Lorie Kramer

October 31, 2024

Guest Lectures
Group Work
Guest Lecturer for HPA 57
Hazleton, PA

Beth Greenberg, instructor for the course, contacted me and requested I provide a guest lecture on group work to the Consumer Choices in Health Care HPA 57 course. ​I developed a lecture specifically for her class and incorporated group ​activities throughout the lecture.

April, 2024

Presentations
Service-Learning Project Presentations
PSU Hazleton Library Speaker Series: Service-Learning Project Presentations
Hazleton, PA

Students in RHS 303 and PTA 285 presented on their semester long service-learning projects. Gina Tarud and I reviewed all presentations prior to the presentation date and organized the presentation through the Library's Speaker Series. The ​presentations were open to the entire campus community.

November 12, 2023

Presentations
Internships: A Path to a Human Servicces Career
National Organization for Human Services
Old Alexandria, Virginia

November 11, 2023

Presentations
Toxicity in Society
National Organization for Human Services
Old Alexandria, Virginia

April 12, 2023

Presentations
Toxicity in Society
PA Rehabilitation Association 2023 Professional Development Institute
Harrisburg, PA

This presentation will cover the following topics related to social toxicity:
Toxic Gender Roles, Toxic Workplace, Toxic Relationships, Toxic Social Media, Toxic School Environment, Toxic Positivity, and Toxic Wellness Culture. Objectives for the presentation: Participants will learn the definitions of different types of toxicity in our society today and the negative impact they have on psychological well-being. Participants will learn ways to reduce the negative effects of these psychosocial stressors. Participants will engage in an activity that will enhance their understanding of these concepts and interventions.

March 20, 2023

Presentations
A Journey Through the Past: The 2023 Rehabilitation and Human Services Visit to Eastern State Penitentiary and Pennhurst
PSU Hazleton Library Speaker Series
Hazleton, PA

Presentation to the Hazleton campus about the RHS field trip to Eastern State Penitentiary and Pennhurst in October 2022. Two students who attended the trip shared about their learning experience at each of the sites. The presentation was part of the library's Speaker Series.

February 16, 2023

Posters
Cooperative Learning: The Tale of Merging Two Classes for a Project in Designing Physical Activities for People with Disabilties
Virginia Tech Conference on Higher Education Pedagogy
Blacksburg, VA

This presentation describes a cooperative learning activity which merged two classes from different disciplines to participate in a creative assignment. Students from a kinesiology course and a rehabilitation & human services course were brought together over a week’s time to research and design physical activities for people with disabilities. Students demonstrated their activities and participated in each activity, gaining insight and an understanding of the importance of physical movement and wellness for people of all abilities. The presentation will detail the project’s development, planning, logistics, learning curve, and will show a student- created video of the students completing the project.

August 18, 2022

Presentations
Meeting the Vocational Rehabilitaiton and Employment Needs of Individuals with Severe Mental Illness
Luzerne County Communities That Care Expo
Wilkes-Barre, PA

Presentation provided participants with an overview of employment barriers for people with severe mental illness, ideas for how to work and support these consumers, and how to expand these ideas beyond those with severe mental illness to other disabilities as well. A case study was used to wrap up and show ideas put into practice.

March 31, 2022

Panels
Women's Forum- Providing Healing, Promoting Hope
Women's Forum
PSU Hazleton campus

As part of Women's History Month, I was Invited to be part of a panel discussion on campus to share my views on the importance of women in the helping professions. The panel of four women took turns answering questions and having a discussion related to their personal views on inspiring women and their accomplishments, views on women and covid, and advice for practicing self-care. The panel also shared what led them into the helping professions.

February 10, 2022

Posters
International Virtual Cross-Cultural Collaboration
Virginia Tech Conference on Higher Education Pedagogy
Blacksburg, VA

Presented poster at the conference on the international collaboration assignment done between PSU Hazleton and the United Arab Emirates University. Information was shared on how the collaboration was formed, strategies for working internationally, and the benefits for student learning.

February 23, 2021

Guest Lectures
Disability Awareness: Life Without Limits
United Arab Emirates University Physical Education Seminar
Held virtually

Karen Stylianides and I were invited to present at a seminar for the UAEU. We met on 1/21/21 for planning purposes. Meeting again on 2/18/21 and finalizing the presentation on 2/22/21. The presentation was for the physical education and special education departments and for both faculty and students. The presentation was well-received and a true pleasure to present to an international audience.

February 23, 2021

Brown Bag Presentation
Zoomed Out: The Exhaustion of Teaching Online
PSU Hazleton Campus Brown Bag Presentation
Held virtually

Karen Stylianides and I provided a brown bag presentation for campus. We led a conversational sessions regarding the challenges of teaching through Zoom and the fatigue that can result.

February 4, 2021

Presentations
Zoomed Out: The Exhaustion of Teaching Online
Virginia Tech Conference on Higher Education Pedagogy
Held virtually this year

Karen Stylianides and I presented at the conference on Feb 4, 2021. We led a conversational session about using Zoom for teaching and the fatigue/exhaustion that can result from using videoconferencing to teach.

October 24, 2018 - October 27, 2018

Presentations
"Penn State in Motion: An Undergraduate Experiential Learning Innovation Bridging Educators, Human Service Providers, Students and Those With Disabilities."
National Organization for Human Services National Conference
Philadelphia, PA

Attended and presented at the national, annual conference of NOHS. Attended various break-out informative sessions and key note addresses. Presented at the conference as well. The title of my presentation was "Penn State in Motion: An Undergraduate Experiential Learning Innovation Bridging Educators, Human Service Providers, Students and Those With Disabilities."

March 13, 2018 - March 15, 2018

Presentations
"Experiential Learning Innovations in an Undergraduate Rehabilitation Course: Penn State in Motion."
Council on Rehabilitative Education (CORE) National Conference
Anaheim, CA

Attended and presented at the national, annual conference of CORE. Attended various break-out informative sessions and key note addresses. Presented with Dr. Garrett Huck at the conference as well. The title of our presentation was "Experiential Learning Innovations in an Undergraduate Rehabilitation Course: Penn State in Motion."

September 18, 2017

Brown Bag Presentation
Real World Learning Experience: RHS 100 "Penn State in Motion"
PSU Hazleton Campus Brown Bag Presentation
PSU Hazleton

Lorie Kramer & Karen Stylianides will present on the labs they collaborated and created in Fall 2015 called “Penn State in Motion.” Students in the RHS 100 course participate in two labs each semester. The class invites residents from local rehabilitation and skilled nursing homes to our campus gymnasium for light physical activities and games. The labs provide a real world opportunity for students to interact and connect through physical activity with people who have may have disabilities.
The presentation will include:
•the learning objectives for the course and labs
•the organization and planning of the labs
•how a Teaching Project Grant from the Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence helped to purchase additional
equipment and supplies
•reflective comments from the students and invited participants
•a short video of the labs
•future ideas and hopes to expand the labs