DEx Community Partner

Western New England University

Due to the ongoing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, outpatient rehabilitation settings were not allowing students on-site during the time of the DEx. This included locations such as ATI Physical Therapy, which was our original DEx site. As a response, the research team changed our site to Western New England University to open up the opportunity to complete this project in a hybrid format with ATI Physical Therapy as our consulting site.

Needs Assessments & Community Profile

As occupational therapists, we do a careful analysis of the physical, mental, psychosocial, environmental, spiritual, and cultural factors of an individual or a group of people in order to identify barriers to occupation. Below, you will find the needs assessments of the consulting site, the community needs assessments, and the community profile. The goal of these documents is to understand this population and their strengths, weakness, opportunities, threats, as well as their culture and perceptions.

It is important to note that the community profile and both community needs assessments were completed prior to the start of the DEx and prior to the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. The needs assessment for the consulting site, however, was completed during the DEx project implementation via Zoom with clinical observations done on-site. The Cornell Hand Discomfort Questionnaires (CHDQ) was also completed and can be found below with the other supporting documents.

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