Thank you for your interest in these Life Skills Training Modules. For more information about the research background of these modules, please see the following publications.

Raudebaugh, C. L., Norman, K., & Finlayson, M. L. (2021). Life Skills Training for Therapy Assistant Students: An Exploratory Sequential Mixed Methods Study [Doctoral Thesis, Queen’s University]. http://hdl.handle.net/1974/28920

Raudebaugh, C., Finlayson, M., Norman, K., & Stewart, S. (2022). Life Skill Needs of Occupational Therapy Assistant Students: Perceptions of Instructors, Preceptors, Graduates and Current Students. Journal of Occupational Therapy Education, 6(3).  https://doi.org/10.26681/jote.2022.060303

About the Authors

Dr. Candi Raudebaugh is a graduate of the Doctor of Science in Rehabilitation and Health Leadership program at Queen’s University. Her doctoral research focused on life skills training for college students in therapy assistant diploma programs. Candi has bachelor’s and master’s degrees in occupational therapy, and works as an instructor in the Occupational and Physical Therapist Assistant (OPTA) Program at Red Deer Polytechnic. OCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1265-8566

Candi is the author and host of the Relaxation Audio with Candi podcast and author of the websites relaxation-audio.com and goodfoodvegan.com. Candi has written a textbook for health professionals, Peaceful Relaxation Scripts: Group Facilitation Guide, with relaxation scripts and guidelines for relaxation group facilitation.

Co-authors of the research study include Dr. Marcia Finlayson (Queen’s University), Dr. Kathleen Norman (Queen’s University), and Dr. Sally Stewart (University of British Columbia Okanagan).

Dr. Marcia Finlayson is Vice Dean (Health Sciences), and Professor and Director, School of Rehabilitation Therapy at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario.  Her research focuses on self-management and health services utilization among people with multiple sclerosis, primarily using mixed methods approaches. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1774-4810

Dr. Kathleen Norman, PT, PhD, is Professor and Associate Director (Research and Post-Professional Programs) in the School of Rehabilitation Therapy at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Her research has spanned neuroscience, rehabilitation, physical therapist education and regulatory matters, and health services. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7409-7704

Dr. Sally Stewart is an Associate Professor of Teaching in the School of Health and Exercise Sciences at UBC Okanagan.  Her educational leadership research focuses on student wellbeing and academic success specifically through development of credit course offerings in student health and wellbeing, and faculty training to implement classroom wellbeing practices.

Candi Raudebaugh’s Publications

Raudebaugh, C., Finlayson, M., Norman, K., & Stewart, S. (2022). Life Skill Needs of Occupational Therapy Assistant Students: Perceptions of Instructors, Preceptors, Graduates and Current Students. Journal of Occupational Therapy Education, 6(3). https://encompass.eku.edu/jote/vol6/iss3/3/

Raudebaugh, C. (2022). Peaceful Relaxation Scripts: Group Facilitation Guide [Amazon Product Page]. Independently published. https://www.amazon.ca/Peaceful-Relaxation-Scripts-Group-Facilitation/dp/B09QFJ4BPR

Raudebaugh, C. L., Norman, K., & Finlayson, M. L. (2021). Life Skills Training for Therapy Assistant Students: An Exploratory Sequential Mixed Methods Study [Doctoral Thesis, Queen’s University]. http://hdl.handle.net/1974/28920

Webber, J., Hatch, S., Petrin, J., Anderson, R., Nega, A., Raudebaugh, C., Shannon, K., & Finlayson, M. (2021). The impact of a virtual doctoral student networking group during COVID-19. Journal of Further and Higher Education, 46(0), 667–679. https://doi.org/10.1080/0309877X.2021.1987401