About Dr. Toglia
Joan Toglia, Ph.D, OTR/L, FAOTA has over 35 years of experience in Occupational Therapy, with a specialization in Neuro Rehabilitation and cognitive impairments following acquired brain injury including stroke, traumatic brain injury, brain tumor, multiple sclerosis and other neurological disorders. Her advanced graduate and doctoral work in Educational Psychology includes specializations in cognition & learning as well as measurement & evaluation.
Dr. Toglia is internationally recognized as a leader in the rehabilitation of persons with cognitive deficits and has contributed extensively to the field as a clinician, author, educator and researcher. She has presented over 300 workshops all over the world including in Asia, Canada, Israel, South America, South Africa, and Europe on topics such as assessment and treatment strategies for subtle cognitive deficits, mild traumatic brain injury, self-awareness, right hemisphere dysfunction, nonverbal learning disability, spatial neglect, visuospatial deficits, and rehabilitation of executive dysfunction across different ages and diagnostic groups.
She is best known for her work on Dynamic Assessment and the MultiContext approach to cognitive rehabilitation and is author or co-author of over 85 publications. Her research includes metacognitive strategy intervention, or cognitive interventions for promoting self-awareness, strategy use and generalization; assessment tools; and the relationship between cognitive impairments and occupational performance.
AOTA honored Dr. Joan Toglia for revolutionizing cognitive rehabilitation theory and practice at the 2023 AOTA Awards and Recognition Ceremony on 4/22/23 in Kansas City, MO. Read More at the AOTA website