Adjunct Associate Professor
Schroeder Complex 346C
(414) 288-3378
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A former APTA Mary McMillan Scholarship Award winner, Emilie Aubert, P.T. D.P.T. M.A., graduated with her physical therapy degree from Indiana University in 1972. Mrs. Aubert joined the Marquette faculty in 1976 and currently teaches courses in Lifespan Development, Pediatric Disorders and Intervention Strategies, and Introduction to Physical Therapy. The Introduction to Physical Therapy course is an in-depth study of medical terminology and an opportunity to explore topics such as the physical therapist as a member of a medical mission team in another country, working with patients who are dying, what life is like after a spinal cord injury, and parent and family perspectives when a child or other family member has a disability.
Dr. Aubert's clinical specialty is in spina bifida, children with disabilities, and infants and toddlers who are at high risk for developmental disabilities. She has recently published 2 book chapters, “Adaptive Equipment and Environmental Aids for Children with Disabilities” and “Motor Development in the Normal Child” in the fourth edition of the physical therapy textbook, Pediatric Physical Therapy by Jan S. Tecklin. She has also been a consultant for several editions of a medical encyclopedic dictionary. Dr. Aubert is a 2001 Collegium Fellow and is very involved in Mission and Identity work at Marquette. She received a grant from Marquette's Religious Commitment Fund to develop and teach a course titled "Disability and the Christian Church". This course is open to undergraduate students with any major. The course explores the Christian Church's response to and responsibility in mental illness, genetic altering, cognitive disabilities, architectural barriers, families of person's with disabilities, beginning of life issues, end of life issues, and special needs of persons with disabilities regarding the sacraments, worship, and Christian education. Recently Dr. Aubert received a “Who Counts” curriculum development grant, through the Manresa project, to integrate quantitative reasoning and the study of global justice into her Pediatric Disorders and Intervention course.
In her free time, Dr. Aubert's interests include gourmet cooking, quilting, Navajo weaving, classical music, art museums, and Jesuit and Marquette history. She is also very active in her church. In 2002 she designed and stitched a quilted parament that now hangs in a sister church in Paderborn, Germany. In the summer of 2001 she traveled to New Mexico to learn Navajo weaving from Pearl Sunrise, through the Taos Institute of Art.
Education:
B.S. in Physical Therapy (Indiana University)
M.A. in Education (Marquette University)
D.P.T. (Simmons College)
Teaching:
Pediatric Disorders and Intervention Strategies
This course addresses developmental disabilities and other selected pediatric disorders. Concepts of physical therapy assessment, goal setting and treatment of the pediatric patient; common treatment theories and techniques and their application to children.
Lifespan Development
Selected aspects of normal human growth and development from prenatal life through middle adulthood with emphasis on the development of gross and fine motor skills.
Medical Terminology
Lecture and discussion of medical terminology for all body systems. Greek and Latin etymology, word roots, suffixes and prefixes are discussed.
Special Topics in Women’s Health
Special Topics in Pediatrics
Professional Interests:
- Education
- Neurologic disabilities and rehabilitation
- Normal development
- Developmental screening
- Spina bifida with myelomeningocele
- High risk neonates
- Pediatric disorders, habilitation, and rehabilitation
- Etymology
- Orthotics/Prosthetics
