Michelle Boulanger Thompson
PhD Special Education & Disability Policy
Occupational Therapy MS, OTR/L
Assistant Professor
I am an assistant professor of Occupational Therapy*
I bring 34 years of clinical practice experience and my love ♥️ of our OT profession to share with my students.
areas of practice
Early Intervention
Early Childhood
K-12 Schools
Assistive Technology
Adult Home HealtH
Home accessability
Community Living
Play
Research
Empowering parents to support children's play, learning & development in the home and community
Creative Arts
Research
Exploring the power of creative arts for artists with intellectual & developmental disabilities (IDD) and how the arts promote creativity, connection & belonging✨
Creativity: A Path to Belonging
AAIDD Creative Arts
National Service
I serve as Chair of the AAIDD Creative Arts Interest Network
American Association on Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD). We are a “Community of Practice” whose members are encouraged to enjoy supportive fellowship and the free exchange of knowledge, ideas, research, and practices as we work together to enhance the lives of children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities through creative arts.
https://www.aaidd.org
VA-DEC
State Service
I serve on the Leadership Team for the Virginia Division on Early Childhood (VA-DEC) serving young children, birth to eight years of age, who have or are at risk for developmental delays and disabilities in Virginia.
VA-DEC is part of the Division for Early Childhood (DEC) within the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC).
https://exceptionalchildren.org
https://www.dec-sped.org
I-HEAR
University Service
I serve on the Leadership Team for Old Dominion University's Interprofessional Healthcare practice Education And Research (I-HEAR) program. Nursing, Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Speech/Languge Pathology, Dental Hygiene, Human Services, and other disciplines collaborate to meet local healthcare needs in the community.
https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=odu+i-hear&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8
Get in touch
Address
Michelle Boulanger Thompson
Old Dominion University
School of Rehabilitation Sciences
2156 Health Sciences Building
460 Hampton Boulevard
Norfolk, Virginia 23529
USA
Email Address
mlthomps@odu.edu
Phone Number
(804) 221-5041
e-portfolio is a learning tool, a pedagogy, that supports deep self-reflection✨ and an integration of knowledge and learning through curated demonstration and sharing of oneself in words and images.
Learning by doing, a constructivist pedagogy popularized by the philosopher John Dewey, aligns with the nature of occupational therapy which believes that health & well-being can be impacted and enriched by our doing, being, belonging with other people, environments, and lived experiences.
My hope is to have a personal experience the e-portfolio process and to bring this pedagogy to my OT students to so they may grow and learn from truly authentic self-reflection on their life experiences in order to gain new perspective and a beautiful presentation of their personal professional story