Bethany M. Sloane, PT, DPT, Ph.D., PCS

  • Associate Professor of Pediatrics, School of Medicine
  • Physical Therapy Training Coordinator, LEND Program

Biography

Bethany Sloane is a physical therapist with research interests in:

  • Assistive technology
  • Mobility interventions for infants and toddlers with disabilities, specifically cerebral palsy
  • International service learning

Bethany has been a practicing physical therapist since 2009. She received her doctorate from Wheeling Jesuit University in West Virginia. She began practicing in orthopaedics following graduation and now specializes in care for children (pediatrics). She completed a pediatric physical therapy residency in 2014 at Oregon Health & Science University, where she continues to work as a faculty member.

She is the co-director of Go Baby Go Oregon. 

She is strongly interested in global health and works yearly in Merida, Mexico, to provide physical therapy services to the local community.

Education and training

  • Degrees

    • B.S., 2007, Bethany College
    • D.P.T., 2009, Wheeling Jesuit University
    • Ph.D., 2024, Oregon State University

  • Residency

    • OHSU LEND Pediatric Physical Therapy Residency Program

  • Certifications

    • Board Certified Pediatric Specialist

Areas of interest

  • Assistive technology
  • Mobility interventions for infants and toddlers with disabilities, specifically cerebral palsy
  • International service learning

Additional information

Publications

Elsevier pure profile

Publications

  • Short-Term Powered Mobility Intervention Is Associated With Improvements in Development and Participation for Young Children With Cerebral Palsy

    Physical therapy
    1. Heather A. Feldner
    2. Samuel W. Logan
    3. Sango Otieno
    4. Anna Fragomeni
    5. Carissa Kono
    6. Katie Riordan
    7. Bethany Sloane
    8. Lisa K. Kenyon

  • Tiny drivers, big decisions

    Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology
    1. Lisa K. Kenyon
    2. Bethany M. Sloane
    3. Lauren N. Beers
    4. Katelyn J. Chung
    5. Jessica Doty
    6. Amberlyn R. Erlenbeck
    7. Madeline Herrenkohl
    8. Samuel W. Logan
    9. Heather A. Feldner

  • Caregiver perspectives on powered mobility devices and participation for children with cerebral palsy in Gross Motor Function Classification System level V

    Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology
    1. Bethany M. Sloane
    2. Lisa K. Kenyon
    3. Samuel W. Logan
    4. Heather A. Feldner

  • Punk pedagogy in a course about punk

    Research in Education
    1. Samuel W. Logan
    2. Kelly D. Chandler
    3. Bethany M. Sloane

  • Quantifying Parental Perceptions of Their Experiences with Their Young Children's Use of Power Mobility Devices

    Pediatric Physical Therapy
    1. Naomi J. Aldrich
    2. Lisa K. Kenyon
    3. Rachel Lambert
    4. Kristen Marsman
    5. Malorie Vasseur
    6. Bethany Sloane
    7. Samuel W. Logan
    8. Heather A. Feldner

  • Training an Anti-Ableist Physical Therapist Workforce

    Physical therapy
    1. Cara N. Whalen Smith
    2. Susan M. Havercamp
    3. Leyla Tosun
    4. Samantha Shetterly
    5. Armin Munir
    6. Winston Kennedy
    7. Heather A. Feldner
    8. Deana Herrman
    9. Bethany M. Sloane
    10. Faye H. Weinstein

  • Commentary on "Fidelity of Delivery in a Multisite Randomized Clinical Trial of Intervention Efficacy for Infants With Unilateral Cerebral Palsy"

    Pediatric Physical Therapy
    1. Emily J. Quinn
    2. Bethany M. Sloane
    3. Elvira Manelyuk
    4. Will Waldon

  • Initial fidelity of a powered mobility intervention

    Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy
    1. Michele A. Catena
    2. Bethany M. Sloane
    3. Heather A. Feldner
    4. Lisa K. Kenyon
    5. Samuel W. Logan

  • Modified Ride-on Car Intervention for Children with Profound Intellectual and Multiple Disabilities

    Pediatric Physical Therapy
    1. Bethany M. Sloane
    2. Felicity Case
    3. Emily Quinn
    4. Hannah Sanford-Keller
    5. Samuel W. Logan

  • Powered Mobility Device Use and Developmental Change of Young Children with Cerebral Palsy

    Behavioral Sciences
    1. Samuel W. Logan
    2. Bethany M. Sloane
    3. Lisa K. Kenyon
    4. Heather A. Feldner

  • Real world tracking of modified ride-on car usage in young children with disabilities

    Journal of Motor Learning and Development
    1. Samuel W. Logan
    2. Christina M. Hospodar
    3. Kathleen R. Bogart
    4. Michele A. Catena
    5. Heather A. Feldner
    6. Jenna Fitzgerald
    7. Sarah Schaffer
    8. Bethany Sloane
    9. Benjamin Phelps
    10. Joshua Phelps
    11. William D. Smart

  • Feasibility of a Modified Ride-on Car Intervention on Play Behaviors during an Inclusive Playgroup

    Physical and Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics
    1. Samantha Mae Ross
    2. Michele Catena
    3. Erica Twardzik
    4. Christina Hospodar
    5. Erika Cook
    6. Apoorva Ayyagari
    7. Kelsey Inskeep
    8. Bethany Sloane
    9. Megan MacDonald
    10. Samuel W. Logan