Biography
Ashleigh Graveline, OTD, OTR/L, CPRP is an Occupational Therapist with 16+ years of experience treating patients in multiple clinical settings including acute care and mental health, with 10 years of experience concentrated in the inpatient mental health setting. Ashleigh currently is a Clinical Associate Professor of Occupational Therapy at Clarkson University and recently received her specialty certification as a Certified psychiatric Rehabilitation Practitioner (CPRP). Her area of expertise includes advocating for and promoting preventative mental health services within the community setting while utilizing the principle that recovering from serious mental illness is possible. She is the Chair of the IPE committee and is working on increasing interprofessional educational opportunities for graduate healthcare students (OT, PT, PA, and EMT) to enable effective collaboration to improve health outcomes. Ashleigh has previously completed research in the area of mental health focusing on the use of comfort rooms to reduce restraint and seclusion. Her expertise is focused within the mental health setting, assessing the positive impact of psychiatric rehab on individuals with mental illness and the use of interprofessional educational opportunities to improve overall health outcomes.
Education Background
Doctorate in Occupational Therapy OTD, Chatham University
Master's Degree in Occupational Therapy, Utica College
Bachelors Degree in Health Science, Utica College of Syracuse University
Associates Degree in Occupational Therapy Assistant, SUNY Canton
Experience
Occupational Therapist (Per-diem), Claxton Hepburn Medical Center, Ogdensburg, NY 13669, 2013 - Present
Occupational Therapist (Per-diem), St. Lawrence Psychiatric Center, Ogdensburg, NY 13669, 2018-2020
Occupational Therapist, St. Lawrence Psychiatric Center, Ogdensburg, NY 13669, 2006-2016
Occupational Therapist, Salmon River Central School District, Fort Covington, NY 12937, 2014 - 2016
Occupational Therapist (Per-Diem), United Helpers, Ogdensburg, NY 13699, 2013-2016
Courses Taught
OT 632, 642, 652: Engineering Pathway to Clinical Practice: Innovative Practitioner
Fall Semester:
OT 521: Mental Health and Occupational Performance
OT 597: Specialty Topics in Advance Practice
Spring Semester:
OT 579: Group Dynamics Across Practice Settings
OT 539: Profession Practice, Leadership, Mgmt, and Activism (Primary instructor)
OT 533: Kinesiology for OT (Lab Co-instructor)
Research Interests
- Mental Health
- Acute Care
- IPE
Clinical Practice
- Inpatient & outpatient mental health
- Acute care
Publications
- Launching IPE at Clarkson University: Adaptation and Implementation of Team Care Planning, nexus Lightening Talk
- Navigating Tourette Syndrome in the School
- Effectiveness of a seven-week mental health setting experiential learning experience in second year OT students
Service
Departmental Service
2020 - Present | Member, OT Admissions Committee
2020 - Present | Member, Teaching and Learning Exchange
2020 - Present | Member, ACOTE Standards Committee
2019 - Present | Advisor, Graduate Student Association
2020 | Member, Hiring Committee, Occupational Therapy Chair Position
2020 | Member, Search Committee, Occupational Therapy Chair Position
2017 - 2019 | Member, OT Department Accreditation Committee
2017 - 2019 | Member, Occupational Therapy Doctorate Committee
University Service
2023 - Present | Vice Chair of Faculty Senate
Third Term - 2025 | Faculty Senate
2021 - 2022 | Member, Ad HoC Committee Tenure and Promotion
2020 - 2021 | Member, Ad HoC Committee on Faculty Governance
2019 - Present | Member, LSHS Seat, Faculty Senate (2nd term – 2022)
2018 - Present | Chair, Interprofessional Education Committee
Professional Service
2023 | Clarkson University Project Challenge, The Brain and Drug Addiction, Instructor: Robert Dowman
2022 | External promotion review, clinical associate professor, Ithaca College
2021 | External promotion review, clinical associate professor, Ithaca College
CONFERENCE POSTERS, STRUCTURED ABSTRACTS, AND PRESENTATIONS
- Graveline, A., DiSalvo, B, Salzman, B, King, A, Sicks, S, Herge, E, & Liskov, J. (2023, November). Presenter, Launching IPE at Clarkson University: Adaptation and Implementation of Team Care Planning, nexus Lightening Talk
- Graveline, A (2023, September). Navigating Tourette Syndrome in the School, Kennedy Elementary School: Teachers and paraprofessionals
- Graveline, A. (2023, January). The profession of OT. Presenter, Lisbon High school junior and seniors
- Graveline, A & Cedeno, H. (2023, February). Navigating Tourette Syndrome in the School, Kennedy Elementary School: Teachers and paraprofessionals
- Graveline, A. (2022, October). Presenter, Physical agent modalities: An exploration of the evidence at Claxton Hepburn Medical Center
- Graveline, A. (2021, August). Presenter, Creating an effective comfort room. Children’s MH Unit at Claxton Hepburn Medical Center
- Graveline, A. (2021). Development of a comfort room and weighted blanket protocol for Claxton’s Mental Health Unit, Chair (Champion)
- Graveline, A. (2020, October). Promoting the value of mental health in OT. Clarkson Ignite Series speaker
- Graveline, A. (2020, March). Promoting the value of mental health in occupational therapy. Keynote speaker, Vermont Occupational Therapy Association
- Graveline, A. (2020). Effectiveness of a seven-week mental health setting experiential learning experience in second year OT students. Poster presented at the Vermont occupational Therapy Association Annual Conference, Burlington, VT.
- Graveline, A. (2022/2020/2019, May). The profession of OT. Presenter, Ogdensburg Free Academy High school junior and seniors
- Graveline, A. (2019, May). The benefits of occupational therapy in an inpatient mental health setting. Presenter, St. Lawrence Psychiatric Center
- Graveline, A. (2017). Development of weighted blanket protocol for children’s services and adults, Chair (Champion)
- Graveline, A. (2017). Sensory strategies and the benefits of weighted modalities. Speaker, St. Lawrence Psychiatric Center
- Graveline, A. (2011). Development of comfort room protocol for children and youth Services, St. Lawrence Psychiatric Center, Chair (Champion)
CAMPUS TALKS AND DEPARTMENTAL TALKS
- September 21, 2022, Interprofessional Education Retreat (Part 2) with assistance from Thomas Jefferson University’s, Jefferson Center for Interprofessional Practice & Education (JCIPE) – a school wide ½ day retreat that included PT, OT, PA, & Bioethics.
- April 20, 2022, Interprofessional Education Retreat (Part 1) with assistance from Thomas Jefferson University’s, Jefferson Center for Interprofessional Practice & Education (JCIPE) – a school wide ½ day retreat that included PT, OT, PA, & Bioethics.
- July 2021, OT 563, Guest lecture, titled: Working in a Mental Health Setting
- March 2021, OT 557, Guest Lecture, titled: Cognitive Behavior Therapy
- December 2020, Teaching and Learning Exchange – Developing Grading Rubrics
- Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Health Science Department Open House for prospective students and their families
MS RESEARCH/PROJECTS MENTORED AND SUPERVISED
- Tracy Charles and Manpreet Kaur “Breaking cultural barriers within healthcare” 2022 – 2023
- Melissa Curtin “Reimagining the Clarkson University Occupational Therapy Mentorship Program” 2022 – 2023
- Anna Dickinson and Stephanie Johnson “The use of an educational module to increase interprofessional education and competency within a health science IPE Program” 2022 – 2023
- Jazylne Reyes “Using the Zones of Regulation to improve pre-school children’s social emotional learning” 2022 – 2023
- Kayleigh Siebels “Designing and implementing occupational therapy specific education modules within a chemical dependency program” 2022 -2023
- Haylie Cedeno “The use of social stories to improve the daily functioning of a child with Tourette Syndrome: A case study” 2022 – 2023
- Meagan Geis “The use of hands-on educational program about developmental disabilities in a third grade classroom to promote awareness” 2022-2023
- Katrina Arnaez “Creating an OT module for a chemical dependency program” 2021-2022
- Molly O’Connell “Raising awareness of Adirondack park outreach services” 2021-2022
- Aisling Dineen and Katie Tiberi “Creating leisure boxes to improve individual OT services” 2021-2022
- Habin Choi and Lynn Nguyen “Cultural awareness how to guide for practitioners” 20212022
- Pooja Ragha “MERGE Cube for Emotion Regulation” 2020-2021
- Eric Pagano “Parkinson’s Boxing: A Video Guide for Future Implementation” 2020-2021
- Jenny Orlando & Megan Burns “At-Risk Youth Career Development Program” 2020-2021
- Nicole Bavaro “One-Stop Website for Caregiver Needs” 2020-2021
- Tracy Mensah “Implementing a Mentor Program for Incoming OT Students” 2020-2021
- Trisha Norton & Melissa Carozza “Leisure Activities To Improve Quality of Life for Homebound Older Adults” 2020-2021
Professional Credentials
2023 - Present | Certified Psychiatric Rehabilitation Practitioner (CPRP) Occupational Therapy: Certification # 280395
2010 - Present | Registered Occupational Therapist, National Board for certification in Occupational Therapy: Certification # 280395
2010 - Present | Licensed Occupational Therapist, New York State Office of the Professions: License # 016588-1
2020 - Present | Physical Agent Modalities: Occupation-based Implementation of Electrical Agents and Thermal Agent certification # 35466
2020 - Present | Car-Fit Certification, AARP and AOTA
2019 - Present | SBIRT Foundations Certification, Pittsburgh SBIRT
2018 (2016) - Present | AOTA Fieldwork Educator Certificate
2014 - Present | Certification in Functional Capacity Evaluations (FCEs), BTE Workforce Solutions, Baltimore
2008 - Present | Dialectical Behavior Therapy Certified, NY State OMH Professions: License # 016588-1
CONTINUING EDUCATION AND CONFERENCE ATTENDANCE
- January 2023 Syracuse University’s Cannabis Health Care and Medicine Certificate
- June 2022 Promoting Participation and Mental Health in Children and Youth
- October 2022 Occupational Therapy’s Role in Opioid Recovery, 2.0 contact hours
- October 2021 Mental Health First Aid, 8.0 contact hours
- Sept 2021 How to Embed JEDI Concepts & Principles into OT Education: A Forum for Educators and Students, 4.5 contact hours
- August 2021 Sanctuary Model, Trauma Informed Care by Sandra Bloom
- August 2021 Motivational Interviewing, Academy of Psychiatric Rehabilitation and Recovery, 5.5 contact hours.
- July 2021 Suicide: Understanding, Preventing, and Coping with the Devastating Aftermath, Academy of Psychiatric Rehabilitation and Recovery, 5.0 contact hours
- July 2021 Ethics: Being Your Best and Staying Out of Trouble, Academy of Psychiatric Rehabilitation and Recovery, 5.0 contact hours.
- July 2021 Psychopharmacology, Academy of Psychiatric Rehabilitation and Recovery 5.0 contact hours.
- June 2021 College Mental Health: Supported Education Programming for Young Adults Living with a Serious Mental Health Condition Academy of Psychiatric Rehabilitation and Recovery, 1.5 contact hours
- August 2020 Emotion Regulation: Teaching Children Calm, Continuing Education Course, by Adina Soclof, MS, CCC-SLP, Leo Christie, PhD
- March 2020 Oppositional, Uncooperative, and Aggressive Behavior, Continuing Education Course, by Dr. John Taylor
- March 2018 FIT Webinar, “Street Drugs 101”
- March 2017 Philadelphia Symposia Annual Hand Conference, 3-day workshop
- May 2017 Webinar, “Positive behavior support in home, school, and community settings”
- January 2015 Clinical Webinar, “Motivational Interviewing (MI) in children’s services” Part 1
- March 2015 Clinical Webinar, “Motivational Interviewing (MI) in children’s services” Part 2
- April 2014 “Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS)” by Dr. Kelly Posner, PhD
- July 2014 Webinar, Statewide Satellite Grand Rounds, “Early intervention for emerging psychosis”
- May 2013 In-service, “Responding to childhood trauma: The practice of Trauma Informed Care” by Dr. Lisa A. Kotler, MD
- May 2012 St. Peter’s Addiction Recovery Center, Adolescent Abuse of Prescription, Over the Counter, and “legal Drugs”: Effects, Risks, and Prevention, 8.0 contact hours
- May 2012 St. Peter’s Addiction Recovery Center, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders, 2.0 contact hours
- June 2012 In-service, “Working with patients with Borderline Personality Disorder” by Dr. Lisa A. Kotler, MD, 2012
- 2011 - 2012 Development of comfort room protocol for children and youth services
- 2011 - 2012 Implementation of Comfort Rooms at St. Lawrence Psychiatric center
- Feb. 2011 Assessing and managing suicide risk: Core competencies for mental health professionals by Suicide Prevention Resource Center (SPRC), 6.5 contact hours
- Sept. 2010 What’s going on in mental health care?: How cultural competence can promote effective consumer-family-provider engagement, assessment, treatment planning & recovery by NYSOMH Bureau of Cultural Competence, 4.0 contact hours