Education
- 2023
Post Professional Occupational Therapy Doctorate
Gannon University, Erie, PA
OT Professional Education
- 2000
Bachelor of Science in Occupational Therapy
Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
Licenses & Certifications
- Occupational Therapy License
State of Texas
License Number: 110040 - Occupational Therapy License
State of Florida
License Number: 10639 - Occupational Therapist Registry
Initial Certification: 2001 - FLOTEC Fieldwork Education Certification
Florida Occupational Therapy Educational Consortium
Memberships
- 2021 – current: American Occupational Therapy Association
- 2024 – current: Texas Occupational Therapy Association
Research and Clinical Experience
Clinical Experience
- Manatee County School District, Bradenton, FL
- Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital, St. Petersburg, FL
- HealthSouth (Encompass) Rehabilitation Hospital, Sarasota, FL
- Consulate Healthcare, Sarasota, FL
- Pediatric Home Services, San Antonio, TX
- Methodist Hospital, San Antonio, TX
- Millennium Home Health, San Antonio, TX
- Southwest General Hospital, San Antonio, TX
- Christus Santa Rosa Children’s Hospital, San Antonio, TX
- Warm Springs Rehabilitation Hospital, San Antonio, TX
Teaching & Learning Expertise
- Clinical Instructor to OTD-level students in the school system, pediatric outpatient, and pediatric acute care setting (2024-Present).
- Clinical Instructor to OTA-level students in the school system setting (2019-2024).
- ACUE: Effective Teaching Practices, Tarleton State University.
Scholarly Focus
- Pediatric populations and the connection between COVID-19 and therapist success
- Interprofessional collaboration
- Symposium: Benavente, G., Levandowski, S., Johnson, E., & Warner, L. A curricular approach: Preparing OT students for rural practice. 2025 Annual Meeting of European Network of Occupational Therapists in Higher Education (ENOTHE), Coimbra, Portugal
Publications
- Warner, L. A. (2023). The Strategies and Supports that School-Based Occupational Therapists Used to Help Their Students Succeed During the COVID-19 Pandemic [Doctoral Capstone, Gannon University Morosky College of Health Professions and Sciences Erie Pennsylvania]. Nash Library & Student Learning Commons online repository. https://gannon.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15946coll2/id/152/rec/3
Presentations
2024
- Warner, L. A. (2024). Introduction to occupational therapy and occupational profile case study. Tarleton State University Guest Lecture, Stephenville, Texas.
- Warner, L.A. (2024). Strategies and support OT programs can provide occupational therapy students in transitioning from classroom to various pediatric settings. Pfieffer University Guest Lecture, Albemarle, North Carolina.
2023
- Warner, L. A. (2023). Pediatric OT in the Inpatient Setting. St. Bonaventure University Guest Lecture, Bonaventure, New York.
Service
Professional Service
- 2021 – 2024: FOTA Active Member
- 2021 – Current: AOTA Active Member
- 2024 – Current: TOTA Active Member
- 2025-Current: Reviewer for 2025 AOTA Specialty Conference: Women
- 2025-Current: Reviewer for 2025 AOTA Education Summit
- 2025-Current: Reviewer for 2025 AOTA Specialty Conference: Children
- 2025-Current: Reviewer for 2026 AOTA Inspire
Institutional Service
- 2024-Current: Tarleton State Division of Health Sciences
- 2024-Current: Tarleton State Curriculum Committee
- 2024-2025: Student Pre-OT Organization Faculty Advisor
- 2024-Current: Student Occupational Therapy Association Advisor
Teaching
Tarleton State University
- Program Planning in Pediatric Practice