Assistant ProfessorSchool of Health Sciences - Occupational Therapy MS

Clinical Specialty

  • Pediatrics: School-based and Young Adult
  • Adult Health and Wellness

Education

  • Chatham University, Pittsburgh, PA, post-professional OTD
  • Dominican College, Orangeburg, NY, BS/MS
  • Suffolk County Community College, AAS

Honors and Awards

  • Distinguished Academic Achievement, Dominican College
  • Dean’s List, Dominican College
  • Nominated, Fieldwork Educator of the Year, MOTEC
  • Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society

Publications

  • Healey, M., Finuf, K. D., Lindeman, K., Purohit, R. B., & Rini, L. M. (2025). A Holistic Treatment Team for Autism: The Professional Education Benefits of a Medical-Legal Partnership for Autism Involving Students From Graduate Programs in Law, Applied Behavior Analysis, and Occupational Therapy. Journal of Race, Gender, and Ethnicity, 13 (2), 101-130. Retrieved from https://touroscholar.touro.edu/shs_pubs/378
  • Rini, L. M., & Provident, I. (2024). Use of an Education and Coaching Intervention to Promote Occupational Balance in Graduate Occupational Therapy Students. Journal of Occupational Therapy Education, 8 (1). Retrieved from https://touroscholar.touro.edu/shs_pubs/322
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Professional Service

  • Member, NY State Department of education Board for Occupational Therapy
  • Member, American Occupational Therapy Association; NY State Occupational Therapy Association
  • AOTA Conference proposal reviewer
  • Manuscript Reviewer: Journal of Occupational Therapy Education; Health, wellbeing and occupation journal

Teaching Responsibilities

  • OTHN 652 Research Methods and Scholarly Mentorship I
  • OTHN 653 Research Methods and Scholarly Mentorship II
  • OTHN 642 Occupations Analysis and Skills Lab – Children and Adolescents
  • OTHN 645 School-Based Occupational Therapy Practice
  • OTHN 720 Occupational Justice
  • OTHN 735 Occupation and Community Health
  • OTHN 740 Leadership in Occupational Therapy and Higher Education
  • OTHN 745 Colloquium – Specialty Area of Practice