Eileen Richter, MPH, OTR/L, FAOTA
www.richterair.com - contact: richterairx1@gmail.com
www.eileenrichter.com
www.richterair.com - contact: richterairx1@gmail.com
www.eileenrichter.com
Eileen Richter has over 40 years of pediatric experience in a variety of settings, including children's hospitals, public schools, preschools and neonatal intensive care units. She has extensive background in sensory integration theory and treatment, is NDT certified, and has completed the NDT Baby Course. She has lectured throughout the United States, Europe, South America and Asia on topics related to sensorimotor integration, oral motor/respiratory development and pediatric occupational therapy. She helped establish and Co-Directed the Avanti Camp in Wisconsin (a sensory integration summer camp for children with sensory processing disorders) for many years. Ms. Richter has been instrumental in bringing continuing education opportunities to thousands of therapists around the country through Professional Development Programs and is now developing therapeutic equipment and other resources under the brand Richter Active Integration Resources.
Eileen developed the Baby Boundex™ , a unique clinical piece of equipment that is being produced and marketed by Tumbl Trak.
Ms. Richter has published several professional books and articles on sensory-motor integration assessment and treatment for children with developmental delays and sensory processing problems.
Education and Training:
BS in Occupational Tlherapy, 1969; College of St. Catherine
MPH in Maternal & Child Health, 1986; University of Minnesota
NDT Certification, 1978
AOTA TOTEMS Trainer, 1980 (Training: Occupational Therapy Education & Management in the Schools)
Publications:
1) Sensorimotor Integration for Developmentally Disabled Children; A Handbook, 2nd Edition Montgomery, Richter. Western Psychological Services, Inc., Log Angeles, California, 1991.
2) The Effect of Sensory Integrative Therapy on the Neuromotor Development of Retarded Children , Montgomery, Richter. Journal of the American Physical Therapy Association. July, 1977.
3) Assessment: The Client with Mental Retardation, Richter. Sensory Integration SIS Newsletter, Vol. 9, No. 1, March, 1986, AOTA.
4) Sensorimotor Performance Analysis, Richter, Montgomery. PDP Press, Inc., 1989.
5) Environmental Matrices for Sensory Integrative Treatment, Richter, Oetter, In Environment: Implications for Occupational Therapy Practice, Merrill, S., Ed. AOTA, Rockville, MD 1990.
6) Camp Avanti: A wholistic model for advanced sensory integration treatment. E. Richter & C. Colangelo. In Current Topics in Sensory Integration, Sensory Integrational International, Torrance, CA: 1992.
7) MORE: Integrating the mouth with sensory and postural functions. P. Oetter, E. Richter & S. Frick. Therapro, Framingham, MA.
8) Out of the Mouths of Babes: Discovering the Developmental Significance of the Mouth, 1996. Frick, Frick, Oetter and Richter. Therapro, Framingham, MA.
Recognition and Awards:
AOTA Roster of Fellows, 1989: “in recognition of having skill and knowledge which has resulted in the growth and improvement of occupational therapy.”
AOTA Service Award, 1996: for service as the Minnesota Occupational Therapy Association representative to the RA.
Minnesota Occupational Therapy Association Communication Award, 1996.
Charter member of the Leaders and Legacies Society of the American Occupational Therapy Foundation
Eileen developed the Baby Boundex™ , a unique clinical piece of equipment that is being produced and marketed by Tumbl Trak.
Ms. Richter has published several professional books and articles on sensory-motor integration assessment and treatment for children with developmental delays and sensory processing problems.
Education and Training:
BS in Occupational Tlherapy, 1969; College of St. Catherine
MPH in Maternal & Child Health, 1986; University of Minnesota
NDT Certification, 1978
AOTA TOTEMS Trainer, 1980 (Training: Occupational Therapy Education & Management in the Schools)
Publications:
1) Sensorimotor Integration for Developmentally Disabled Children; A Handbook, 2nd Edition Montgomery, Richter. Western Psychological Services, Inc., Log Angeles, California, 1991.
2) The Effect of Sensory Integrative Therapy on the Neuromotor Development of Retarded Children , Montgomery, Richter. Journal of the American Physical Therapy Association. July, 1977.
3) Assessment: The Client with Mental Retardation, Richter. Sensory Integration SIS Newsletter, Vol. 9, No. 1, March, 1986, AOTA.
4) Sensorimotor Performance Analysis, Richter, Montgomery. PDP Press, Inc., 1989.
5) Environmental Matrices for Sensory Integrative Treatment, Richter, Oetter, In Environment: Implications for Occupational Therapy Practice, Merrill, S., Ed. AOTA, Rockville, MD 1990.
6) Camp Avanti: A wholistic model for advanced sensory integration treatment. E. Richter & C. Colangelo. In Current Topics in Sensory Integration, Sensory Integrational International, Torrance, CA: 1992.
7) MORE: Integrating the mouth with sensory and postural functions. P. Oetter, E. Richter & S. Frick. Therapro, Framingham, MA.
8) Out of the Mouths of Babes: Discovering the Developmental Significance of the Mouth, 1996. Frick, Frick, Oetter and Richter. Therapro, Framingham, MA.
Recognition and Awards:
AOTA Roster of Fellows, 1989: “in recognition of having skill and knowledge which has resulted in the growth and improvement of occupational therapy.”
AOTA Service Award, 1996: for service as the Minnesota Occupational Therapy Association representative to the RA.
Minnesota Occupational Therapy Association Communication Award, 1996.
Charter member of the Leaders and Legacies Society of the American Occupational Therapy Foundation