RONDALYN VARNEY WHITNEY, PHD, OTR/L, FAOTA
Rondalyn Varney Whitney, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA, is an occupational therapist, educator, and researcher with over 20 years of experience. Her work focuses on the family as a system and she specializes in pediatric mental health and听reducing barriers to family quality of life for families of children with autism and related disorders. Dr. Whitney is a prolific author, including Nonverbal Learning Disorder: Understanding and Coping with NLD and Asperger's (TarcherPerigee, 2008); Raising Kids with Sensory Processing Disorders (Prufrock Press, 2013);听and Self-Regulation: A Family Systems Approach for Children with Autism, Learning Disabilities, ADHD & Sensory Disorders (小蝌蚪视频, 2014).听 She is a featured author in The Out of Sync Child Has Fun (TarcherPerigee, 2006), Sensory Focus Magazine, Today in OT and OT Practice.
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Dr. Whitney听presents nationally and internationally on ASD, sensory processing, family quality of life, therapeutic humor, social skills program development and related topics.听She is a pioneer of innovative social programs which serve as a model for many programs utilized today. Dr. Whitney听is a recognized听leader in the American Occupational Therapy Association and听a recipient of multiple awards for excellence. She is certified in the Sensory Integration and Praxis Test (SIPT) and has an advanced practice designation in Feeding and Swallowing from the state of California. Dr. Whitney is听an associate听professor and chair of the OT Department at the Clarkson University in the North Country of New York.听 Her听research interests are in family quality of life, family resilience, and sensory processing as a barrier or support to social participation.
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Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Rondalyn Varney Whitney maintains a private consulting practice. She is an associate professor at Clarkson University. She is an author for Perigee Press, Prufrock Press, and 小蝌蚪视频 Publishing and Media and receives royalties. She receives a speaking honorarium from 小蝌蚪视频. Rondalyn has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
听Non-financial: Dr. Rondalyn Varney Whitney is a member of the American Occupational Therapy Association and the Occupation Therapy Association of Maryland.