Liat Gafni-Lachter, OTD, PhD, OTR

Scholarly, Research, and/or Practice Interests

Liat Gafni-Lachter is an occupational therapist practicing with children and families in outpatient settings. She has been an academic mentor at the Boston University Post-Professional Online Occupational Therapy Doctorate since 2016.

Dr. Gafni-Lachter’s research and scholarly pursuits include promoting professional expertise in family-centered care, telehealth, mentoring, and the scholarship of teaching and learning. Dr. Gafni-Lachter is a 2017 recipient of The Fulbright Post-doctoral research fellowship award and the 2018 European Commission, Horizon 2020 Seal of Excellence for research proposal.

Courses Taught

Publications

• Gafni-Lachter, L. & Ben-Sasson, A. (2022) Understanding and Enhancing Occupational Therapists’ Use of Standard Family-Centered Measures. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 76(6). Accepted January 8, 2022.
• Gafni-Lachter, L. & Ben-Sasson, A. (2022) Promoting Family-Centered Care: A Provider-Training Effectiveness Study. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 76(3). Accepted February 26, 2021.
• Gafni-Lachter, L. , Norcross, J. Neimeyer, J., Doyle, N., & Jacobs, K. (2021). Equal peer e-mentoring for online graduate students: a case study and mediation model; ICPEL Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning. Accepted October 2021
• Abbott-Gaffney, C., Gafni-Lachter, L., Cason, J., Donehower, K., Harasink, R., Schaeffer, K., & Jacobs, K. (2022). Toward Successful Future Use of Telehealth in Occupational Therapy Practice: What the COVID-19 Rapid Shift Revealed. WORK: A Journal of Prevention, Assessment & Rehabilitation. Accepted September 2021
• Gafni-Lachter, L., Kailkian, J., Korngold-Dvir, V,  Dahan, G., & Ben-Sasson, A. (2021). The association between sensory traits and daily parenting challenges of typical mothers and their children. British Journal of Occupational Therapy. Accepted June 22, 2021.
• Gafni-Lachter, L., Josman, N. & Ben-Sasson, A. (2019). Evaluating change: using the Measure of  Processes of Care-Service Provider (MPOC-SP) as an outcome measure for performance and confidence in Family-Centered Care. Child: Care, Health & Development.
• Doyle, N., Gafni-Lachter, L. & Jacobs, K. (2019) A Scoping Review of Mentoring Research in the Occupational Therapy Literature, 2002-2018. Australian Journal of Occupational Therapy.
• Gafni-Lachter, L. & Ruland, J (2018) Enhancing leadership and relationships by a peer mentoring program.  Australian Occupational Therapy Journal. *Recognition: most downloaded article of 2018 publication
• Gafni-Lachter, L. Admi H., Eilon, Y., and Lachter, J. (2017). Thoughts about striking: examinations of nurses’ attitudes through perceptions of two physician strikes in Israel. WORK Journal, 57(2), 205-210. doi: 10.3233/WOR-172560.
• Rosenblum, S. & Gafni-Lachter, L. (2015) Handwriting Proficiency Screening Questionnaire for Children (HPSQC): development, reliability, and validity. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 69 .
• Prast, J., Herlache-Pretzer, E., Frederick, A. & Gafni-Lachter, L (2015). Practical strategies for integrating interprofessional education and collaboration into the curriculum. Occupational Therapy in Healthcare, 1-9.

Presentations

• Gafni-Lachter, L., Doyle, N., Jacobs, K. (2022, August 21-31). Online peer mentoring: Evidence for effectiveness in promoting R-evolution in career and satisfaction [Paper presentation]. World Occupational Therapy Congress, France, Paris.
• Song, J., Gafni-Lachter, L., Doyle, N. (2022, August 29-31). Essentials for developing cultural competence in occupational therapy [Poster presentation]. World Occupational Therapy Congress, France, Paris
• Segal, A., Gafni-Lachter, L. (2022, August 21-31). CALM – cultivating awareness by living mindfully: A group intervention program for adults who sustained a TBI [Poster presentation]. World Occupational Therapy Congress, France, Paris
• Gafni-Lachter, L., Ben-Sasson, A. (2022, August 21-31). Tele-training: Is an online family-centered training equally effective as in-person training? [Poster presentation]. World Occupational Therapy Congress, France, Paris.
• Abbott-Gaffney, C., Gafni-Lachter, L., Cason, J., Jacobs, K. (2022, August 21-31). Toward Successful Future Use of Telehealth in OT Practice: What the COVID-19 Rapid Shift Revealed [Poster presentation]. World Occupational Therapy Congress, France, Paris.
• Jacobs, K., Gafni-Lachter, L. & Doyle, N. (2021, September 15-18). Resilience in Higher Education: The Contributions of Peer-to-Peer Mentoring [Paper presentation]. COTEC-ENOTHE biannual conference, Prague, Czech Republic.
• Doyle, N., Gafni-Lachter, L., & Jacobs, K. (2021, September 15-18). Mentoring in Occupational Therapy: A Scoping Review [Poster presentation]. COTEC-ENOTHE biannual conference. Prague, Czech Republic.
• Jacobs, K., Gafni-Lachter, L. & Hoel, V. (2021, May 28). Tele-occupational therapy. Spotlight Telemedicine. [Virtual presentation]. International Summit on Innovation & Technology.
• Duddy, K., Jacobs, K., Ullrich, D., Gafni-Lachter, L., Wallace, S., & Doyle, N. (2020, October 28). Fostering a Global Community of Learners Through Online Education [Webinar presentation]. Massachusetts Association for Occupational Therapy 2020 Virtual Conference. United States.
• Duddy, K., Doyle, N. W., Gafni-Lachter, L., McKinnon, S., Jacobs, K., Ullrich, D., & Wallace, S. (2020, March 26-29). Fostering a global community of learners through online education [Poster presentation]. AOTA Conference, Boston, MA, United States. (Conference cancelled due to COVID-19).
• Song, A., Gafni-Lachter, L., & Doyle, N. W. (2020, March 26-29). Essentials for developing cultural competence in OT [Poster presentation]. AOTA Conference, Boston, MA, United States. (Conference cancelled due to COVID-19).
• Gafni-Lachter, L., Ben-Sasson, A., Josman, N. (2019, May). Training to enhance family-centered care: An intervention effectiveness study [Paper presentation]. European Academy of Childhood Disability Conference, Paris, France.
• Calhoun, T. Gafni-Lachter, L. (2019, April). Expert Panel Discussion: Practical Strategies for Advancing Online Education in Occupational Therapy [Poster presentation]. American Occupational Therapy Association Annual Conference & Expo. New Orleans, LA USA.
• Duddy, K., Doyle, N. W., Gafni-Lachter, L., Philipps, J., McKinnon, S., Jacobs, K., (2019, April). Engaging African Americans youth post gunshot assault in rehabilitation [Poster presentation]. American Occupational Therapy Association Annual Conference & Expo. New Orleans, LA USA.
• Gafni-Lachter, L., Doyle, N., Jacobs, K. (2018, April). Mentoring in Occupational Therapy: A Scoping Review [Paper presentation]. World Occupational Therapy Congress, Cape Town, South Africa.
• Gafni-Lachter, L.  (2018, May). Pre-conference workshop: Creating Meaningful Partnerships with Families [Workshop presentation]. World Occupational Therapy Congress, Cape Town, South Africa.