FASD Hope

75 - An Ally in Occupational Therapy - A Conversation with Marshae Franklin


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FASD Hope is a podcast about Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD), through the lens of parent advocates with over nineteen years of lived experience. 

 

Episode 75 highlights Marshae Franklin. Marshae Franklin is a Licensed, Pediatric Occupational Therapist in Los Angeles, California.  She completed her undergraduate degree in Psychology and Social Behavior at the University of California - Irvine and her Masters of Science in Occupational Therapy at Howard University. After two years of experience as a clinician, Marshae decided to further her education with a post-professional Doctorate of Occupational Therapy or OTD, and she is currently enrolled at the University of Southern California. Marshae is an advocate for underserved and marginalized populations. Her current research involvement includes addressing the occupational barriers of those exposed to prenatal alcohol exposure in utero, specifically Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASDs). Through her continuous efforts to disseminate research as an OTD Resident at USC, Marshae hopes to dismantle health disparities by bridging the existing gaps between research, lived experiences and policy on a national and global level. 

 

In this ENLIGHTENING episode, Marshae educates listeners about the following topics: her professional journey and what led her to study FASD during her clinical / educational experiences, what is  Occupational Therapy, what she learned the biggest policy barriers for the the FASD population, what she learned in the research literature of how OT supports FASD, her goals and her words of hope for the FASD community.

 

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