Kaplan, Lillian

Associate Professor

Occupational Therapy

Phone: 718-262-2762
Office Location: AC-1E12G
Email: lkaplan@york.cuny.edu

Lillian R. Kaplan PhD, OTR/L, completed her doctorate in Neuropsychology from the Graduate Center, City University of New York (CUNY) and holds Master Degrees in Motor Learning (Neuromotor Process) and Psychology from Columbia University and Queens College, CUNY respectively. She received her BS in Occupational Therapy from New York University, and remains licensed and board certified as a practitioner. As associate professor and prior chair of the Department of Occupational Therapy (OT) at York College, she teaches neuroscience, advanced activity analysis/motor learning and research project seminar. She has also taught occupational therapy intervention for pediatric populations, activity analysis, and advanced neuroscience (cognitive processes, assessment and intervention). A primary focus of her research has been to explore aspects of attention required for daily living, particularly those involved in complex skill acquisition for daily life performance. A current area of investigation has been on functional literacy and the Orton-Gillingham approach of intervention in dyslexia.

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Areas of Expertise

• Neuropsychology: Attention processes
• Motor learning/ Motor control/ Neuromotor process
• Cognitive processes in learning: function and dysfunction in skill performance
• Rehabilitation in Child Neurology: Movement disorders, Learning disability
• Dylexia/ specific reading disorder/Learning disability

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