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is an Associate Professor in the Division of Occupational Therapy at West Virginia University. She received her bachelor’s degree in Occupational Therapy from Western Michigan University and her Master and Doctoral degrees in Interdisciplinary Education, Higher Ed Leadership from WVU.  Dr. Davis has 30 years’ experience in in clinical occupational therapy practice focusing on acute care intervention for individuals with acquired and traumatic brain injury. Her research has focused on return to participation in life roles for individuals with brain injuries with a recent focus on the effects of a concussion on occupational performance. Dr. Davis has co-authored several publications with Drs. Acord-Vira and Wheeler on brain injury and concussion. She currently serves as the Representative for WV to the AOTA Representative Assembly and as served as President of the West Virginia Occupational Therapy Association fin the past.  

Dr. Aimee Kotrba is a licensed clinical psychologist specializing in the expert assessment and treatment of childhood anxiety.  Currently, Dr. Kotrba owns and directs Thriving Minds Behavioral Health, with clinics in Brighton and Chelsea, Michigan, where she provides individual treatment, parent coaching, and school consultation for children with anxiety.  Dr. Kotrba is the author of Selective Mutism: An Assessment and Intervention Guide for Therapists, Educators, and Parents and Overcoming Selective Mutism: The Parent Field Guide and is a nationally recognized speaker on the identification and treatment of anxiety and Selective Mutism for parents, professionals, and school personnel. 

David W. Stein, Ph.D., is Professor and Program Director of the Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Program at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. He is the Chairman of the Pennsylvania Board of Examiners in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology. He is past president of the Pennsylvania Speech-Language-Hearing Association, and was previously a member of the Legislative Council of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. In composing this presentation, his role is that of a license holder as a speech-language pathologist. He is not representing the Board of Examiners, the Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs, or the Pennsylvania Department of State.