Complete Curriculum Vitae - HSC - University of New Mexico

1988, Sensory Integration in Autism: Is It Related to Social Communication? Invited
presentation, Greater Long Beach/San Gabriel Valley/Orange County Chapter of the Autism
Society of America, Torrance, California.
1986, Toward Professionalism. Keynote address, annual conference of the Virginia Occupational
Therapy Association, Virginia Beach, Virginia.
1986, Applying Theory to Practice. Invited plenary address to national colloquium for
occupational therapy educators, Occupational Therapy Education: Target 2000, sponsored by the
American Occupational Therapy Association, Nashville, Tennessee.’
1986, Construct validation and reliability study of praxis tests of the Sensory Integration and
Praxis Tests (SIPT) (co-author). Sensory Integration International, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
1986, Leaders in Research and Publication. Panel speaker at conference on The Future of
Occupational Therapy in Maternal and Child Health, sponsored by Maternal and Child Health,
USC, University Affiliated Project (Children's Hospital of Los Angeles), and California
Children's Services, Santa Monica, California
Contributed (Unrefereed) Presentations at Professional Meetings
Chang, M., Parham, D., Clark, F., Schell, A., Blanche, E., Chou, C.P., & Dawson, M. (2010,
February). Research poster, Comparisons of autonomic nervous system responses to
auditory stimuli in children with autism. Annual research day, University of Southern
California School of Dentistry, Los Angeles, CA.
Parham, L.D. (2000). Sensory integration and praxis in high functioning children with autism.
Presentation at first annual interdisciplinary R2K research conference, Pediatric Therapy Network,
Redondo Beach, CA.
Parham, D. (1986). Rewards in Occupational Therapy Education: How Important Are They to Faculty?
Research paper presented to the Commission on Education at the annual conference of the American
Occupational Therapy Association, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Parham, L.D., & Kopp, C.B. (1982). Control Strategies Used by Mothers of Handicapped Versus
Normally Developing Preschoolers. Project REACH Dissemination Meeting, University of
California, Los Angeles.
Memberships in Professional Societies
New Mexico Occupational Therapy Association
American Occupational Therapy Association
World Federation of Occupational Therapists
Society for the Study of Occupation:USA
The Association for the Study of Play
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