Halliwell, Nicole (1987- )

Abstract College and graduate students have been facing increasing stress levels in recent years, highlighting a need for stress management tools to help combat rising stress. A potential tool to examine is the multisensory environment (MSE), a room providing customizable sensory inputs, which has been shown in literature to be able to reduce feelings of stress. The project aimed to explore the effects of the MSE on self-reported perceived stress levels in college and graduate students and explore...

Abstract Importance: Illuminate the caregiver perspective of hippotherapy intervention as it relates to social participation and social skills among children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and/or autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Objective: The purpose of this study is to understand the experience of caregivers of children with ADHD/ASD related to their child’s occupational therapy services at a nature-based clinic. incorporating hippotherapy intervention with social...

Abstract Importance: The importance of this research is to understand providers' lived experiences in communicating with families in a local outpatient pediatric clinic. Objective: To explore the experience of provider-to-parent communication through provider-perspective interviews. Design: Qualitative interpretive phenomenological analysis (Williams, 2021) exploring provider-to-parent communication experiences through semi-structured interviews of a purposive sample. The interview...

Abstract Importance: This project aimed to illuminate the experience of the parent-provider communication dyad whose children receive services at a local pediatric outpatient provider through interviews with current family members/caregivers. Objective: To assess the effectiveness of parent-provider communication, the research question was, What is the experience of the parent-provider communication dyad whose children receive services at a local pediatric outpatient...