MEIRA L. ORENTLICHER, Ph.D., OTR/L
Email: meira.orentlicher@touro.edu
Position: Associate Professor; Coordinator of Research and Development

EDUCATION
• BOT, Hebrew University, Israel
• MA, Occupational Therapy, New York University
• Ph.D., Occupational Therapy, New York University
CLINICAL SPECIALTY/HONORS
• Specialty: School-based occupational therapy; Transition from school to adult life
• Recent Honors:
  • Service Commendation, American Occupational Therapy Association
  • Alice H. Hayden Award (TASH) - potential for leadership in teaching, scholarship, and service on behalf of people with significant disabilities.
RESEARCH/PUBLICATIONS
• Research Agenda: transition from school to adult life; person-centered planning.
• Recent publications: Chapter on transition in the book, "Autism: A Comprehensive OT Approach" (3rd ed., AOTA Press, 2010); CEonCD on Transition (AOTA Press; 2012)
• Numerous presentations at professional conferences.
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
• Editor, EISSIS Quarterly, EISSIS Standing Committee, AOTA
• Editor, Transition Today & Tomorrow Column, Journal of Occupational Therapy, Schools and Early Intervention
• Member: AOTA, NYSOTA, WFOT, OJOTC, TASH, CEC, Society for Disability Studies
TEACHING RESPONSIBILITIES
• OT 495-496 Research Design & Statistics I&II
• OT 695-696 Research I&II
• OT 664 Occupational Therapy Practice in Early Intervention and Schools