Mary V. Donohue PhD, OT/L, FAOTA
Profile Your Group's Social Levels
SOCIAL PROFILE
MARY DONOHUE
A semi-retired clinical professor of psychosocial occupational therapy who taught at NYU for twenty years. Her specialty is activity group process and profiles.
SOCIAL PROFILE
For the Assessment of Social Participation in Children, Adolescents and Adults

About Mary
Donohue
Mary V Donohue, PhD, OTL, FAOTA has studied assessment tool development at the post-doctoral level, and carried out research with occupational therapy graduate students and clinicians in community and clinical settings to establish the validity, reliability and sensitivity of the Social Profile. Read More
What is the Social
Profile?
The Social Profile is a measure of social participation in activity groups that range from the family, to schools, to clinics, to clubs, cultural groups, sports groups and community groups. It is designed as a developmental sequence of interactive abilities in groups. Read More
The Five Levels of Social Participation
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Parallel Participation Level
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Associative Participation Level
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Basic Cooperative Level
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Supportive Cooperative Level
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Mature Level Learn More
The Social Profile in Your Group
Teachers may wonder why some classroom groups function better than others. The Social Profile can help them understand why, and what skills can be introduced to improve group learning and social participation through cooperation. Learn More
Research
Research using the Social Profile has been carried out in metropolitan and suburban pre-schools, playgrounds, senior centers and on psychiatric units in a major medical center, examining validity, reliability and sensitivity of the tool. Read More
Publications
Social Profile is just the latest of Mary V. Donohue's many publications. You can see a listing of her published works in the USA, Canada and Australia, as well as links to abstracts and samples.