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Vicki McQuiddy has been a faculty member at the University of Cincinnati since 2018. She has been the Occupational Therapy Program Director since 2021. Vicki's content expertise is in pediatrics, with additional training and certifications in the area of sensory processing and integration. She worked at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center in the outpatient setting full time from 2004-2018; she continues to evaluate and treat clients one day per week at Cincinnati Children's. When working full time at Cincinnati Children's, Vicki was also a self-management trainer who focused on coaching and partnering with children and families to provide family-centered care. Vicki completed a research residency for her PhD at the STAR Institute for Sensory Processing Disorder and received her certification to administer the Sensory Integration and Praxis Test through Western Psychological Services. Vicki is currently a regional coordinator for data collection for the Sensory Processing in 3-Dimensions assessment, which is a new performance-based measure to better identify and categorize the types of sensory challenges a person is experiencing. Vicki has developed and teaches a variety of courses within the OT program at UC including Occupational Therapy Theory and Process, Pediatric Occupational Therapy Evaluation and Intervention, OT Group Process and Intervention, Research in Occupational Therapy, etc. She is passionate about advancing research and practice in occupational therapy.