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Occupational Therapy

Meet the Instructors

Toni Thompson MA, OTR/L, BCP

Ms. Thompson received her Occupational Therapy education at the University of Illinois. She earned a Masters degree in Business Administration and Management from Webster University, St. Louis, MO. Ms. Thompson holds the title of Team Leader of Occupational Therapy and Speech Pathology at the Shriners Hospital for Children of Tampa, FL. Her work experience includes service with the Peace Corps in Ecuador and Venezuela. She is board certified in SI and NDT-Pediatrics, and has written numerous articles for a variety of Occupational Therapy and Orthopedic publications. Her area of concentration is the implementation of health care programs for Hispanic populations. In 1995 she received the Award of Excellence from the Florida Occupational Therapy Association.

Susan Robertson MS, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA

Dr. Robertson received her Occupational Therapy Education at San Jose State University in San Jose, CA and her PhD in Human Development from the University of Maryland. She is currently a Mental Health Specialist in the Rehabilitation Medicine Department of the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD. Dr. Robertson has considerable experience working in psychiatric settings and with children with learning and other disabilities. Dr. Robertson has served as a staff member of the American Occupational Therapy Association and is an expert in O.T. Continuing Education. She has been a faculty member in a number of O.T. programs and has contributed greatly to the profession by numerous presentations and publications. In 1988, she was honored by being named a Fellow of the American Occupational Therapy Association.

Paula Carey MS,OTR/L

Ms. Carey received her Occupational Therapy education as a summa cum laude graduate at Utica College of Syracuse University. She is currently Program Director and a faculty member at Utica College of Syracuse University. Ms. Carey has been an OT educator for over 15 years, covering a broad range of OT topics in her teaching, including the Theory and Practice of Occupational Therapy and Psychosocial Intervention. She has written numerous articles focusing on psychosocial assessment.

Rita P. Fleming Cottrell MA, OTL, FAOTA.

Ms. Cottrell received her undergraduate and graduate Occupational Therapy education at New York University. She was a faculty member and former Program Director at the Occupational Therapy Program at Dominican College, Orangeburg, NY. She had previously been a member of the faculty at New York University specializing in psychosocial dysfunction. She is currently on faculty at the University of Scranton, Scranton, PA Ms. Cottrell has written numerous articles and books primarily in the area of mental health. Her professional presentations have focused on career mobility for COTAs as well as mental health issues. She is also the author of the National Occupational Therapy Certification Exam Review & Study Guide. In 2002, she was honored by being name a Fellow of the American Occupational Therapy Association.