Occupational Therapy

Contacts

Sally Wojnar-Horton | Head of Department  
Sally.Wojnar-Horton@health.wa.gov.au 

Occupational Therapists are committed to maximising a child’s potential for building and recovering skills that enable participation in everyday activities and occupations e.g. self-care, productivity (school, peer interaction), play, relationships and leisure, which can be disrupted as a result of disease, trauma, and medical interventions requiring admission to an acute paediatric hospital. 50% of staff have research qualifications including Masters, PhD or 1st class honours. The department also supports a university honours program linked with Curtin University. 

Key Research Areas

• Evidence Based Practice for all clinical interventions
• Therapeutic use of play
• Assessment and modification of equipment (e.g. Application of PROMs and PREMs in paediatric Occupational Therapy – A systematic review)
• Cognition (Cognitive assessment of children with acquired brain injury scoping review).