Nicole LaRue, OTD, OTR/L, C/NDT

• Doctor of Occupational Therapy (post-professional): Eastern Kentucky University
• Master of Occupational Therapy: Chatham University
• Bachelor of Science in Exercise Physiology: West Liberty University

Professional Certifications

• NDT- Neurodevelopmental Treatment Technique in the Management and Treatment of Adults with Stroke and Brain Injury
• LSVT Big for Parkinson’s- Lee Silverman Voice Treatment for limb motor symptoms
• NBCOT- National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy
• AOTA Fieldwork Educator- American Occupational Therapy Association

Professional Membership

• AOTA- American Occupational Therapy Association
• WVOTA- West Virginia Occupational Therapy Association
• OOTA- Ohio Occupational Therapy Association
• NDTA- Neurodevelopmental Treatment Association

Professional Presentations

• LaRue, N.,Skubik-Peplaski, C. & Howell, D. (October 2019). The impact of mirror box therapy on patients with CVA in the acute stage of recovery.  Presentation at the Ohio Occupational Therapy Annual conference.  Sheraton Suites Akron/Cuyahoga Falls, Cuyahoga Falls, OH.
• LaRue, N.,Skubik-Peplaski, C., & Howell, D. (March 2020). The impact of education on implementation of mirror box therapy across occupational therapy practice settings. Presentation at the American Occupational Therapy Conference. Boston Convention and Exhibition Center, Boston, MA. (Conference cancelled)
• Laska, M. & LaRue,N. (June 2021).  Graded Motor Imagery:Changing How We See Recovery in the Upper Extremity. Presentation at Wheeling Hospital Hand Therapy Journal Club. Wheeling, WV.
• LaRue,N. (March 2023).  The impact of mirror box therapy on patients with CVA in the acute stage of recovery.   Presentation at NDTA 2023 Conference.  Virtual Location.

Dr. LaRue has over fifteen years clinical experience working with the adult population.  For the last decade, her area of specialty has been neuro developmental treatment techniques for adults with brain injury and stroke.  Her passion is the neurological population and improving occupational performance.  She has been very active in community support groups for these populations in the northern panhandle of our state.  She has experience in all adult practice settings with her current practice setting in outpatient rehabilitation.