Cresskill, NJ

Telephone numbers: (h) 201-266-6772

(c) 201-790-6035

e-mail address: [email protected]

Education

1996 - 1999 BOT Dean Honor List at 2nd year, School of Occupational Therapy of Hadassah and the

Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel

1999 - 2002 Msc. OT Magna Cum Laude, School of Occupational Therapy of Hadassah and the


2006 - 2012 PhD OT, School of Occupational Therapy of Hadassah and the Hebrew University,

Jerusalem, Israel

2012 - 2013 Post Doctorate Training at the Center for Attachment Research at the New School

of Social Research, NYC, USA

Professional Experience

1999- 2000

Teacher assistant

for Prof. Parush

School of Occupational Therapy of Hadassah and the Hebrew University,

Jerusalem, Israel

2002 Research assistant

for Prof. Katz


Jerusalem, Israel

2002 -2007 Fieldwork

Coordinator


Jerusalem, Israel

2007-2011

Lecturer


Jerusalem, Israel

2007–2012 Thesis Co-

Advisor


Jerusalem, Israel

2014-

current

Senior Research

Fellow

Research Institute for the Health & Medical Professions

Ono Academic College, Israel

2

2015

Adjunct Professor

School of Health and Natural Sciences, Occupational Therapy and

Physical Therapy Programs, Mercy College, NY, USA.

2016-

current

Lecturer School of Health and Natural Sciences, Occupational Therapy, Mercy

College, NY, USA

July 2016-

current

Researcher- grant

funded activities

School of Health and Natural Sciences, Mercy College, NY, USA

Funds and Grants

2007 The Fund in Memory of Ramah Shuval Itiel, The influence of an intervention for

mothers and children residing in shelters for abused women, on mother-child

interaction and the play functions of the child, A. Waldman LeviPI, & N.

WeintraubPI, 4,500 NIS

2007 The Fund in Memory of Arie Juros, The Israeli Association of Occupational

Therapy, The influence of an intervention for mothers and children residing in

shelters for abused women, on mother-child interaction and the play functions of

the child, A. Waldman LeviPI, & N. Weintraub, 2,500 NIS

2007 The Martin Levin Institute for Child Development, The influence of an

intervention for mothers and children residing in shelters for abused women, on

mother-child interaction and the play functions of the child, A. Waldman LeviPI,

& N. Weintraub, 10,000 NIS

2015 Faculty Development Grant, Mercy College, “Playfulness, Hope, Well-Being, and

Participation among Elderly”. Stancanelli J. PI and Waldman-Levi, A. PI, $3000

2016 Faculty Development Grant, Mercy College, “Developing a Comprehensive

Assessment of Parent Support of their Young Children’s Playfulness Picture”.

Waldman-Levi, A. PI and Olson, L. PI, $3000

Service

2004 Member of the National Israeli committee for adapting the Occupational

Therapy Practice Framework

2005 Member of the Scientific committee for the 14th Annual Conference of the

Israeli Society of Occupational Therapy

2002-2007 Member of the Committee for Clinical Fieldwork Studies, School of

Occupational Therapy of Hadassah and the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel

2002 – 2009 Member of the Curriculum Committee of the Undergraduate Program, School of

Occupational Therapy of Hadassah and the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel

2002-2011 Member of the Student's Admissions Committee for the Undergraduate

Program, School of Occupational Therapy of Hadassah and the Hebrew

University, Jerusalem, Israel

2011 Self-Evaluation Committee Coordinator, School of Occupational Therapy of

Hadassah and the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel

3

2002 Book reviewer for The Israel Journal of Occupational Therapy

2005 – 2009 Reviewer for The Israeli Journal of Occupational Therapy

2008 Reviewer, Occupational Therapy Journal of Research

2009 Reviewer for Occupational Therapy International Journal

2009-2016 Co-Editor of the Israeli Journal of Occupational Therapy

Nov 2011 Co-Editor in chief of the Israeli Journal of Occupational Therapy

Special Issue. Schnider, E., & Waldman-Levi, A. (Eds.) (2011). Special issue on

play- central and meaningful occupation. The Israeli Journal of Occupational

Therapy, 20, 4.

Nov 2014 Reviewer for Journal of Violence and Victims

July 2015 Reviewer for Journal of Traumatology

Feb 2016 Reviewer for Journal of Traumatology

Dec 2016 Reviewer, Occupational Therapy Journal of Research

Research Projects

2004 Development of clinical assessment; Prof. Shula Parush, Idit Hirsch, & Dr.

Amiya Waldman-Levi. Parental expectations and satisfaction from

Occupational Therapy Intervention an outcome measure

2010 conti. The Efficacy of intervention programs: Looking at parental expectations and

satisfaction from Occupational Therapy intervention; Dr. Amiya Waldman-

Levi, Shula Prof. Parush, & Galia Gutwilig.

2013 conti. Co-Occupations: Establishing psychometric properties for the

Parent's Support of Young Children’s Playfulness Scale (PSYCP); Dr. Amiya

Waldman-Levi, A., & Prof. Bundy, A.

2014 conti. The association between playfulness, participation, well-

being and cognitibe-behavioral functioning among healthy and non-healthy

elderly; Dr. Amiya Waldman-Levi, Dr. Asnat Bar- Haim Erez, & Prof. Noomi

Katz.

2015 conti. The association between protective personality factors and cognitibe-behavioral

functioning with participation, well-being among independent and non-

independent elderly; Dr. Amiya Waldman-Levi, Dr. Asnat Bar- Haim Ere, Dr.

Jeanine Stancanelli, & Prof. Noomi Katz.

2016 conti. The manifestation of playfulness among parents and their offspring: A

longitudinal study. Dr. Dana Shai, Prof. Anita Bundy, & Dr. Amiya Waldman-

Levi.

2016 conti. Developing a Comprehensive Assessment of Parent Support of their Young

Children’s Playfulness Picture. Dr. Amiya Waldman-Levi and Dr. Laurette

Olson.

2016 conti. Adults with Developmental Disabilities and usage of technology to support

independent performance at daily activities. Dr. Joan Toglia, Dr. Kathleen Golisz,

and Dr. Amiya Waldman-Levi.

From March

2017.

The affects of prolong exposure to terror attacks on children’s 7 to 11 years

emotional wellbeing. As well as parenting via caregiving behaviors and mother’s

capabilities to support her child’s playfulness as observed at joint-free play in their

4

home environment. Dr. Ricky Finzi-Dottan, Prof. Avi Besser, & Dr. Amiya

Waldman-Levi.

Publications

a. Thesis and Dissertation

Waldman-Levi, A. (2002). The Correlation between Praxis, Visuomotor Organization and

Attention among Typically Developing Children in First to Fourth Grade. (Unpublished

master thesis). Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel. Advisors: Prof. Noomi Katz and

Prof. Shula Parush

Waldman-Levi, A. (2012). The efficacy of an intervention program for mothers and their

children who reside in shelters for battered women, on mother's parental functioning,

mother-child interaction and child's play functioning (Unpublished doctoral

dissertation). Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel. Advisor: Dr. Naomi Weintraub

b. Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals

Waldman-Levi, A. & Tal-Saban, M. (2002). Interventions in occupational therapy for

visual-motor integration deficit among children with learning disabilities. The

Israei Journal of Occupational Therapy. 11(3-4), 147-163.

Traub-Bar-Ilan, R., Waldman-Levi, A., & Parush, S. (2004). Participation in daily life

among children with and without DCD. The Israeli Journal of Occupational

Therapy. 14(4), 175-192.

Waldman-Levi, A. & Weintraub, N. (2009). Occupational therapy intervention for mothers

and their children who were victims of domestic violence. The Israeli

Journal of Occupational Therapy, 18(2), 97-116.

Klein, M. & Waldman-Levi, A. (2013). A Parenting group for women

residing in shelters who were exposed to domestic violence. Journal of Social and

Welfare, 33, 331-345.

Levi, D., & Waldman-Levi, A. (2014). Parents as change agents in their children's lives: a

thematic group in the area of play. The Israel Journal of Occupational Therapy, 23(2).

Waldman-Levi, A., & Keren, N. (2014). Occupational perspective to cognitive functional

intervention for improving family relations. The Israeli Journal of Occupational Therapy,

23(3).

Waldman-Levi, A., & Weintraub, N. (2014). Efficacy of a crisis intervention for

improving mother-child interaction and the children's play functions. The American

Journal of Occupational, Therapy, 69, 1-11. doi:10.5014/ajot.2015.013375

Waldman-Levi, A. & Bar-Haim Erez, A. (2014). Will environmental

interventions affect the level of mastery motivation among children with disabilities? A

preliminary study. Occupational Therapy International. doi: 10.1002/oti.1380

5

Waldman-Levi, A., Finzi, R., & Weintraub, N. (2015). Attachment security and parental

competency among abused women in the shadow of PTSD and childhood exposure to

domestic violence. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 24, 1, 57-65.

doi:10.1007/s10826-013-9813-3.

Waldman-Levi, A., Katz, N., & Bundy, A. (2015). Playfulness and interaction: an

exploratory study of past and current exposure to domestic violence. Occupational

Therapy Journal of Research. doi: 10.1177/1539449214561762

Waldman-Levi, A. & Bar-Haim –Erez, A., & Katz, N. (2015). Healthy aging reflected by:

Well-being, participation, playfulness, and cognitive-emotional functioning. Healthy

Aging Research 4(8). doi:10.12715/har.2015.4.8.

Waldman-Levi, A. & Bundy, A. (2016). A Glimpse into co-occupations: Parent's support of

young children’s playfulness scale. Occupational Therapy in Mental Health, 32(3).

http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/0164212X.2015.1116420.

Bar-Haim Erez, A, Katz, N., Waldman-Levi,A. (2016). Protective personality variables and

their effect on well-being and participation in the elderly: a pilot study. Healthy Aging

Research, 5, 1-9. doi: 10.1097/01.HXR.0000508388.87759.42

Waldman-Levi, A., Hirsch, I., Gutwillig, G., & Parush, S. (2017). Parents' expectations

and satisfaction with occupational therapy intervention. The American

Journal of Occupational Therapy, 71, 2.

Submitted and/or under revisions:

Waldman-Levi, A., Golisz, K., Swierat, R.P., & Toglia, J. Adults with Intellectual and

Developmental Disabilities- Comparing perspectives of function and analyzing

performance. Journal of Occupational Therapy and Health Care.

Golisz, K., Waldman-Levi, A., Swierat, R.P., & Toglia, J. Adults with Developmental

Disabilities: A preliminary feasibility study using everyday technology to support daily

living skills. British Journal of Occupational Therapy.

Gordon-Handler, L., Masaracchio, M., Lynn Hassan, L., & Waldman-Levi, A.

The relationship between clinical practice setting and emotional intelligence in

occupational therapy fieldwork education. American Journal

of Occupational Therapy


Occupational therapy student competencies across practice area: Is there something

fieldwork performance outcomes are not telling us? Australian Journal of Occupational

Therapy


Through the looking glass: The relationship between students’ self-perceived assessment

of emotional intelligence and clinical performance across practice area. American Journal

of Occupational Therapy

http://springer.libdl.ir/journal/10826/24/1/page/1

http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/0164212X.2015.1116420

6

Gordon-Handler, L., Masaracchio, M., Hassan, L., Waldman-Levi, A., & Dimitropoulou,

K. Getting it Write in Graduate Health Profession Education: Enhancing Student

Academic Performance. Journal of Allied Health

In preparation:

Waldman-Levi, A., Golisz, K., Swierat, R.P., & Toglia, J. A scoping review: Performance

based interventions for adolescences and adults with Intellectual and Developmental

Disabilities.

Waldman-Levi, A., & Stancanelli, J. Predicting elderly participation and wellbeing.

c. Book chapter

Weintraub, N., & Waldman-Levi, A. (2009). Mother-child play In R. P. Carlisle (Ed.).

Encyclopedia of Play: A Social History. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage publications.

Waldman-Levi, A., & Obermyer, I. (accepted). Cognition and Executive Functioning in

Schools. In N. Katz & J. Toglia (Eds.). Cognition, Occupation and Participation across

the life span Neuroscience, Neurorehabilitation, and Models of Intervention in

Occupational Therapy, AOTA Press: Bethesda, MD.

Scientific Conferences

2003 Waldman-Levi, A. Domain and Process: Occupational Therapy Framework.

Keynote, Jerusalem, Israel.

2004 Hirsch, I., Waldman-Levi, A., & Parush, S. Parental expectations and satisfaction

from Occupational Therapy Intervention, Invited. The Israeli Occupational

Therapy Conference, Haifa, Israel.

2004 Traub-Bar-Ilan, R., Waldman-Levi, A., & Parush, S. Participation in daily life

among children with and without DCD, Invited. The Israeli Occupational therapy

Conference, Shfaim, Israel.

2004 Hirsch, I., Waldman-Levi, A. & Parush, S. Parental expectations and satisfaction

from Occupational Therapy Intervention, Invited. The National Conference of the

Israeli Association of Child Development and Rehabilitation, Haifa, Israel.

2005 Hirsch, I., Waldman-Levi, A. & Parush, S. Occupation and Participation:

Assessing occupational therapy consequences to home and kindergarten. The

Israeli Occupational therapy Conference, Jerusalem, Israel.

2005 Parush, S., Hirsch, I., & Waldman-Levi, A. Parental expectations and satisfaction

from Occupational Therapy Intervention, Poster Presentation. 6th International

Conference on “Children with Developmental Coordination Disorder”, Trieste,

Italy.

2011 Sela, S., Bar-Chaim –Erez, A., Brezner, A, & Waldman-Levi, A. Reviweing the

charcteristics of mastery motivation among children with developmental

disabilities: Differences between structured tasks and professional staff

perception, Poster Presentation. 62 Annual Conference of the Israeli Association

of Physical & Rehabilitation Medicine, Tel-Aviv, Israel. 2012 Warshawsky-Shammah, C., Bar-Chaim –Erez, A., Waldman-Levi, A., &

Brezner, A. The efficacy of environmental intervention on the mastery motivation

7

of children with developmental disabilities. The Israeli Occupational therapy

Conference, Ramt - Gan, Israel.

2013 April Waldman-Levi. A. & Weintraub, N. Efficacy of an intervention for improving

parenting functions and child's play among mother-child dyad, who reside in

shelters for abused women. The American Occupational Therpay Association

Annual Conference, San-Diego, CAL.

2014 Gutwilig, G., Gavan, N, Waldman-Levi, A., & Parush, S. Parent’s expectations

and satisfaction from occupational therapy group-based intervention, Poster

presentation. Clalit Health Services Qulity Assurnance Conference, Kefar-Saba,

Israel.

2015 Gutwilig, G., Gavan, N, Waldman-Levi, A., & Parush, S. Parent’s expectations

and satisfaction from occupational therapy group-based intervention, Poster

presentation. The Israeli Occupational therapy Conference, Jerusalem, Israel.

2015 Waldman-Levi A., Bar-Haim Erez A., & Katz, N. Playfulness, wellbeing, and

participation among elderly with and without disabilities. 9th World Congress of

the ISPRM 2015, Berlin, Germany.

2015 Waldman-Levi, A., Bar-Haim Erez, A., & Katz, N. Playfulness, hope, well-

being, and participation among independent elderly. Healthy Aging Summit,

Washington, DC.

2015 Sep Katz, N. Waldman-Levi, A., & Bar-Haim Erez, A. Playfulness, hope, well-being,

and participation among elderly. VIII Geriatrics and Gerontology Meeting -

GERIATRIO 2015, Rio de Janerio Brazil

2015 Oct Bar-Haim Erez, A., Waldman-Levi, A., & Katz, N. Playfulness, hope, and

percived well-being among elderly. The 9th Conference of the Research Institute

for the Health & Medical Professions, Ono Academic College, Or-Yahuda, Israel.

2016 Feb Bar-Haim Erez, A., Waldman-Levi, A., Stancanelli, J., & Katz, N. Wellbeing,

playfulness, hope, and participation beyond cognition and emotion among

independent and non-independent elderly in Israel and the USA. Rehabilitation

Science & Technology Update 2016 Congress, Tel-Aviv, Israel.

2016 March Waldman-Levi Amiya, Stancanelli Jeanine, Bar-Haim Erez Asnat, & Katz

Noomi. Wellbeing, playfulness, hope, and participation beyond cognition

and emotion among independent and non-independent elderly in Israel and the

USA. Faculty Day Seminar, Mercy College, NY, US.

2016 May Katz Noomi, Bar-Haim Erez Asnat, Stancanelli,Jeanine, & Waldman-Levi

Amiya. Cognitive decline and associations with personality traits among

independent elderly. The 9th World Congress for NeuroRehabilitation, WCNR

2016, Philadelphia, USA

2016 July Katz Noomi, Bar-Haim Erez Asnat, Stancanelli Jeanine, Waldman-Levi Amiya.

Healthy aging: Resilience factors that contribute to elderly participation and

Wellbeing. The13th Conference of the Neuropsychological Rehabilitation Special

Interest Group of the WFNR (NR-SIG-WFNR), Glasgow, Scotland.

2016 Oct Waldman-Levi, A., Toglia J., Golisz, K., Swierat, R. A multi-perspective

assessment process of individuals with Developmental Disabilitie. Faculty Day

Seminar, Mercy College, NY, USA.

2017 April Waldman-Levi Amiya, Golisz Kathleen, Swierat Richard, & Toglia Joan. The

implementation of technology with task specific approach to promote function

among individuals with Developmental Disabilities. The American Occupational

Therpay Association Annual Conference, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

2017 April Golisz Kathleen, Waldman-Levi Amiya, Weiss Eric, Schurek Kristen Lee,

8

Swierat Richard, & Toglia Joan. The implementation of technology with task

specific approach to promote function among individuals with Developmental

Disabilities. The American Occupational Therpay Association Annual Conferenc

Philadelphia, PA, USA.

2017 April Waldman-Levi Amiya, Olson Laurette, Sheills Meghan, & Bundy, Anita. Co-

occupations: Feasibility of a comprehensive in-depth assessment procedure. The

American Occupational Therpay Association Annual Conferenc Philadelphia, PA,

USA.

2018 April Stancanelli, Jeanine, Bar-Haim Erez Asnat, Katz Noomi, & Waldman-Levi

Amiya. Resilience Factors: How may it promotes healthy aging? The American

Occupational Therapy Association Annual Conference Salt-Lake City, UT, USA

2018 April Kornhaber Sherly, Allen Madeline, Reisman, Jack, Vassello, Holly, Golisz,

Kathleen, Swiert Ric, Jankus Jordan, & Waldman-Levi Amiya. The usage of

technology among individuals with Developmental Disabilities. The American

Occupational Therapy Association Annual Conference Salt-Lake City, UT, USA.

2018 June Bar-Haim Erez Asnat, Katz Noomi, Stancanelli, Jeanine, & Waldman-Levi

Amiya. Quality of life and participation among elderly: are there contributing

resilient factors in various cultural groups. The 17th WFOT Congress 2018. Cape

Town, South Africa.

Teaching Experience

Undergraduate courses:

2002-2007 Foundations for Intervention - Level I

(Course coordinator and lecturer)

The School of Occupational Therapy of Hadassah and the


1.5 credit points

2002-2007 Foundations for Intervention - Level II

(Course coordinator)



1 credit points

2002-2007 Foundations for Intervention - Level III

(Course coordinator)



1 credit points

2002-2007 Colloquium




2 credit points

2008 Theoretical Seminar in OT

(Course lecturer)



3 credit points

2008 Research Seminar in OT 3 credit points

9

(Course lecturer)



2008-2009 Communication Clinical Skills in Occupational Therapy

(Course coordinator and lecturer) The School of

Occupational Therapy of Hadassah and the Hebrew


2 credit points

2010-2011 Principles of Group Activity in Occupational Therapy




4 credit points

2010-2011 The Clients' Family




1.5 credit points

2016 Scientific Writing, School of Health and Natural Sciences,

Occupational Therapy Program, Mercy College, NY,

USA

2 credit points

Graduate courses:

2007-2011 Play: Evaluation and Intervention in Pediatric

Occupational Therapy


The Continuing Education Program of The School of



2 and 3 credit

points courses

October-

November

2012

Play: Evaluatin using the Test of Playfulness (ToP). A

workshop via Skype. The Continuing Education Program

of The School of Occupational Therapy of Hadassah and

the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel

6 contact hours

August 2013 Play: Evaluation and Intervention in Pediatric



The Continuing Education Program of the School of



3 credit points

October

2014-

January

2015

Play as a Central Occupation - From Theory to

Intervention- Webinar School of Occupational Therapy of Hadassah and the


3 credit points

10

2015 Quantitative and Qualitative Research Methods for


School of Health and Natural Sciences, Occupational

Therapy Program, Mercy College, NY, USA

3 credit points

2015

2015

2015

2015/16

2016

2016

Fall 2016

2016-2017

Applied Research Theory

School of Health and Natural Sciences, Physical


Applied Reserch



Playfulness: Child, Adult, Clinician and the Theraputic

Space. Application of Theory and Clinical experience in

an Occupation Based Intervention. The Continuing

Education Program, Faculty of Health Professions-

Occupational Therapy Department, Ono Academic

College.

Capestone Research Projects, School of Health and

Natural Sciences, Occupational Therapy Program,

Mercy College, NY, USA

Applied Research Theory

School of Health and Natural Sciences, Physical


Quantitative and Qualitative Research Methods for




Applied Reserch



Capestone Research Projects, School of Health and

Natural Sciences, Occupational Therapy Program,

Mercy College, NY, USA

3 credit points

1 credit point

2 credit points

4 credit points

2 credit points

3 credit points

1 credit point

4 credit points

Summer

2017

Theory 6: Research Proposal OT 620

Blended format, Long Island University, LIU, NY, USA

2 credit points

(2 cohorts= 4 cp)

Fall 2017 OT 201 - 002 Professional Development 1: OT Student

Academic Experience, Long Island University, LIU,

NY, USA

2 credit points

11

Invited Seminars and Lectures

Co-Occupation: Parent’s and Child’s Playfulness. Theory, Assessment, & Intervention. A guest

lecture at Sacred Heart University, CT, January 20th 2017.

Occupational Therapy Framework, one day Workshop, Hertzog- Geriatric Facility,

Gedra, Israel.

Play from theory to practice, one day seminar, Clalit health Services, Jerusalem,

Israel.

Play from theory to practice, one day seminar, Maccbi Health Services, Jerusalem, Israel.

Play from theory to practice, one day Seminar, The Ministry of Education Jerusalem

Distric, Israel.

Introduction to play theory and assessment, two lecturs, The Ministry of Education, Hashron

District, Israel.

12

Clinical Experience

No to Violence Association 01/00-12/01 and 01/03-09/11

Co-leadership of various group interventions and delivering an occupational-based dyadic

intervention, the FI-OP, for mothers and their children. The Center for Mental Health 09/00-12/01 Part time position as a staff occupational therapist (20 hours/week). Duties included the evaluation

and treatment of children, ages 3-9 years old, with behavioral-emotional difficulties.

“Hazori” School 05/00-08/00

Part-time position as a school occupational therapist (10 hours/week) delivering services for

children with intellectual disability, ages 6-21 years old.

“A.K.I.M - Gill” School 01/00-04/00, 09/00-07/01

Part time position as occupational therapist (7 hours/week) treating children with intellectual

disabilities, ages 3-6 years old.

“Lev-Tov” School 11/99-08/00

Part-time position as occupational therapist (6 hours/week), delivering services for children with

mild to moderate learning difficulties, ages 6-12 years old.

“Ofek” Institute 10/99-07/00

Part-time position (2-4 hours/weekly) at a private clinic treating children aged 6-18 years old

with learning disabilities/difficulties.

* All of the above mentioned were conducted in Israel

amiya waldman-levi, phd, otr/l · 2020. 6. 4. · 1 curriculum vitae amiya waldman-levi, phd, otr/l...

Documents