The New Zealand Occupational Therapists Research and Education Trust

Inaugural grants awarded

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About the New Zealand Occupational Therapists Research and Education Trust

The NZ Occupational Therapists Research and Education Trust was established to facilitate research and education within the profession.

The NZ Occupational Therapists Research and Education Trust is registered with the Charities Commission. This means that for donations over $5, individuals can claim a donation tax credit with NZ Inland Revenue. Mäori Authorities and some companies can claim a deduction for donations made to the Trust.

2010 grants awarded

Jane Anderson and Pauline Boland have been awarded grants.

Details to come.

Inaugural grants awarded

In June 2009, Ellen Nicholson and Emma Russell were each awarded $1500 to carry out the following research:

Ellen Nicholson:

Title: Occupation in Action and in Context: Practice-Scholarship in Paediatric Occupational Therapy Practice in New Zealand.

Summary:  This project aims to investigate and affect the application of theory in the development of best practice with children and young people with physical and mental health conditions, and their families, in the New Zealand context and involves recruiting 12 paediatric occupational therapists as co-researchers to read the radically revised Enabling Occupation II text (Townsend & Polatajko, 2007), participate in collegial discussion, and contribute practice stories to an interactive discussion forum over a 9-12 month period. This project is part of an international initiative involving occupational therapy researchers in New Zealand, Australia, Canada, and Finland, describing the clinical utility and outcomes of implementation of the revised CMOP framework in a range of practice settings, using a participatory action research approach. It is intended that the proposed study with be a valuable contribution to this discussion

Ema Tokolahi:

Title: Leaping Hurdles: Evaluation of the effectiveness of an occupation-based group for children 10-14 years old addressing anxiety, low mood and occupational disruption, with a parallel parenting group

Summary: This project aims to conduct research to evaluate the effectiveness of an occupation-based anxiety and mood management group for children aged 10-14 years, (alongside a parallel parenting group).  All children referred to the group will be invited to participate in the research.  The research will use clinical measures: Beck Youth Inventory-II (BYI), Child Behaviour Checklist (CBCL), Parenting Stress Index (PSI), and Occupational Questionnaire (OQ); as well as the clinician rated Children’s Global Assessment Scale (CGAS) and Health of the Nations Outcome Scale for Children and Adolescents (HoNOSCA).  These measurement tools will be administered 3-4 times (waitlist, pre-group, post-group, 3 month follow-up) and analysed using appropriate statistical tools.  This is a new treatment initiative developed by Occupational Therapists and provided by clinicians at the Kari Centre - Auckland District Health Board’s child and adolescent mental health service.  This project is intended to comprehensively evaluate the new initiative within the service and within a New Zealand context.

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