Meet the experts

Kathleen Weissberg, in her 20+ years of practice, has worked in long-term care as a researcher/educator and has established various programs in nursing facilities including falls management, regulatory and reimbursement, dementia care and staging. She provides continuing education support to 6000 therapists nationwide as Director of Education for Select Rehabilitation. She has lectured nationally for AOTA and Pioneer Network, at the state level, and authored publications on dementia quality care.  She presents regularly for the State 13 different LeadingAge organizations.  

Barbara L. Kornblau, JD, OTR (FL), FAOTA, CCM, CDMS, CPE, ABDA, received her degree in occupational therapy from the University of Wisconsin - Madison and her Juris Doctor from the University of Miami School of Law.  Barbara is a former Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellow for Senators Harkin and Rockefeller. She organized stakeholders to work to include people with disabilities in the Affordable Care Act and its implementing regulations and founded the Coalition for Disability Health Equity. She is a Past President of the American Occupational Therapy Association. She has litigated cases under the Americans with Disabilities Act involving discrimination in employment and health care services. Barbara has presented nationally and internationally, and is widely published. A former Dean, and Professor of Occupational Therapy, Public Health, and Law, her current academic appointment is in the Occupational Therapy Program at Florida A&M University. 

Rebecca Martin, OTR/L, OTD, is the manager of Clinical Education and Training with the International Center for Spinal Cord Injury at Kennedy Krieger Institute, where she has been since 2005. Rebecca received a bachelor’s degree in occupational therapy from Boston University in 2001 and her Doctor of Occupational Therapy degree from Rocky Mountain University in 2009. She is certified in physical agent modalities and Kinesiotaping. Her experience spans inpatient and outpatient therapy for both children and adults with a variety of neurological diagnoses. Prior to joining the center, Rebecca worked in pediatric neurorehabilitation with the May Institute in Boston, MA. Her research interests are in the restoration of UE function with FES. She has presented her research in ABRT and training materials nationally and internationally.