Department of Occupational Therapy & Rehabilitation Counseling Faculty

Arthur E. Dell Orto

Professor of Rehabilitation Counseling; Associate Executive Director, Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation; Director, Programs in Rehabilitation Counseling

BA, MA, Seton Hall University; PhD, Michigan State University. Dr. Dell Orto’s interest is the impact of illness and disability upon the family. He has coedited and coauthored the following books: The Encyclopedia of Disability and Rehabilitation, which won the 1996 National Rehabilitation Association Excellence in Media Award; Families Living with Chronic Illness and Disability; The Resilient Family; Brain Injury and the Family; Head Injury and the Family: A Life and Living Perspective; Family Interventions Throughout Chronic Illness and Disability; Group Counseling and Physical Disability; The Psychological and Social Impact of Disability, 4 editions; and The Role of the Family in the Rehabilitation of the Physically Disabled. Dr. Dell Orto is a certified rehabilitation counselor and a licensed psychologist.

Phone: 617-353-7486 | email: ado@bu.edu