Suzanne M WhiteSuzanne White has dedicated her entire professional career to serving clients with mental illness and developing new strategies for occupational therapy interventions within this population. In addition, she has been a tireless advocate for the right of individuals with mental illness and for the role of occupational therapy in enhancing independence, productivity and quality of life for these individuals.Suzanne received a post-professional master's degree in occupational therapy at New York University, with a specialization in vocational rehabilitation and supported employment for individuals with mental illness. In subsequent years, she applied this knowledge to developing community-based vocational and day treatment programs.She has educated Occupational Therapy Students, initially as an adjunct at New York University and then as a Clinical Associate Professor at State University of New York Downstate Medical Center. While at Downstate, Suzanne has worked with many groups of students and consumers of mental health services to develop and pilot-test a new tool, the Assessment of Time Management Skills (ATMS). She has reported positive findings about this tool's test-retest reliability.In 2010, Suzanne began working with Gunnel Janeslätt in a Swedish collaborative project titled Building Bridges to Manage Time. Their combined research provides assessment and intervention in development of time processing ability, use of cognitive and sensory strategies, remediation, and time aids. This collaboration has yielded multiple research publications including pre-and post-intervention measures of change in skills and knowledge and qualitative outcome results in daily time management. The populations researched included persons with mental or neurodevelopmental disorders including as Autism, Substance use disorders, Parents with ADHD, Youth with Intellectual Disability, and Work. Read More Read Less