Credentials
- BS, Bachelor of Science, Psychology, University of Alabama
- MSPT, Master of Science in Physical Therapy, University of Indianapolis
- PT, Licensed Physical Therapist
- DPT, Doctor of Physical Therapy, University of South Alabama
- PCS, Board-Certified Clinical Specialist in Pediatric Physical Therapy, American Board of Physical Therapy Specialties
Areas of Specialty
- Physical activity in children
- Physical activity in children with special needs/chronic disease
- Effective parent education
- Service delivery models for pediatric physical therapy
Research Lab Affiliations
UCF Go Baby Go! Builds New Partnership with St. Joseph Children’s Hospital
UCF Go Baby Go! builds more than innovative motorized cars that increase mobility in children, it also builds community by bringing children of all mobility levels together. Through a new...
Tracking Progress: High-School Student Brings Technology to Go Baby Go!
At 15, Will Johnson is not quite old enough to drive one of the high-performance cars serviced by his father’s company, JMS Chip. However, he and his father, Christopher Johnson,...
Harnessing Power: UCF’s Aphasia House and Knights on the Go Café is helping people like Larry Lentz Jr. improve their mobility, language and social skills.
Not all heroes wear capes. Sometimes, they wear harnesses. When Larry Lentz Jr. wears his harness in the Knights on the Go Café, he glides from cash register to refrigerator, serving...
Go Baby Go Chapters Set Goal of 30,000 Assistive Toy Cars Per Year
They came from across the country, but they were united in their mission to help handicapped children and adults improve their lives through better mobility. Representatives from 13 chapters of...
Donation Helps Go Baby Go! Go Far
Thanks to Variety – The Children’s Charity of Florida, children like Evan will have a better quality of life through increased mobility. Shortly after Evan was born, his mother, Casey...
UCF Helps Launch Go Baby Go! in Belgium for Children with Limited Mobility
The first Belgian chapter of Go Baby Go!, an outreach program that works to give children with mobility impairments more freedom, launched this week thanks to the help of the...
UCF, Orlando Health Team up to Help Children Vroom Vroom
The University of Central Florida and Orlando Health are teaming up today to give some children with limited mobility a little bit of independence. Orlando Health is sponsoring a UCF Go...
How One Cafe Is Giving Traumatic Brain Injury Survivors A New Sense Of Purpose
February of last year, the faculty at one Orlando college set out to prove how a real-world curricula could improve the lives of young survivors with traumatic brain injury (TBI)....
Children Who Can’t Walk Race Mini-Cars at UCF Event
Ten children got the gift of mobility on Friday at the University of Central Florida, when they rode away with their very own motorized child-sized car. GoBabyGo is a national...
UCF Go Baby Go! Receives President’s Award from National Down Syndrome Congress
Jennifer Tucker spent much of her time at last week’s National Down Syndrome Congress Annual Convention in Orlando showcasing and leading efforts to enhance mobility in children with disabilities. But...