Dr. Parveen's Lab

Adult Neuro and Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Lab

My current areas of interest include community-based programs for different adult neurogenic disorders including Parkinson disease (PD), mild cognitive impairment, and different types of dementias. My other areas of interest include multicultural issues in Speech-Language Pathology and scholarship of teaching and learning (SOTL) in Communication Sciences and Disorders.

Courses Taught

Speech and Language Development
TBI-Dementia
Neurological Disorders

Outreach

I have been associated with the Stillwater Parkinson Disease Support Group as its group facilitator since 2015. We currently have a hybrid meeting format where participants can join us either in person or online. We have guest speakers from the local community and surrounding areas who share their knowledge and expertise related to Parkinson disease during our monthly meetings.

Please contact me if you would like to know more about the group or would like to attend one of our meetings as a guest speaker, volunteer or as a member. You can email me or call 405-744-5116 for further details. Or visit the Stillwater PD Support Group website.

We provide a SPEAK OUT!® program aimed at improving the voice and communication deficits associated with Parkinson disease (PD) and similar disorders at the OSU Speech and Hearing Clinic. In addition, we offer three LOUD Crowd® groups for folks who have completed the SPEAK OUT!® program either at our clinic or elsewhere. These groups are completely free for any person with PD who is interested to participate. Please feel free to email Mrs. Kristi Carpenter or call 405-744-8939 or the OSU Speech and Hearing Clinic at 405-744-6021 for any queries or additional information about these programs.

Stillwater CANe (Communication, Arts, Nutrition, Exercise) Project

The Stillwater CANe (Communication, Arts, Nutrition, Exercise) Project is a community-based multidisciplinary program aimed for people with Parkinson disease (PD) or other forms of PD and their family members living in Stillwater (Oklahoma) and neighboring areas. Keeping in mind the multimodality nature of PD, the program includes four different components of intervention:

Physical exercise
Speech and communication
Social and emotional support
Diet and nutrition
Arts

Any person with a diagnosis of PD or one of the PD-plus conditions is eligible to participate in any of these group activities. The program currently offers free weekly group activities for people with PD or other forms of PD. This includes physical exercises aimed at improving physical activity, balance and mobility as well as speech and cognitive activities (through SPEAK OUT!® and LOUD Crowd®) for effective communication. These groups are facilitated by trained healthcare professionals and different subject experts affiliated with OSU. Following are the different community programs currently being offered:

Weekly Exercise Group: Includes different forms of exercise routines such as standing and seated exercises, Tai Chi, boxing, and other recreational therapy-based programs.
Weekly LOUD Crowd® Group: Includes group-based maintenance of speech and cognitive skills with the use of SPEAK OUT!® and LOUD Crowd® workbooks. We have both in-person and online formats of the LOUD Crowd® group.
Monthly PD Social Group: A platform to discuss different emotional, psychological, social, and daily aspects of living with PD or different forms of PD or caring for someone with PD or different forms of PD.
Monthly PD Nutrition Group: Includes discussions about ways to become more aware of one’s diet and importance of healthy nutrition.
PD Arts Group: A platform to come together and work on different creative projects including different forms of art. No prior art experience is required to be participate in this group.

The Stillwater CANe program aims to increase education, awareness, and provide meaningful intervention to existing and newly diagnosed people with PD in a residential community in Oklahoma. The proposed project is unique in the area as it involves collaboration between faculty members of Oklahoma State University (OSU) and the local Stillwater community thereby making the best use of available expertise in PD assessment and management and available infrastructure and utilities.

The Stillwater CANe Project has recently been successfully funded by external grants since 2019. We currently receive funding from the Community Engagement Grant Program of Parkinson’s Foundation. This grant program is specifically aimed to help fund education and outreach programs that address unmet needs of individuals with PD including those living with underserved and underrepresented regions.