Biography

Dr. Amy Lynch is an associate professor of instruction in the College of Public Health in the occupational therapy program. She completed her MS in occupational therapy at Tufts University and her PhD at University of Delaware with a focus on infant development. She has been practicing with the pediatric population her entire career. Dr. Lynch has clinical expertise in children who have experienced neglect, abuse, and institutionalization; children with autism, as well as children with sensory integration problems, feeding/ oral motor dysphagia, brain injury, and cerebral palsy. She is certified in the Sensory Integration and Praxis Tests (SIPT) and Infant Massage. She has completed the 8-week training in Neurodevelopmental Treatment. Dr. Lynch has traveled to Romania and Russia, providing training at the county, institution, and foster family levels. Her post doctoral training has included intensive training and educator status for Trust Based Relational Intervention (Dr. Karyn Purvis, Texas Christian University) and Phase 1 certification in Bruce Perry's NMT measure (Child Trauma Academy). Dr. Lynch was the Manager of the OT Department at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) for 5 years as well as the Clinic Coordinator for the International Adoption Health Program at CHOP for over 15 years. She has presented regionally, nationally, and internationally in topics including but not limited to: trauma, early adversity, feeding, sensory integration, NDT, international adoption medicine, and developmental care.

Education

• PhD, Biomechanics and Movement Sciences, University of Delaware
• MS, Occupational Therapy, Tuft's University
• BA, Psychology, Gettysburg College

Curriculum Vitae