Elena Donoso Brown

Teaching Philosophy: I believe that learning is a collaborative process between the educator and the student. In the process, both the students and the educator bring knowledge that can enhance a deeper understanding of the material. Students in my classes are taught how to use evidence and knowledge to make decisions needed for completing needs assessments, intervention planning, and program development.

DU Courses I Teach or Co-teach in:

• OCCT 541W: Evidence-Based Practice
• OCCT 531: Scholarship of Practice 1
• OCCT 522: Intervention Seminar/Lab*
• OCCT 625: Designing Effective Programs
• OCCT610/611/612: Research Project Sequence

*Indicates course that are co-taught.

• Donoso Brown, E.V., Wallace, S.E., Lee, J. (in press) Supporting adherence to a home practice reading program using self-monitoring in persons with aphasia: A single case experimental design study.
• Donoso Brown, E.V. Wallace, S.E., Tichenor, S.E., Blemler, R., & Foundas, B.* (in press) Determining predictors of self-reported adherence to rehabilitation home programs for persons with acquired brain injury: A prospective observational study.
• Merhrkens, K., & Donoso Brown, E.V. (in press). Enhancing sensory experiences for infants born preterm: A quality improvement project. Archives of Rehabilitation Research and Clinical Translation.
• Wallace, S. E., Donoso Brown, E. V., Lee, J. B., *Janov, K. L., & *Busquets, M. P. (2024). Self-reported home program adherence by people with aphasia: Exploring construct validity. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 33(4), 2051–2058. https://doi.org/10.1044/2024_AJSLP-23-00206
• *Liu, Q., Donoso Brown, E., Johnson, S., & Moss-Corcoran, A. (2023). Providing personalized interest-based activities to prevent delirium: A multi-component quality improvement initiative in an acute care setting. Open Journal of Occupational Therapy.
• Cook, A. B., Donoso Brown, E., *Hambrose, M., Schreiber, J. (2023) Occupational therapy practitioners’ implementation of home programs for individuals post burn: An initial cross-sectional survey. Occupational Therapy in Health Care (Advanced online publication).
• Kretch, K.S., Koziol, N.A., Marcinowski, E.C., Kane, A.E., Inamdar, K., Donoso Brown, E., Bovaird, J.A., Harbourne, R.T., Hsu, L., Lobo, M.A., & Dusing, S.C. (2022). Infant posture and caregiver-provided cognitive opportunities in typically developing infants with motor delay. Developmental Psychobiology, 64, e22233. https://doi.org/10.1002/dev.22233
• Donoso Brown, E. V., Wallace, S.E., & *Liu, Q. (2021) Speech-language pathologists’ practice patterns when designing home practice programs for persons with aphasia: A survey. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 30(6), 2605-2615. https://doi.org/10.1044/2021_ajslp-20-00372
• *de Castro, K., Donoso Brown, E.V., Wallace, S.E., & Miller Neilan, R. (2021) Feasibility of using commercially available accelerometers to monitor upper extremity home practice with persons post-stroke: A secondary data analysis. Frontiers in Virtual Reality. https://doi.org/10.3389/frvir.2021.642434
• Saylor A., Wallace, S.E., Donoso Brown, E.V., & Schreiber, J. (2021) Aphasia-friendly medication instructions: Effects on comprehension in persons with and without aphasia. Aphasiology. Advanced online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/02687038.2021.1873907
• Donoso Brown, E.V., *Eskander, J., Wallace, S.E., & Mull, J. (2020) Effects of preferred music listening on adherence to upper extremity home programs. Advanced online publication. Physical & Occupational Therapy in Geriatrics. https://doi.org/10.1080/02703181.2020.1865500
• Wallace, S.E.,Donoso Brown, E.V., Saylor, A., Lapp, E., & *Eskander, J. (2020). Designing occupational therapy home programs for people with aphasia: Aphasia friendly modifications. Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups, SIG 2, 1-10. (Invited). https://doi.org/10.1044/2019_PERSP-19-00001

Student authors supervised or co-supervised by Dr. Donoso Brown are noted with an asterisk (*).

• Ulrich, C., Zuraski, A. & †Donoso Brown, E. (2024, March) Navigating Mealtime: A parent education program for feeding difficulties in children. Poster accepted for presentation at the American Occupational Therapy Association, Orlando, FL.
• Kringle, E., Donoso Brown, E., Bhattacharjya, S., Kim, G., Kam, A., Burns, S….Kersey, J. (2023, October/November) Leveraging social support to promote health-related quality of life, participation, and activity after stroke Symposia presented at the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA.
• Donoso Brown, E., Wallace, S.E., Tichenor, S.E., Buttino, E.*, Bien, I.*, Foundas, B.*, Shirmer, R.*, Sotchel, J., & Patterson, B. (2023, October/November) Understanding the use of home programs by persons after acquired brian injury: A longitudinal prospective observational study Poster presented at the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA.
• *Heintz, M., †Donoso Brown, E., & Brenneman, E. (2023, April). Driving risk assessment quality improvement program in an inpatient brain injury rehabilitation unit. Poster presented at the American Occupational Therapy Association, Kansas City, KS.
• Wallace, S. E., Donoso Brown, E., Lee, J. B., Janov, K., & *Pacheco-Busquets, M. (2023, March). Use of self-reported home exercise program logbook by people with aphasia. Poster presented at the Aphasia Access Leadership Summit, Durham, NC.
• *Potter, R. N., Donoso Brown, E. V., Parsons, B., Galen, S. S., & Warren, G. L. (2022, November). The effect of motivational interviewing on rehabilitation outcomes after stroke: A meta-analysis. Poster presented at the Annual American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine Conference, Chicago, IL.
• Donoso Brown, E. V., Wallace, S. E., Lee, J. B., Janov, K., & *Pacheco-Busquets, M. (2022, November). Supporting adherence to home practice reading program using self-monitoring in persons with aphasia. Poster presented at the Annual American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine Conference, Chicago, IL.
• Gross, M., & Donoso Brown, E. V. (2022, November). Centering care partners as key members of the rehabilitation team for persons with neurogenic disorders. Symposia presented at the Annual American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine Conference, Chicago, IL.
• *Liu, Q., †Donoso Brown, E., Johnson, S., & Moss-Corcoran, A. (2022, April). Developing multi-component interest-based interventions to prevent delirium: A quality improvement project for hospitalized older adults. Poster presented at the American Occupational Therapy Association, San Antonio, TX.
• Also presented for an interdisciplinary audience. *Liu, Q., †Donoso Brown, E., Johnson, S., & Moss-Corcoran, A. (2022, May). Developing multi-component interest-based interventions to prevent delirium: A quality improvement project for hospitalized older adults. Poster presented at the American Geriatric Society, .
• *Tademaru, P., & †Donoso Brown, E. V. (2022, April). Implementation of Parkinson’s Disease caregiver training in a community based setting. Poster presented at the American Occupational Therapy Association, San Antonio, TX.
• Manspeaker, S. A.,Hankemeier, D. A., †Donoso Brown, E. , Wallace, S.E. , Blaskowitz, M., & Farquharson-Bevens, K. (2022, March). Perspectives of interprofessional collaborative practice as a way to inform design of interprofessional education experiences. Oral presentation given at National Academies of Practice Annual Meeting & Forum, Sand Diego, CA.
• Schweizer, C., *Liu, Q., Wallace S.E., †Donoso Brown E., & Lee, J. (2021, November). Improving home program practice for people with aphasia. Poster presentation at the Annual Convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Washington, D.C. and virtual.
• Bhattacharjya, S., Donoso Brown, E., Gauthier, L., Wong, A., Schwertfeger, J. & McKenzie, A. (September, 2021). Bridging clinician experiences and research evidence for successful implementation of telerehabilitation. Symposia presentation at the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine virtual conference September 2021.
• Saylor, A., Wallace, S.E., Hopkins, T., Staltari, C., Schreiber, J., & †Donoso Brown, E.V. (2020, November). Aphasia-friendly medication instructions: Effects on comprehension in persons with and without aphasia. Poster presentation accepted for presentation at the Annual Convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, San Diego, CA (Convention canceled).

• Also presented as Saylor, A., Hopkins, T., Wallace, S.E., Staltari, C., †Donoso Brown, E.V., & Schreiber, J. (2020, April). Aphasia-friendly medication instructions: Effects on comprehension in persons with and without aphasia. Student poster presentation at the Pennsylvania Speech-Language and Hearing Association Annual Conference, Pittsburgh, PA. (Conference Cancelled).
  • Was awarded Meritorious Poster Session.

*denotes presentations with Duquesne University students

† denotes contributing author

Dr. DB talks about online learning: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u85j7nnMXH0