Occupational Therapy Interventions: Function and Occupations

About Catherine MerianoDonna Latella

Catherine Meriano JD MHS OTR/L is a tenured Professor of Occupational Therapy at Quinnipiac University Hamden Connecticut. Her clinical background is in acute care outpatient rehabilitation and nursing home practice. Catherine is received her certification in Advanced Online Teaching from the Online Learning Consortium and teaches in both the Post-Professional Occupational Therapy Doctorate program which is online and the traditional entry-level Masters of Occupational Therapy program. Her teaching responsibilities include Legal and Ethical classes in both programs Problem-Based Learning Documentation of practice and Administration. Her publications and presentations have included topics such as evaluation of the upper extremity dysphagia academic integrity legal issues in health care and legislative advocacy for occupational therapy. Catherine enjoys spending time in the clinic traveling with her family and spending time with her husband and two children.Donna Latella EdD OTR/L is a tenured Professor of Occupational Therapy at Quinnipiac University Hamden Connecticut. Her clinical background is in acute care outpatient rehabilitation homecare and nursing home practice. Presently Donnas clinical practice is spent between homecare outpatient as well as working as a Registered Therapist in Hippotherapy and a Certified Therapeutic Riding Instructor. Her teaching responsibilities include Research Adult Interventions Health Conditions Problem-Based Learning Capstone Graduate Project and Service Learning. Donna volunteers with her certified therapy dog pot-bellied pig and horses providing animal-assisted therapy in reading programs hospitals and day centers. Her publications and presentations have covered topics such as evaluation of the upper extremity dysphagia leadership service learning animal-assisted therapy educational malpractice and learning styles. Donna enjoys jogging horseback riding and boating with her husband two children and many pets.