Jennifer Tokash

Dr. Tokash has been practicing occupational therapy (OT) for 27 years with a focus on neuro rehabilitation and traumatic brain injuries. Prior to academia, she served as supervisor for OT at NewYork-Presbyterian/Brooklyn. Her focus has been on occupation-based practice and advocating for best practice initiatives as well as innovative interprofessional pedagogical approaches to foster all learning styles. She is a published researcher and presents her work at regional, national, and global conferences. Her accolades include receiving the 2023 Deans Award for Outstanding Teaching.

The support for a supportive, individualized, student-centered teaching pedagogy at Pace University has been outstanding!

OTD, Occupational Therapy
Touro University

MS, Occupational Therapy
Chatham University

BS, Biology
Bethany College

• New York State Occupational Therapy Association Merit Award for Service (2024)
• Dean's Award for Outstanding Teaching (2023)

• New York State and State of New Jersey, Licensed Occupational Therapist
• National Board of Certification in Occupational Therapy (NBCOT), registered

• CHP Stakeholders Work Track Committee, lead
• Interprofessional Clinical Coordinators, lead
• Curriculum Committee, member
• Interprofessional Education, faculty facilitator

• New York State Occupational Therapy Association (NYSOTA), Communities of Practice Liaison
• Metropolitan Occupational Therapy Education Council of New York and New Jersey (MOTEC), Social Media chair

• American Occupational Therapy Assoc. (AOTA)
• New York State Occupational Therapy Association (NYSOTA)
• American Brain Injury Society (ABIS)

• An interprofessional peer teaching pedagogical approach between Occupational Therapy students and Nursing students to increase student confidence in safe patient handling. AOTA Educational Summit and NYSOTA annual conference, Poster presentations, Charlotte, NC and Albany, NY (2024)
• Choosing Wisely® in Academia, Strategies for Clinical and Classroom Curricula. Short Session. AOTA Conference and Expo, Orlando Florida (2024).
• Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice Ignited Through a Pediatric Feeding Project. Poster presentation. American Speech-Language Hearing Association (ASHA) Conference, Seattle, WA (2023)
• Changing clinical practice amidst the pandemic: The critical role of Occupational Therapy in the management of inpatients with COVID-19 and stroke in the United States. Short oral presentation. World Federation of Occupational Therapists (WFOT) Congress, Paris, France (2022)
• Brining Fun back To FUNction, Featured Session, West Virginia Board of Occupational Therapy (WVBOT), Morgantown, WV (2018)

Other presentation topics include:

• Conversations that Matter Supporting the Clinical Level II experience. Let's talk strategies and tools to facilitate success when the fieldwork student struggles.
• Academic Advising: What are OT programs’ best practices from both a faculty and student perspective Poster presentations.
• The Impact of Cognition and Falls an Interdisciplinary Initiative to Keep Patients Safe
• Sleep the Forgotten ADL
• Thrilling Thursdays, A Client Centered Treatment Approach on an Inpatient Rehabilitation Unit

• Raymond-Tolan,L. Rebels, A. & Tokash, J. (2024) Beyond scrolling: Students creating social media and podcast content, OT Practice 29(11) 24–29.
• Tokash, J., Gillen, G., & Koenig, V. (2024). Choosing Wisely® in Academia, Strategies for Clinical and Classroom Curricula. The Open Journal of Occupational Therapy, 12(4), 1–13.
• Walsh S, Ransohoff Brisson A, Flaherty R, Geller D, Tokash J, Kim G. Application of the ICF and OTPF-4 to Conceptualize the Dual Diagnosis of COVID-19 and Stroke: Implications for Occupational Therapy Practice in Acute and Inpatient Rehabilitation. Occupational Therapy in Health Care. 2023 Oct;37(4):576–594.

• Occupation-based practice
• Peer teaching as a pedagogical approach
• Accessibility for clinical fieldwork education
• Teaching dignity and privacy with ADLs