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Jodi Schreiber, MS, OTR/L - Assistant Professor
Jodi is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh where she received both a Master of
Science (1998) and Bachelor of Science degree in Occupational Therapy (1991). Jodi has
provided occupational therapy in multiple practice settings including hospitals, nursing
homes, private homes, rehabilitation centers, and preschools. Her primary interest is in
neuroscience and the diseases/syndromes associated with the brain and spinal cord.
She has presented both locally and nationally on various topics related to low vision,
visual-perceptual disorders and intervention, motor learning, OT intervention with the
neurologically impaired adult, and infusing occupation into OT practice. She is a previous
member of the Pennsylvania Occupational Therapy Board of Education and Licensure
and was part of the initiative to add optometrist referral to the current Pennsylvania
licensure. Jodi has been published in two national journals on the topics of occupation
based practice and the use of motor learning techniques with stroke survivors. She has
also co-authored two chapters in Willard & Spackman’s Occupational Therapy (10th
Ed.) in the areas of sensorimotor techniques and adult orthopedic dysfunction. She is
most proud of her co-authorship of Occupational Therapy Intervention Resource
Manual: A Guide for Occupation-Based Practice which focuses on the practical use of
occupation within a variety of occupational therapy practice settings. Jodi is married and
has two sons. She enjoys cross-word & jigsaw puzzles, craft shows, Jeopardy-quiz shows,
and reading.