Faculty & Staff
Ruth S. Farber
MSW, PhD, OTR/L
Ruth S. Farber, MSW, PhD, OTR/L received her BS in Occupational Therapy from Temple University and her MSW from University of Pennsylvania, specializing in family studies, with clinical training at Philadelphia Child Guidance Clinic. Her PhD is in Counseling Psychology from Temple University and her doctoral dissertation was entitled. Career Orientation, Personality and Attitudinal Characteristics of Women in Three Family Life Cycle Groups. In the Occupational Therapy Program, Dr. Farber teaches courses regarding the psycho-social aspects of disabilities within an individual developmental and family systems perspective, as well as teaching research and doing thesis advising. She teaches in both the MOT and the DOT Programs.
Dr. Farber is on the Mayor’s Commission on People with Disabilities (Arts and Culture sub-committee), and has been studying access and barriers to participation in arts and cultural venues for people with disabilities. She has had her students participate in the Independence Starts Here: Festival of Disability Arts and Culture (http://www.independencestartshere.org/).
Dr. Farber was appointed to the Editorial Review Board for the American Journal of Occupational Therapy (1999-2001) and re-appointed (2003-2008). She is on the Steering Committee for Temple’s Center for Women’s Health Research, Leadership, and Advocacy (WHRLA). She was invited to coordinate and develop the Behavioral Research and Social Studies (BRASS) network to bring researchers studying women’s health, across disciplines together.
Dr. Farber studies the inter-relationship of role and parental participation, health, well-being and social support of mothers with multiple sclerosis (MS), and has had the support of the National MS Society in obtaining subjects. She is currently adding mothers with spinal cord injury to the study. For further information about this study, contact Ruth S. Farber (msmoms@temple.edu).
She was interviewed about her research on Mothers with MS by Medstar Television (a nationally syndicated medical news service) and this was televised on 5 stations nationally. The interview has been reviewed and placed on WebMD (http://www.webmd.com/video/mothers-with-multiple-sclerosis).
Research Grants:
(2004-2008) Farber, R. S. Examination of Maternal Role Participation, Well-being, Social Support, and Health of Mothers with Disabilities or Chronic Illnesses, Pennsylvania Department of Health, Tobacco Settlement Formula Funds, $28,000
(2002) Farber, R. S. & Koenig, K.P. Dean’s Incentive Fund. CAHP, Temple university: Fieldwork supervision project V: Examination of Supervisory Reasoning.
Publications:
Tyszka, A.C. & Farber, R.S. Exploration of Health-Promoting Behaviors, Role Participation, and Health-related Quality of Life of Women with Multiple Sclerosis (manuscript submitted for publication).
Farber, R. S. & Koenig, K. P. (2008). Facilitating clinical reasoning in fieldwork: The relational context of the supervisor and student. In B. A. Schell & J.W. Schell (Eds) Clinical Reasoning in Occupational Therapy. Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins: Baltimore, MD
DeRosier, R. & Farber, R. S. (2005). Speech Recognition Software as an Assistive Device: A Pilot Study of User’s Satisfaction and Psychosocial Impact WORK: A Journal of Prevention, Assessment & Rehabilitation (2) 125-134
Farber, R.S. (2004). Experience of Mothers with Disabilities: Learning from their Voice. In J. Olsen and S. Esdaile (Eds). Mothering occupations: Challenge, participation and agency. FA. Davis: Philadelphia.
Farber, R. S. (2000). Mothers with disabilities: In their own voice. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 54(3) 260-26 8.
Bash, D. & Farber, R. S. (1999) An examination of self-reported carpal tunnel syndrome symptoms in hand therapists; protective and corrective measures and job satisfaction. Work: A Journal of Prevention, Assessment, Rehabilitation, 13, 75-82.
Farber, R. S. & Koenig, K.P. (1999). Examination of fieldwork educators' responses to challenging fieldwork situations. Innovations in Occupational Therapy Education. 85-104.
Burleigh, S. B., Farber, R.S. & Gillard, M. (1998). Community integration and life satisfaction after traumatic brain injury: Long-term findings. American Journal of Occupational Therapy. 52 (1) 45-52.
Presentations:
Farber, R.S. & Davidoff, M. S, (2008. August). Examination of the Relationship of Role Participation, Parental Participation, and the Perception of Social Environment in Mothers with Multiple Sclerosis and Spinal Cord Injury. Poster presentation at The 14th annual North American Collaborating Center (NACC) Conference on the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) , which will be part of the 21st World Congress of Rehabilitation International (RI) in Quebec City, Canada for August, 2008 .
Farber, R.S. & Sonabend, M. (2008, March).The Relationship of Role Participation and Well-Being, in Mothers with Multiple Sclerosis or Spinal Cord Injury. Poster presentation at the Third Annual Women’s Health Interdisciplinary Research Symposium, Women, Health and Education: Promoting Women’s Health in Communities. Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
Kinnealey, M., Koenig, K.P, & Farber, R. (2007, April). The Relationship between Sensory Processing, Social Supports, and Quality of Life in Adults with Sensory Processing Disorders. Paper presented at Annual American Occupational Therapy Conference, St. Louis, MO.
Farber, R. S. (2007, March). The Mother’s Interpersonal Environment: The Relationship of Social Support, Role Participation and Maternal Role Satisfaction of Mothers with Multiple Sclerosis. Poster presentation at the Third Annual Women’s Health Interdisciplinary Research Symposium, Women, Health and Education: Creating Linkages, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
Farber, R. S. (2006, June). The Mother’s Interpersonal Environment: The Relationship of Social Support, Role Participation and Maternal Role Satisfaction of Mothers with Multiple Sclerosis. Poster session presented at the 12th Annual North American Collaborating Center Conference on ICF.?Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Farber, R. S. (2006, April). Participation and Social Support of Mothers with Multiple Sclerosis: An Exploratory Study. Paper presented at the American Occupational Therapy Association, Charlotte, NC.
Farber, R. S. (2006, March). Well-being and role participation of mothers with multiple sclerosis. Poster session presentation at the Center for Women’s Health, Research, Leadership and Advocacy, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA.
Farber, R. S. & Reese, C. (2006, March) Perception of accessibility, participation & barriers to art & cultural events for people with disabilities: An exploratory study. Poster session presented at The Inaugural Conference of the Arts and Quality of Life Research Center. Temple University, Philadelphia, PA.
Farber, R. S. (2006, February). Pregnancy and parenting with MS: Answering questions of women with MS. National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Greater Delaware Valley Chapter, Philadelphia, PA.
Farber, R. S. (2005, October). Exploring well-being, social support and participation of mothers with multiple sclerosis. Paper presented at the Pennsylvania Occupational Therapy Association Conference, Valley Forge, PA.
Farber, R. S. (2005, March). Participation and social support of mothers with multiple sclerosis: An exploratory study. Poster presentation at the Interdisciplinary Center of Excellence: Women’s Health Research and Leadership, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA.
DeRosier, R., Farber, R. S. & Perincheif, J. (2003). Speech recognition software as an assistive device: A study of users. satisfaction and psychosocial impact. Paper presented at the American Occupational Therapy Association, Washington, DC.
Hooper, B, Farber, R. S. & Schell, B.B. (2002, June). Emerging concepts in clinical reasoning: Implications for teaching and research. Paper presented at the World Federation of Occupational Therapy, Stockholm, Sweden.
Farber, R. S. (2002, May). Supervisory reasoning in fieldwork: Connection and implications for the development of clinical reasoning. Paper presented at the American Occupational Therapy Association, Miami , Florida.
Tanguay, H. & Farber, R. S., Lipsett, R. (2001, April). Coping and community integration of persons during and after rehabilitation. Presented at the American Occupational Therapy Association Conference and Exposition, Philadelphia, PA
Hanssens, T. & Farber, R. S. (2001, April). From the state hospital to the community: Personal accounts. Presented at the American Occupational Therapy Association Conference and Exposition, Philadelphia, PA.
Television, Newspaper and Other Media
Farber, R. Managing Motherhood with when you have MS. Web MD
Buck's County Courier Times (January 26, 2007). Interviewed for story. MS Presents Challenges for Moms.
K. Fratti http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/257-01262007-1260708.html
Hartford Courant (Statewide edition) (October, 2005). Interviewed for story: When Mom gets ill: Ask for help and swear off guilt, K. Megan
Interviewed by Medstar Television, specializing in Medical News & Health Information. Interview was shown by the following stations and placed on their web:
WPVI News, (ABC). HealthCheck. Mothering with MS. May 8, 2005.
(abclocal.go.com/wpvi/health/hk_articles.html)
WHOL News (ABC). Heartbeat: Mothering with MS. Peoria, Ill. March 31.2005.
(www.hoinews.com/news/features/4/1381157.html)
WSOCTV Eyewitness News. Charlotte, North Carolina. Moms with Multiple Sclerosis. March 24, 2005.(http://www.wsoctv.com/health/4314013/detail.html)
KRCG. Mothering with MS. KRCG News. Mothering with MS. “The Heartland of Missouri” March 16, 2005
WDEF News (CBS). Medical Watch. Mothering with MS. March 11, 2005
(http://www.wdef.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=WDEF/MGArticle/DEF_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1031781517484)
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