Mary Ann McColl, PhD is a professor in occupational therapy at
Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, and director of research
at Queen's Centre for Health Services and Policy Research. She was
formerly the head of occupational therapy at Queen's, and before
that she was director of research at Lyndhurst Spinal Cord Centre,
Toronto, Ontario, and assistant professor in occupational therapy
at the University of Toronto. She is one of the authors of the
Canadian Occupational Performance Measure, as well as several other
books, including Introduction to Disability (McColl & Bickenbach,
1998).
Mary Law, PhD is a professor and associate dean of
rehabilitation science, associate member of the Department of
Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, and co-director of
CanChild Centre for Childhood Disability Research at McMaster
University, Hamilton, Ontario. Her clinical and research interests
centre on the development and validation of client-centered outcome
measures, evaluation of occupational therapy interventions with
children, the effect of environmental factors on the participation
of children with disabilities in day-to-day activities, and
transfer of research knowledge into practice.
Debra Stewart, MSc is an assistant clinical professor in
the School of Rehabilitation Science and a co-investigator of
CanChild Centre for Childhood Disability Research. She also
provides private, community-based occupational therapy services to
children and youth with special needs as part of REACH Therapy
Services.
Lorna Doubt, MSc has been an adjunct lecturer in School
of Rehabilitation Therapy at Queen's University and is currently a
paediatric therapy consultant for Northumberland Child Development
Centre, Port Hope, and case manager for Northern Lights Vocational
Services, Minden, Ontario.
Nancy Pollock, MSc is associate clinical professor,
School of Rehabilitation Science and co-investigator, CanChild
Centre for Childhood Disability Research. Her research, teaching,
and clinical practice focus on children and adolescents with
developmentally related occupational performance problems. She is
also one of the authors of the Canadian Occupational Performance
Measure.
Terry Krupa, PhD is an assistant professor and chair of
the Occupational Therapy Program at Queen's University. Her
research interests focus on the processes by which individuals with
psychiatric disabilities come to participate in meaningful
community occupations. Dr. Krupa is also involved in examining
interpretations of disability and how this influences service
delivery.
Penny Bryden, PhD is an associate professor and Head of the
Department of History at Mount Allison University. She is the
author of Planners and Politicians: Liberal Politics and Social
Policy, 1957-1968, which is about the design and introduction of a
national Medicare program in Canada.
"The extensive bibliography is a dream for the occupational therapy
student, and very useful and practical for all
practitioners…This book is a must-have for all
occupational therapists…An excellent publication!" — Farah
Naz Khan, Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy
"If you are teaching the labyrinth that is occupational therapy
theory or you want to revisit the roots of occupation-based
practice, then this is the book for you... The text is definitely a
worthwhile read... I would recommend this book based on its quality
organization and as an economical alternative to the current need
of purchasing several textbooks and downloading a host of articles
to cover the same material." -- Christine Wright, PhD, OTR/L,
Occupational Therapy in Health Care
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