PARC Webinar Series - 2025

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Greetings and Introduction

Dr. Simon-Henri Schless, PhD, Helmsley Pediatric & Adolescent Rehabilitation Research Center, Jerusalem, Israel; Senior Lecturer, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

PROMs Demystified: Everything You Need to Know About Development and Implementation

Dr. Harpreet Chhina, Dept. of Orthopaedics, BC Children’s Hospital and Dept. of Orthopaedics, Experimental Medicine, University of British Columbia Faculty of Medicine, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

LIMB-Q Kids: Focus on cultural and linguistical adaptations

Sharon Eylon, Helmsley Pediatric & Adolescent Rehabilitation Research Center, Jerusalem, Israel; Clinical Senior Lecturer, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel

The Gait Outcomes Assessment List (GOAL^TM) Questionnaire for individuals with Cerebral Palsy: Validation and clinical integration of the Hebrew version

Ruth Morgenstern, PT, Department of Physiotherapy, Tel Aviv University and Dr. Simon-Henri Schless, PhD, Helmsley Pediatric & Adolescent Rehabilitation Research Center, Jerusalem, Israel; Senior Lecturer, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

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Greetings and Introduction

Prof. Tamar Weiss, PhD, OT, Executive Research Advisor, Helmsley Pediatric & Adolescent Rehabilitation Research Center, Jerusalem, Israel; Professor emeritus, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel

Socially assistive robots: What are they and how can we use them in rehabilitation?

Associate Professor Shelly Levy-Tzedek, Director of the Cognition, Aging and Rehabilitation lab Department of Physical Therapy, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel

Beyond the Clinic: Redefining care with Socially Assistive Robots for lifespan rehabilitation

Dr. Ronit Feingold Polak, PhD PT, Herzog Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel

Socially assistive robotics as means of empowering people and improving human quality of life 

Prof. Maja J Matarić, Chan Soon-Shiong Distinguished Professor of Computer Science, Neuroscience and Pediatrics; Founding Director, USC Robotics and Autonomous Systems Center; Director, USC Robotics Research Lab, University of Southern California, USA