Orit Schwartz, MAEd, MS OTR/L
Senior Clinical Instructor
Rehabilitation Sciences
Contact
Building & Room:
AHSB
Address:
1919 W. Taylor St.
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About
Orit Schwartz MAED, MS OTR/L is a Senior Clinical Instructor in the undergraduate Rehabilitation Sciences program. Orit is interested in community-based services and participatory approaches to educational and clinical work. Orit began her career as an adult educator with a focus on adult and family literacy. She taught, developed programs and trained literacy educators at the Howard Area Community Center and other Chicago based community organizations. After becoming an occupational therapist, Orit continued working with children and families in the Chicago Public Schools and through the Early Intervention system. Most recently, Orit has been an early intervention provider in the Child and Family Development Center at UIC.
Orit received an MA in Adult Education from National Luis University, where she later taught courses as an adjunct instructor, and an MS in Occupational Therapy from UIC. Orit has taught in the undergraduate rehabilitation sciences program since January 2017.
Selected Publications
Service to Community
Orit is working with the Hyde Park Refugee Project and with Bethany House, two local community groups dedicated to assisting asylum seekers and resettlement of refugee families in the Hyde Park neighborhood in Chicago.
Education
MS, Occupational Therapy; University of Illinois at Chicago
MA, Adult Education; National Luis University
MA, History; Northwestern University
BA, Tel Aviv University