DEPARTMENT OF REHABILITATION SCIENCES - FACULTY & STAFF

PHYSICAL THERAPY

 


 

Maria Jones, PT, PhD, ATP
Clinical Assistant Professor

Adjunct Assistant Professor
Department of Allied Health Sciences

E-mail Maria Jones
(405) 271-3625 or (405) 271-8001 ext. 46811

 


education


M.S., Physical Therapy, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, 1994

B.S., Physical Therapy, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, 1989


Recent publications


Jones, M.A., & Gray, S.A. (2004). Assistive technology: Positioning and mobility assessment and intervention (in press). In S. Effgen (Ed), Meeting the Physical Therapy Needs of Children, Philadelphia, PA: FA Davis.

Gray, S.A & Jones, M.A. (2004). Assistive technology: Augmentative communication and other technologies (in press). In S. Effgen (Ed), Meeting the Physical Therapy Needs of Children, Philadelphia, PA: FA Davis.

Jones, M. (2004, March). Mobility aids for younger children [Letter to the editor]. International Journal of Therapy & Rehabilitation, p. 132.

Jones, M.A., McEwen, I.R., & Hansen, L. (2003). Use of power mobility for a young child with spinal muscular atrophy. Physical Therapy, 83(3), 253-262.

McEwen, I.R., Arnold, S., Jones, M., & Shelden, M. L. (2000). Providing physical therapy services under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. Alexandra, VA: Section on Pediatrics, American Physical Therapy Association.


GRANTS


U.S. Department of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, Learning Early Travel Skills: Effects of Power Mobility on the Development of Young Children with Severe Motor Impairments, Field-initiated research grant. Project coordinator, 2002-2004, $521,449.

Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education, Learning Early Travel Skills, field-initiated research. Project Coordinator, 2001-2004, $487,431.


CURRENT TEACHING


Postprofessional Program

RS 5450: Introduction to Assistive Technology
RS 5483: Topics in Assistive Technology


SERVICE


Oklahoma State Department of Education, Assistive Technology Program for Oklahoma Public Schools, July 1, 2004 – June 30, 2005 for a total of $449,692. Serves as Program Director. The program provides training and technical assistance for teachers, support staff, and related service providers to increase the knowledge of school personnel in the provision of assistive technology services to students with disabilities and assist Oklahoma public schools in meeting the assistive technology requirements of IDEA.

Oklahoma Department of Human Services, Developmental Disabilities Services Division, Oversight & evaluation of therapeutic services, July 1, 2004 – June 30, 2005 for a total of $58, 304. Serves as Program Consultant. This contract assists DHS/DDSD in the development, review, dissemination, coordination, and evaluation of policies/guidelines for provision of occupational therapy, physical therapy, and speech-language pathology services, vocational services, therapeutic equipment, and assistive technology services and devices for Oklahomans with developmental disabilities.

Oklahoma Department of Rehabilitation Services, Assistive Technology and Support Services, July 1, 2004 – June 30, 2005 for a total of $20,000. Serves as clinic manager and provides oversight of contractual assistive technology services provided for DRS consumers on a fee-for-service basis.

Oklahoma State Department of Health, Assistive Technology Services, July 1, 2004 – June 30, 2005 for a total of $39,000. Serves as clinic manager and provides oversight of contractual assistive technology services provided for consumers in Oklahoma’s SoonerStart early intervention program on a fee-for-service basis.


RESEARCH INTEREST/CLINICAL EXPERTISE


Research Interest

  • Assistive Technology, including power mobility
  • Provision of services for people with developmental disabilities

Clinical Expertise

  • Assistive Technology
  • Developmental disabilities

CONTACT INFORMATION


Department of Rehabilitation Sciences

University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
801 N.E. 13th Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73104
Phone: (405) 271-2131, Email: Department Contact

 
 
   

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