Helen L. Masin, PhD, PT

Primary Appointment
Department of Physical Therapy, Miller School of Medicine
Associate Professor

Secondary Appointment
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Miller School of Medicine
Associate Professor

Department of Pediatrics, Miller School of Medicine
Associate Professor

Department of Physical Therapy, University of Tennessee
Adjunct Instructor

Service
Co-Chair Cross Cultural and International SIG, APTA 2002-present
Consultant physical therapist for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing program a the University of Miami Debbie School 1999-present
Rape Aggression Defense Instructor for UM Women 1998 - present

Awards
American Physical Therapy Association - Section on Pediatrics Dissertation Award 1992

Research
Clinical Education
Cross Cultural Communication
Physical Therapy in Pediatrics

Selected Publications
Education in the Affective Domain: A method/model for teaching professional behaviors in the classroom and during advisory sessions. Journal of Physical Therapy Education. Vol 16, no 1, Spring 2002, 37-45

Integrating the Use of the Generic Abilities, Clinical Performance Instrument, and Neurolinguistic Psychology Processes for Clinical Education Intervention. Physical Therapy Case Reports.   Nov 2000; 3:6: 258-266

Perceived Maternal Knowledge and Attitudes toward Physical Therapy during Early Intervention in Cuban American and African American Families”. Pediatric Physical Therapy 1995; 7: 118-123.

Roach KE, Lee D, Masin H, Braceras RM, Faust JD, Larrauri N, Trigo AC. Health beliefs concerning the efficacy of exercise and the prevention of musculoskeletal injuries in fire rescue workers.  Physical Therapy  79: S61, 1999.

Rine RM, Masin H, and Keir E. The effect of supine stander vs chair on target behaviors:  a case study.  Physical Therapy.  1992. 72;6:S31.

Publications

Books and Monographs:
Masin, HL,  in press, in Introduction to Physical Therapy, “Communications in Physical Therapy”, M Pagliarulo,  St Louis,  Mosby Publishers  

Masin, H.L., in Cross Cultural Parent Education in Cross Cultural Rehabilitation an International  Perspective, R. Leavitt, Ed, London, WB Saunders,  339-359, 1999  

Masin, H.L., in Patient Practitioner Interaction, “Developing rapport and reducing negativity in communication using Neurolinguistic Psychology” , C.M.Davis, ed., Thorofare, NJ, Slack Publishers,  139-159, 1998.

Masin, H.L., in Patient Practitioner Interaction, “Communicating with Cultural Sensitivity”, C.M. Davis,  Ed, Thorofare, NJ,  Slack Publishers, 159-178, 1998
 
Masin, H.L., Vergara E.R., Adams, S., and Beckman D. in Contemporary Therapies for Infants and Toddlers: Preferred Approaches in Implementing Early Intervention, M. Graham and D Bryant, Ed, New York, Guilford Press, 253-287, 1993.    

Juried or Refereed Journal Articles:
Education in the Affective Domain: A method/model for teaching professional behaviors in the classroom and during advisory sessions. Journal of Physical Therapy Education. Vol 16, no 1, Spring 2002, 37-45

Integrating the Use of the Generic Abilities, Clinical Performance Instrument, and Neurolinguistic Psychology Processes for Clinical Education Intervention. Physical Therapy Case Reports.   Nov 2000; 3:6: 258-266

Perceived Maternal Knowledge and Attitudes toward Physical Therapy during EarlyIntervention in Cuban American and African American Families”. Pediatric PhysicalTherapy 1995; 7: 118-123.

Roach KE, Lee D, Masin H, Braceras RM, Faust JD, Larrauri N, Trigo AC. Health beliefs concerning the efficacy of exercise and the prevention of musculoskeletal injuries in fire rescue workers.  Physical Therapy  79: S61, 1999.

Rine RM, Masin H, and Keir E. The effect of supine stander vs chair on target behaviors:  a case study.  Physical Therapy.  1992. 72;6:S31.

Other works and Publications:
MITCH Module revision 2000—Model Interdisciplinary Training for Children with Handicaps—a curriculum for training non-professionals how to work with infants, toddlers, and preschoolers with multiple handicaps

Doctoral Dissertation -1992 - Perceived Maternal Knowledge and Attitudes toward Physical Therapy During Early Intervention in Two Ethnic Groups

MITCH Module, 1989- Model Interdisciplinary Training for Children with Handicaps- a curriculum for training non-professionals how to work with preschoolers with multiple handicaps

Master's thesis - Emory University, 1977. Creative Movement as a Means of Affecting the Development of Body Image in the Physically Handicapped Child

Funded Research

Agency:  Foundation for Physical Therapy: 
Evaluating the Effectiveness of Physical Therapy Intervention for Children
Title: Examination of the Effect of Exercise on Motor Development in Children with Hearing Loss
PI:  Rose Marie Rine
Role: Collaborator
Date of Funding: 01-01-2000 through 01-01-2001
Total funding: $40,000.00
Status: FUNDED, in progress

Agency:  National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Small Grants Program; Rehabilitation Section.
Title: Improvement of Motor and Vestibular Function in Children #PA-96-025
PI:  Rose Marie Rine
Role: Collaborator
Date of Funding: April 1, 2000 through April 1, 2002
Total Funding: $147,174.00
Status: FUNDED and in progress

Agency: Florida Department of Health, and Florida State University Center for Prevention and Early Intervention Policy
Title: TANF/WAGES Brain Development Training Project
PI:  Mimi Graham
Role:  Collaborator
Total Cost: $1,392,960
Date funded: Oct 25, 1999
FUNDED and in progress

Agency: CDC, NIOSH
Title: An Intervention to Prevent Low Back Pain in Fire Rescue Workers
PI:  Kathryn E. Roach
Role: Collaborator
Total cost: $748,346
Submitted: 2/26/99—first phase funded, second phase pending
Study period: 12/01/99-11/30/02
  
Agency:  Foundation for Physical Therapy Research, Dissertation Grant, APTA
Title:  Perceived Maternal Attitudes toward Physical Therapy during Early Intervention in Cuban American and African American Families
PI:  Helen Masin
Date of funding: 1992
Total cost:  $3,000