Editors Bio
Susanne Smith Roley, MS, OTR/L, FAOTA is an occupational therapist with over 30 years of experience in pediatrics. She obtained a BS in occupational therapy at Indiana University and an MS in allied health sciences at Boston University. Susanne is on staff at the University of Southern California, Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy as the project director for the USC/WPS Comprehensive Program in Sensory Integration. She is the coordinator of education and research at Pediatric Therapy Network and is in private practice in Orange County in Southern California. She is past chair of the Commission on Practice for AOTA; a contributing author of the Occupational Therapy Practice Framework: Domain and Process, 2002 and 2nd Editions; and past chair of the Sensory Integration Special Interest Section. She is an internationally recognized author and lecturer on the theory and application of sensory integration. She is co-editor of the books Understanding the Nature of Sensory Integration With Diverse Populations and Sensory Integration: Applying Clinical Reasoning to Diverse Populations.
Janet V. DeLany, DEd, OTR/L, FAOTA earned a doctoral degree in adult education from The Pennsylvania State University, a master’s degree in health administration from the University of Notre Dame, and a post baccalaureate certificate degree in occupational therapy from the University of Pennsylvania. She has practiced as an occupational therapist for 30 years with a focus on children and adolescents. For the past 20 years she also has been an occupational therapy educator, teaching at the associate, baccalaureate, master’s, and doctoral levels. Currently, she is professor and director of the Doctor of Science in Occupational Science program at Towson University. She serves as the chair on the AOTA Commission on Practice and was a contributing author to the Occupational Therapy Practice Framework, 2nd Edition. Her research interests include understanding the leadership and learning women in health care professions, the occupational challenges of teen mothers, and autism. She has co-written a textbook on occupational therapy practice for children and adolescents.
Contributors and Consultants to the Framework–II Revision Process
- Mary Jane Youngstrom, MS, OTR, FAOTA, is former chair of the AOTA Commission on Practice and was chair of the Commission when the first edition of the Framework was adopted.
- Carolyn M. Baum, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA, is AOTA past president.
- Ellen S. Cohn, ScD, OTR/L, FAOTA, is co-editor of Willard and Spackman, 11th Edition.