Dr. Tana Carson is and Assistant Professor of Occupational Therapy at Florida International University (FIU) in the Nicole Wertheim College of Nursing and Health Sciences. She has a Bachelor’s in Neurobiological Science, Master’s in Occupational Therapy and a PhD in Behavioral and Cognitive Neuroscience.
Dr. Carson has clinical expertise in vestibular rehabilitation, autism, ADHD, anxiety and Tics/Tourette’s. She practiced in occupational therapy at University of Florida (UF) Health’s Pediatric Outpatient Rehab Clinic at Magnolia Parke for six years and currently serves as a full-time tenure-earning faculty member (FIU).
Her research interests include evidence-based practices, sensory processing, and neurodevelopmental disorders. She has ongoing projects aimed at developing treatments to better address auditory hyper-reactivity sensory features of autism and to improve water safety for autistic people across the lifespan.
She is the Co-Founder of IMPACT Autism at UF and Kids 4 Kids USA, Inc., and serves on several professional committees including the Florida Occupational Therapy Association (FOTA) Region 7 Committee, Diversity In Aquatics Adapted Aquatics Council, Aquatic Occupational Therapy Community of Practice for the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA), and ECHO Autism - Water Safety.
research interests
Autism Decreased Sound Tolerance Water Safety Education Drowning Prevention
