Jan Froehlich, M.S., OTR/L
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Jan has been an occupational therapist for over 35 years with a primary clinical focus in mental health. She has worked in both acute and long-term care, and she also co-developed a mental health home care program. Jan has worked in an academic setting for the past 30 years teaching coursework on mental health occupational therapy, culturally effective communication, therapeutic use of self and group work.
Jan is actively engaged in a variety of service learning projects at UNE one of which involves supervising interprofessional teams of students in leading weekly wellness workshops at the local jail. She is champion of SBIRT (Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment for substance abuse problems) and of Interprofessional Education at UNE. Jan is and regular contributor at MeOTA and AOTA conferences.
Credentials
Education
Board Certifications and Licenses
Post-Doctoral Training
UNE (Portland, Maine)
Research
Current research
Interprofessional Education, Parenting Children with Disabilities, Cultural Ally Training
Selected publications
Froehlich, J. (2017). Therapeutic use of self. In Jacobs, K. & MacRae, N. (Eds.), Occupational therapy essentials for clinical competence (3rd ed.) (pp. 133-148). Thorofare, NJ: SLACK, Inc.
Froehlich, J. (2017). Effective communication. In Jacobs, K. & MacRae, N. (Eds.) Occupational therapy essentials for clinical competence (3rd ed.) (pp. 99-132). Thorofare, NJ: SLACK, Inc.
Froehlich, J., Pardue, K., Dunbar, D.S. (2016). Evaluation of a communication survey and interprofesional education curriculum for undergraduate health professional students. Health and Interprofessional Practice 2(4): eP1082.
Froehlich, J., Donovan, A., Ravlin, E., Fortier, A., North, J. (2015). Daily routines of breastfeeding mothers. Work: A Journal of Prevention, Assessment and Rehabilitation, 50,3, 433-442.
Other scholarly activity
Froehlich, J. & Morgan, P. (Eds.). (2015). The significant work of parenting [Special Section 2]. Work: A Journal of Prevention, Assessment and Rehabilitation, 50,3, 411-511.
Research interests
Culturally Effective Communication, Occupation of Parenting, Playfulness in the Practitioner, Interprofessional Education