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Overview

Anita Bundy is affiliated with Colorado State University in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines with a focus on psychology and social sciences, particularly in clinical psychology, education, cognitive neuroscience, psychiatry and mental health, and sociology and political science.

Their main topics of research include family and disability support, autism spectrum disorder, child therapy and development, child development and digital technology, cerebral palsy and movement disorders, occupational therapy practice and research, and behavioral and psychological studies.

Bundy has published extensively in several academic venues. Frequent publication venues include the American Journal of Occupational Therapy, OTJR Occupational Therapy Journal of Research, Journal of Occupational Therapy Education, Autism, and JMIR Research Protocols.

Notable recent papers authored or coauthored by Bundy include:

  • Pilot Study: Occupational Therapy in an Equine Environment for Youth With Autism, 2020, OTJR Occupational Therapy Journal of Research
  • A Web-Based and In-Person Risk Reframing Intervention to Influence Mothers' Tolerance for, and Parenting Practices Associated With, Children's Outdoor Risky Play: Randomized Controlled Trial, 2021, Journal of Medical Internet Research
  • Evaluation in Ayres Sensory Integration® (EASI) Vestibular and Proprioceptive Tests: Construct Validity and Internal Reliability, 2021, American Journal of Occupational Therapy
  • Can We Play Together? A Closer Look at the Peers of a Peer-Mediated Intervention to Improve Play in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder, 2020, Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
  • Can I Learn to Play? Randomized Control Trial to Assess Effectiveness of a Peer-Mediated Intervention to Improve Play in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder, 2020, Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Their research collaborations frequently involve several coauthors including:

  • Shelly J. Lane
  • Zoe Mailloux
  • Susanne Smith Roley
  • Roseann C. Schaaf
  • Reinie Cordier

Bundy's publication record demonstrates a strong contribution to studies on occupational therapy, child development, and autism spectrum disorder, often intersecting with behavioral and family-focused research. The impactful body of work spans empirical studies, interventions, and validation of assessment tools within occupational therapy and related fields.

Best Publications

  • The Cumberland ankle instability tool: a report of validity and reliability testing.

    Claire E. Hiller;Kathryn M. Refshauge;Anita C. Bundy;Rob D. Herbert

  • Sensory Integration: Theory and Practice

    Anita C. Bundy;Shelly Lane;Elizabeth A. Murray

  • Integration of balance and strength training into daily life activity to reduce rate of falls in older people (the LiFE study): randomised parallel trial

    Lindy Clemson;Maria A Fiatarone Singh;Anita Bundy;Robert G Cumming

  • The risk is that there is ‘no risk’: a simple, innovative intervention to increase children’s activity levels

    Anita C. Bundy;Tim Luckett;Paul J. Tranter;Geraldine A. Naughton

  • Assessment of Play and Leisure: Delineation of the Problem

    Anita C. Bundy

  • Sensory Integration : A. Jean Ayres' Theory Revisited

    Anita Bundy;E Murray

  • Ten ways to restrict children's freedom to play : the problem of surplus safety

    Shirley Wyver;Paul Tranter;Geraldine Naughton;Helen Little

  • Validity and Reliability of a Test of Playfulness

    Anita C. Bundy;Lori Nelson;Margaret Metzger;Kathleen Bingaman

  • Playfulness in Children With and Without Disability: Measurement and Intervention

    Ann Mari Okimoto;Anita Bundy;Jodie Hanzlik

  • Increasing physical activity in young primary school children - it's child's play: a cluster randomised controlled trial.

    Lina Engelen;Anita C Bundy;Geraldine A Naughton;Judy Simpson

  • Addressing the barriers to accessing therapy services in rural and remote areas

    Angela Dew;Kim Bulkeley;Craig Veitch;Anita Bundy

  • LiFE Pilot Study: A randomised trial of balance and strength training embedded in daily life activity to reduce falls in older adults

    Lindy Clemson;Maria Fiatarone Singh;Anita Bundy;Robert G. Cumming

  • Play theory and sensory integration

    A. C. Bundy

  • Playful interaction: occupational therapy for all children on the school playground.

    Anita C. Bundy;Tim Luckett;Geraldine A. Naughton;Paul J. Tranter

  • Test of Playfulness

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  • Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation for Stereotypic and Repetitive Behavior.

    Annette V. Joosten;Annette V. Joosten;Anita C. Bundy;Stewart L. Einfeld

  • How Does Sensory Processing Dysfunction Affect Play

    Anita C. Bundy;Sue Shia;Long Qi;Lucy Jane Miller

  • Neural Foundations of Ayres Sensory Integration

    Shelly J. Lane;Shelly J. Lane;Zoe Mailloux;Sarah Schoen;Anita Bundy

  • The Sydney playground project: popping the bubblewrap--unleashing the power of play: a cluster randomized controlled trial of a primary school playground-based intervention aiming to increase children's physical activity and social skills.

    Anita C Bundy;Geraldine A Naughton;Paul Tranter;Shirley Wyver

  • The Treasure in Leisure Activities: Fostering Resilience in Young People who are Blind:

    Glenda M. Jessup;Elaine Cornell;Anita C. Bundy

  • Sensory processing and stereotypical and repetitive behaviour in children with autism and intellectual disability

    Annette V. Joosten;Annette V. Joosten;Anita C. Bundy

  • A model for play‐based intervention for children with ADHD

    Reinie Cordier;Anita Bundy;Clare Hocking;Stewart Einfeld

Frequent Co-Authors

Stewart L. Einfeld
Stewart L. Einfeld University of Sydney
Lindy Clemson
Lindy Clemson University of Sydney
Scott Griffiths
Scott Griffiths University of Melbourne
Louise A. Baur
Louise A. Baur University of Sydney
Gwynnyth Llewellyn
Gwynnyth Llewellyn University of Sydney
Elias Mpofu
Elias Mpofu University of North Texas
Susan Hepburn
Susan Hepburn Colorado State University
Eric Emerson
Eric Emerson Lancaster University
Roger J. Stancliffe
Roger J. Stancliffe University of Sydney
Wendy Wood
Wendy Wood University of Southern California

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