Marilyn B. (Marli) Cole, MS, OTR/L, FAOTA, is an
occupational therapy Professor Emerita at Quinnipiac University in
Hamden, Connecticut. She is the author of Group Dynamics in
Occupational Therapy, now in its fifth edition (SLACK Incorporated,
2018). Marli also coauthored textbooks on social participation
(with Mary Donohue, 2011) and productive aging (with Karen
Macdonald, 2015) and coedited Global Perspectives in Professional
Reasoning (with Jennifer Creek, 2016), all published by SLACK
Incorporated. A graduate of University of Pennsylvania, she
practiced for 16 years in mental health, pediatrics, and
geriatrics. She holds an advanced certification in sensory
integration and has published chapters on theory development,
client-centered groups, occupational therapy in retirement,
volunteering, end of life, theories of aging, and occupational
therapy in the third age (retirement). As an educator, she taught
courses in therapeutic use of self, group leadership, frames of
reference, psychopathology, geriatrics, group dynamics, evaluation,
intervention, health conditions, problem-based learning, and
research. As a fieldwork I coordinator, she developed student
experiences in the United States, England, Costa Rica, and
Australia. Marli regularly presents at professional conferences,
including the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA), the
World Federation of Occupational Therapy, the Geriatric Society of
America (GSA), and the International Positive Psychology
Association (IPPA).
Roseanna Tufano, LMFT, OTR/L, is a Clinical Professor of
Occupational Therapy at Quinnipiac University. Since graduating
with an occupational therapy degree in 1980, she has worked along a
continuum of mental health services. Her teaching career at
Quinnipiac University began in 1984, and she has taught courses
primarily in occupational therapy theory development, health
conditions/psychopathology, group dynamics, clinical reasoning,
psychosocial adaptation to physical disorders, and mental health
assessments and interventions across the lifespan. She has
published several chapters on related topics and has presented
locally and nationally for three decades. With her advanced degree
in family therapy, Roseanna joins her husband Lou in a private
practice called Enduring Families conducting individual, couple,
marital, and family therapy. She recently served a 6-year term as
Chair of the Board for a nonprofit mental health agency. Within the
Quinnipiac University community, she advises and engages actively
with students and has received several awards.
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