Diana A. Henry, MS, OT/L, FAOTA

Biography

Diana A. Henry, MS, OT/L, FAOTA, president of Henry Occupational Therapy Services, Inc., studied with Lorna Jean King in 1975, and then together founded what is now called the Children’s Center in Arizona. Diana opened her clinic specializing in sensory integration (SI) in 1984 and developed programs for Arizona schools.

Diana is SCSIT and SIPT certified. She received her BS in OT from Tufts University, and her MS in SI from Rush University. Diana has taught at Arizona State University; nationally to school districts, associations, and clinics; and internationally in Australia, Canada, England, France, Germany, Netherlands, Sweden, Brazil, Scotland, Ireland, and Northern Ireland. With her husband Rick, Diana produced the Tools for Teachers and Tools for Students DVDs; wrote the Tool Chest, Tools for Parents, and SI Tools for Teens handbooks; the Sensory Tools for Pets and Tools for Tots: Sensory Strategies for Toddlers and Preschoolers books; produced the Teen Sensory Tools DVD; and the Sensory Songs for Tots music CD. Diana is presently working on the Tools for Infants book, the SPM-2 Quick Tips, and Forever Winter (about NLD).

In April 2008, Diana and her colleagues were given the American Occupational Therapy Recognition of Achievement Award for developing the Sensory Processing Measure (SPM).

More information is available at www.ateachabout.com, the website of Henry Occupational Services.