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Aaron Ray Dallman

Department : Rehabilitation And Movement Sciences
Program/Division : Doctorate of Occupational Therapy (OTD)
Academic Title: Assistant Professor
Administrative Title(s): Interim Program Director (NJEA)

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Email: a.dallman@rutgers.edu

Education
Degree	Degree Source	Year Awarded
B.M. (Music Therapy)	Appalachiah State University	2013
M.S. (Occupational Therapy)	UNC Chapel Hill	2016
PhD in Occupational Science	UNC Chapel Hill	2020

Publications
Title	Authors	Where and When
Social agency and neurodivergent routines: Supports and barriers to autistics’ mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic	Dallman, A. R., Wilson, K., & Friesner, E.	American Journal of Occupational Therapy. In press
Subjective experiences of occupational participation in autistic adolescents: A multiple-case study using experience sampling methodology	Dallman, A. R., & Bailliard, A.	Journal of Occupational Science, 2024
Brief report: Replication of the psychometric characteristics of the Behavioral Inflexibility Scale in an independent sample	Dallman, A. R., Harrop, C., Lecavalier, L., Bodfish, J., Nagabhushan Kalburg, S., Jones, D., Hollway, J., & Boyd. B.	Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. In press
Occupational disruption leading to occupational changes: The influence of COVID-19 pandemic on autistic children and their families	Dallman, A. R., Perry, C., Goldblum, J., Butera, N., Boyd, B., & Harrop C.	Open Journal of Occupational Therapy
Neurodiversity-affirming practices are a moral imperative for occupational therapy	Dallman, A. R., Williams, K., & Villa, L	Open Journal of Occupational Therapy, 2022
Affective contact in autism: A phenomenological study of the emotional experiences of autistic adults	Dallman, A. R.	American Journal of Occupational Therapy

Awards
Award	Year
LHS Star Fellow Awarded by Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey (AHRQ P30HS029759)	2024
Teaching Excellence Award	2024
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Faculty Fellow	2022
Diversity International Society for Autism Research Travel Award	2021

Research
Research Interests
Dr. Aaron Dallman, PhD, OTR/L, is a licensed occupational therapist and translational social scientist with a research emphasis on improving the lives and wellbeing of children with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families. Dr. Dallman works at the intersection of healthcare and community, employing a multi-informant and mixed-methods approach to enhance the quality of healthcare and educational interventions throughout the treatment process. For example, Dr. Dallman has partnered with health systems to evaluate practitioner attitudes and to develop scalable educational programs to improve high-value service delivery throughout the healthcare experience (e.g., primary care to specialty care). Dr. Dallman aims to create scalable and high-value interventions within health and educational systems. Dr. Dallman's research has been shown to meet community-centered priorities and improve transition outcomes for individuals with neurodevelopmental conditions. Their work has informed evidence-based practices that are now being implemented in partnership with a hospital system. Dr. Dallman also has a research interest in innovative philosophical approaches to understanding human participation and engagement in the world. They are particularly interested in embodiment theories and how they might help us better understand the experiences of those with disabilities.

Research Grants
Title	Sponsor	Effective Dates	Role
RBHS-IDEA Grant, Promoting Inclusion & Equity in Higher Education: Identifying Barriers for Health Professions Graduate Students with Disabilities	Rutgers Univeresity	2024	Co-PI
Development of the Autism, Affect, and Emotion Scale: A Personalized Measure of Affect in Autism	Towson University	2021	PI

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