Marine Nipiosyan, a second-year Occupational Therapy Doctorate student at Hanover College, recently completed her internship with TFA and an impactful…

We’re proud to share the successful completion of the Azad 3D Birthright Armenia Alumni Microgrant, submitted by TFA members Armineh…

As Therapist for Armenia (TFA) celebrates its 6th anniversary, we proudly reflect on a mission that remains at the heart…

Occupational therapy student Marine presented an overview of the WHO Assistive Technology Capacity Assessment in Armenia, highlighting the country’s current…

For the first time, TFA participated in the Glendale Health Fair, an annual event co-hosted by the Armenian American Medical…

The International Centre for Disability and Rehabilitation (ICDR) at the University of Toronto, in partnership with Therapists for Armenia (TFA),…

TFA’s abstracts have been accepted to three upcoming conferences! We’ll be sharing our findings and experiences with healthcare professionals both…

Therapists for Armenia is proud to announce its membership in the World Health Organization’s Disability Health Equity Initiative Network. The…

We are so excited to welcome Marine Nipiosyan, a second-year Occupational Therapy Doctorate (OTD) Student from Hanover University, to our…

We are very excited for our Azad 3D- 3D Printed Devices for Independent Living project to be selected as a…

Reunited in Armenia with our incredible 2023 Interdisciplinary Rehabilitation Fellowship (IRF) alumni! Co-founded by Therapists for Armenia, this fellowship brought…

In early July, Therapists for Armenia was proudly represented at the Armenian Medical World Congress in Madrid, Spain! Our very…

Our June ECHO session brought together 60 rehabilitation specialists from the U.S. and Armenia to collaborate on a complex pediatric…

TFA member Tamara Zakarian has been working closely with our new partner, the Meghri Rehabilitation Center, to help expand and…

Our newest additions to the TFA Resource Library include Independence in Dressing: Adaptive Equipment Guide and Independence in Eating: Adaptive…

2024 marked the five-year anniversary of Therapists for Armenia! Thank you to everyone who came out to celebrate with us…

At our May member meeting, we had the honor of welcoming Cody McDonald, PhD, MPH, CPO, Assistant Professor at University…

This month at our monthly member meeting we welcomed guest speakers and post-doctoral fellows in neuropsychology Maral Aghivinian and Lily…

Therapists for Armenia is excited to announce our new partnership with the Meghri Rehabilitation Center. Meghri is a town in…

Therapists for Armenia hosted our inaugural ECHO Session, featuring a collaborative case discussion using a real case from Armenia, presented…

We are grateful to our TFA members who hosted holiday fundraisers over in their communities across New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Connecticut,…

As a national organization of dedicated volunteers spread across seven states, most of our interactions happen virtually. However, we treasure…

This month, Therapists For Armenia proudly celebrates its fifth anniversary, honoring a journey to sustainably strengthen rehabilitation and disability services…

TFA founder & director, Armineh Babikian, was an invited panelist at the American Academy of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (AAPM&R)…

TFA founding director, Armineh Babikian (Canada), and IRF fellow, Tatev Ghazaryan (Armenia), presented at the 1st Occupational Therapy Europe Congress…

We are excited to announce that TFA was one of the 10 global recipients of the Armenia 2041 Galvanizing Diaspora…

We are very proud to have helped develop Armenia’s first “Guide to Dressing & Feeding Aids” with our partners at Disability…

Five of our members traveled to Armenia to on our first ever Service & Learning trip. During this 10-day trip…

On our Service & Learning Trip, we had the honor of meeting with the High Commissioner of Diaspora Affairs of…

In July 2024, we will embark on our first service and learning trip as an organization. Several of our volunteers…

Thanks to our board member and fundraising co-coordinator, Dr. Lusine Karapetyan, MS, MSHA, DPT, we are donating 19 physical therapy…

In honor of World Autism Acceptance Month, this month’s Collaborative Learning and Brainstorming (CoLAB) event with Stepanavan Psychopedagogical Center focused…

On April 18th, we hosted our largest webinar of the year with over 170 registrants from across Armenia! We welcomed…

Since November 2023, TFA has continued to collaborate with Disability Rights Agenda (DRA), a cross-disability organization led by persons with…

After the successful launch of our Collaborative Learning and Brainstorming (CoLAB) program last year, we are excited to announce our…

Our talented TFA member, Nathalie Halajian led a demonstration about cognitive evaluations and hospital bedside manners at the first ever…

Therapists for Armenia would like to recognize and thank our fundraising committee for organizing a fantastic fundraiser selling our one-of-a-kind…

On December 1, two of our SLPs, Kristine Movsisian and Nathalie Halajian, presented on communication and visual supports for autistic…

We are proud to announce that Therapists for Armenia has sent another batch of burn rehab supplies this week to…

Thanks to a partnership made at the 2022 WFOT Congress, TFA Founding Director, V. Armineh Babikian, was invited to be…

In addition to the donation of burn care supplies, we have also translated resources related to burn care rehabilitation including…

Now more than ever, we are grateful for World Mental Health Day 2023. This year’s campaign theme is “mental health…

Our amazing TFA member and speech language pathologist, Maral Firkatian Wozniak, hand delivered our donations to the National Burn Center…

Over the summer we had the opportunity to meet with Lilit Mnatsakanyan, director of the Republican Pedagogical-Psychological Center of Armenia…

Last month we had the opportunity to visit We Can NGO/ «Մենք Կարող ենք» ՀԿ , one of our partner…

We are so excited to visit Gyumri’s first inclusive playground at the Emili Aregak Center! We played a small role…

Our first cohort of IRF Fellows graduated and received certificates from the National Institute of Health (NIH) of Armenia! Congratulatory…

As a final step before graduation, our 28 fellows presented their capstone projects at the National Institute of Health (NIH)…

The final IRF in-person week was graciously hosted by the Armenian State Institute for Physical Culture and Sport. As a…

TFA member and physical therapist, Adrineh Mehdikhani, hosted a Tai Chi workshop for our Interdisciplinary Rehabilitation Fellowship for Armenia and…

We are so proud to have been able to sponsor the conference attendance and provide guidance for the abstract submission…

TFA had a scientific poster about the Interdisciplinary Rehabilitation Fellowship (IRF) at the 6IMCA HENAR Primary Care Satellite Symposium to…

Since December 12, over 120,000 Armenians, including 9,000 with disabilities, have been cut off from the rest of the world….

A special thank you to the Armenian Medical Canadian Association of Ontario for inviting us to celebrate their 35th anniversary….

In honor of Better Speech and Hearing Month, we invited Speech Language Pathologist and co-founder of Harmony Speech and Diagnostics,…

Lori Pogarian, MS, CCC-SLP, and Kelsey Lanman, MS, OTR/L (Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital), led the clinical instruction this month on independent…

On April 30th Therapists for Armenia launched a new initiative entitled Collaborative Learning and Brainstorming (CoLAB). During this virtual, cross-disciplinary…

IRF fellow and a speech therapist Anyush Babayan believes that the advancement of rehabilitation services holds immense significance for our…

In support of Autism Acceptance Month, TFA member and Speech Language Pathologist Kristine Movsisian M.S. CCC-SLP/GC-ASD, presented a webinar on…

Therapists for Armenia director Armineh Babikian visited EREO NGO in Vanadzor, Armenia and got a tour of the first independent…

On March 16th, our founder and executive director, Armineh Babikian, joined Lori region’s inclusive education team consisting of 31 special…

IRF co-founders Armineh Babikian and Nicholas Tavoukjian gave an overview of the IRG development, goals, structure, and accomplishments at the…

IRF fellow & occupational therapist Laura Iskandaryan stumbled upon her field by accident, but fell in love with the profession. In this…

In March of 2023, fellows from the Interdisciplinary Rehabilitation Fellowship (IRF) met for their second in-person segment after 5 months…