Dr. Naomi Ferziger

Dr. Naomi Ferziger

Academic Director, Ono International School Senior lecturer in the Department of Occupational Therapy

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Naomi Ferziger is an occupational therapist and holds a Ph.D. in Neuroscience. She is a senior lecturer and former director of the Occupational Therapy Department at Ono. Throughout her 25 years of clinical practice and research, she has developed advanced tools for evaluating and treating multiply challenged pediatric populations.

Education

.B.O.T

Occupational Therapy, New York University (1987).

M.A.

Neuroscience, Bar-Ilan University (2007).

.Ph.D

Neuroscience, Bar-Ilan University (2011).

Teaching Areas

Neuropsychology, Kinesiology, Foundations of Occupational Therapy, Theory and Practice

Research interests

Multisensory Integration, Sensory Processing, Cerebral Visual Impairment

Selected Publications

Ferziger, N., Feldman, R., & Zivotofsky, A. (2025). Gaze responses in children with cerebral palsy, cerebral visual impairment, and severe intellectual and developmental disabilities. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 10.1111/dmcn.16426.
Segev-Raz, L., & Ferziger, N. (2023). Generation Z's Perception of Teaching Methods for the Study of Physical Assessment in the Healthcare Professions. Journal of Allied Health, 52 (4): 297-300.
Ferziger, N. (2022). Home was not Built in a Day. In J. Tydor Baumel-Schwartz and B. Getzoff, Goodbye America: Fifty Years of American-Jewish Women's Aliyah 1967-2017, Bern: Peter Lang Publishers.
Ferziger, N.B., Dror, Y. F., Gruber, L., Nahari, S., Goren, N., Neustadt-Noy, N., ... & Erez, A. B. H. (2020). Audio Description in the Theater: Assessment of Satisfaction and Quality of the Experience among Individuals with Visual Impairment. British Journal of Visual Impairment, 0264619620912792.
Ferziger, N.B., Katz, N., Goldberg-Meyer, S., & Katz, M. (2013). A Survey to Identify and Characterize the Use of Assistive Technology to Improve Function among People with Intellectual Disabilities. http://www.kshalem.org.il/pages/item/404.
Ferziger, N.B., Nemet P., Brezner A., Feldman R., Galili G., & Zivotofsky A.Z. (2010). Visual Assessment in Children Diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy: Implementation of a Functional Questionnaire, Developmental Medicine, and Child Neurology, 5, 422-428.