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Law, Mary
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Phone: (905) 525-9140 ext: 27837
Fax: (905) 524-0069
Office: Rm.412, IAHS
Email: lawm@mcmaster.ca
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Mary Law, PH.D., OT Reg (Ont), FCAOT is a Professor and associate member of the Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics at McMaster University. She holds the John and Margaret Lillie Chair in Childhood Disability Research. Mary, an occupational therapist by training, is Co-Founder of CanChild Centre for Childhood Disability Research, a multidisciplinary research centre at McMaster University. CanChild completes policy research for the Ontario Ministry of Children and Youth Services and works very closely with the Hamilton Family Network.

Mary's research centres on the development and validation of client-centred 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. In her educational activities, Mary is involved in teaching the theoretical basis of occupational therapy practice and evidence-based occupational therapy practice in the occupational therapy program, as well as supervising graduate students. Mary is the lead author of the Canadian Occupational Performance Measure, a client-centred outcome measure for occupational therapy, and has written books on Client-centred Occupational Therapy, Evidence-based Rehabilitation and Measurement of Occupational Performance. Mary has been Chair of the USA NIH Rehabilitation Research Committee and co-editor of Physical and Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics. Honours received nationally and internationally include the Muriel Driver Lectureship, the top award in Canadian Occupational Therapy; the Whittaker Award for pediatric rehabilitation research; Queen's University Legacy of Achievement Alumni Award and election to the American Occupational Therapy Foundation Academy of Research and Fellow, Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists.

Research Specialty

Mary's research centres on the development and validation of client-centred 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.

Fun Fact

Spends time in summer white water canoeing  

Lab/Research Institute

CanChild Centre for Childhood Disability Research

Courses Taught

MSc OT, RS, McMaster University
2010-2011      
RS 720: Quality of Life Measurement in Rehabilitation, Co-coordinator

2009-2010
OT Term 1: Wellness, Health & Occupation: Inquiry & Integration, Coordinator

2008 -2009
OT Term 1: Wellness, Health & Occupation: Inquiry & Integration, Coordinator
OT Term 2: Person, Environment & Occupation: PREP, Co-coordinator
RS725: Knowledge Exchange and Translation, Co-coordinator

Recent Research

Project Title: A randomized trial comparing "Push" versus "Pull" technology for mobilizing pain evidence into practice across different health professions
Investigators: MacDermid, J. & Law, M. (Co-PIs), Haynes, B. & Buckley, D.N.
Funding Agency: Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Amount: $100,000
Funding Period: July 2010 – June 2011.

Project Title: The influence of Senior Centres on participation in life activities.
Investigators: Hand, C. (PI), Wilkins, S., Letts, L. & Law, M.
Funding Agency: Canadian Occupational Therapy Foundation
Amount: $5,000
Funding Period: July 2010 – Dec 2011

Project Title: The Canadian Guide to Occupation, Health and Well-being: Consulting with Stakeholders. Investigators: Gewurtz, R. (PI), Moll, S., Krupa, T. & Law, M.
Funding Agency: Canadian Occupational Therapy Foundation
Amount: $5,000
Funding Period: July 2010 – Dec 2011.

Project Title: Disability policy alliance: learning collaborative and equity coalition
Investigators: McColl, M.A. (PI), Aiken, A., Kobayashi, A., Gold, D. Ouellette-Kuntz, H., Bickenbach, J., Norman, K., Jongbloed, L., Law, M., Timmons, V., Boyce, W., Moore, C., Hinton, D., Waxman, E., Hum-Antonopoulos, K., Beck, M., Abdou, S., Christianson, S. & Adair, W.
Funding Agency: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council
Amount: $1,000,000.00
Funding Period: May 2009 – April 2016

Project Title: CanChild, Centre for Childhood Disability Research
Investigators: Missiuna, C., Rosenbaum, P., Law, M., Russell, D., Gorter, J., Kertoy, M., Wright, V., Hanna, S., Bartlett, D., Cairney, J., Dematteo, C., Gaines, R., Klassen, A., Palisano, B., Petrenchik, T., Pollock, N., Stewart, D., Walter, S.
Funding Agency: Ontario Ministry of Health and Long Term Care
Amount: $526,500
Funding Period: 2008-09. 

Project Title: Understanding transitional tensions for youth with disabilities in Canada: Identifying research gaps.
Investigators: D. Stewart, M. Law, N. Young, H. Healy, M. Forhan, J. Burke-Gaffney, & M. Freeman.
Funding Agency: HRSDC
Amount: $51,640.75
Funding Period: Feb, 2008 – Nov, 2008

Project Title: Evaluation and Sustainability of the Youth KIT. D.
Investigators: Stewart (PI), L. Shimmell, C. Missiuna, M. Law,  J. Burke-Gaffney, M. Freeman, N. Leslie, C. Fisher.
Funding Agency: Pollock Foundation
Amount: $12,500
Funding Period: 2008-09. 

Project Title: Development of Measures of Participation and Environment for Children with Disabilities.
Investigators: W. Coster, M. Law, G. Bedell (Co-PIs)
Funding Agency: US Department of Education, National Institute for Disability and Rehabilitation Research
Amount:  $ 587,616
Funding Period: Oct1, 2007 – Aug 31, 2011

Project Title: Defining the effect and mediators of two knowledge translation strategies designed to alter knowledge, intent and clinical utilization of rehabilitation outcome measures.
Investigators: J. Macdermid (PI), M. Law, P. Solomon, P. Stratford.
Funding Agency: Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Amount: $199,396
Funding Period: July 2007 – June 2009

Project Title: Determinants of Quality of Life and Participation in Leisure Activities in Adolescents with Cerebral Palsy
Investigators: A. Majnemer (PI), L. Lach, M. Law, N. Schmitz, M. Shevell.
Funding Agency: Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Amount: $300,836
Funding Period: July 2007 – June 2011

 
Recent Publications


Books
Law, M. & McColl, M. (2010). Interventions, Effects, and Outcomes in Occupational Therapy: Adults and Older Adults. Thorofare, NJ: Slack Incorporated.

Law, M. & MacDermid, J., editors (2008). Evidence-based rehabilitation: A guide to practice, 2nd edition. Thorofare, NJ: Slack Incorporated.

Book Chapters
Law, M. & King, G. (In press). Participation of children with physical disabilities. In D. Pierce, Occupational Science for Occupational Therapy, Thorofare, NJ: Slack Inc.

Bedell, G., Khetani, M.A., Coster, W.J., Law, M. & Cousins, M. (In press). Community, social and civic life. In A. Majnemer (ed), Measures of outcomes and their determinants for children and youth with developmental disabilities. Mac Keith Press.

Khetani, M.A., Bedell, G., Coster, W.J., Cousins, M. & Law, M. (In press). A review of existing measures addressing the physical, social, and attitudinal factors associated with the social participation of children with disabilities. In A. Majnemer (ed), Measures of outcomes and their determinants for children and youth with developmental disabilities. Mac Keith Press.

Case-Smith, M.J., Law, M., Missiuna, C., Pollock, N., & Stewart, D. (In press). Foundations for Occupational Therapy Practice with Children. In J. Case-Smith (Ed.), Occupational therapy in pediatrics (6th ed). New York: Williams & Wilkins.

Law, M. & Stewart, D. (2010). Getting out there: Transitions to adulthood. In K. Dodd, C. Imms & N. Taylor, editors. Treatment for Children with Cerebral Palsy. London, EN: MacKeith Press.

Frank, G., Baum, C. & Law, M. (2010). Chronic conditions, health and well-being in global contexts: Occupational therapy in conversation with critical medical anthropology. In L. Manderson & C. Smith-Morris, eds. Chronic Conditions, Fluid States: Globalization and the Anthropology of Illness. Rutgers University Press.

Law, M. & McColl, M.A. (2010). Occupational Therapy:  Interventions, Effects & Outcomes. In M. Law & M.A. McColl. Interventions, Effects, and Outcomes in Occupational Therapy: Adults and Older Adults. Thorofare, NJ: Slack Incorporated.

Di Rezze, B., Bradley, L., Law, M. & McColl, M.A. (2010). Scoping Review, Literature Search and Study Selection. In M. Law & M.A. McColl. Interventions, Effects, and Outcomes in Occupational Therapy: Adults and Older Adults. Thorofare, NJ: Slack Incorporated.

Law, M. & McColl, M.A.  (2010). Participation in Daily Occupation Outcomes. In M. Law & M.A. McColl. Interventions, Effects, and Outcomes in Occupational Therapy: Adults and Older Adults. Thorofare, NJ: Slack Incorporated.

Law, M. & Gewurtz, R. (2010). Productivity – Work and Volunteer Work Outcomes. In M. Law & M.A. McColl. Interventions, Effects, and Outcomes in Occupational Therapy: Adults and Older Adults. Thorofare, NJ: Slack Incorporated.

Law, M., Di Rezze, B. & Bradley, L. (2010). Environmental Outcomes. In M. Law & M.A. McColl. Interventions, Effects, and Outcomes in Occupational Therapy: Adults and Older Adults. Thorofare, NJ: Slack Incorporated.

Law, M. & Gewurtz, R. (2010). Psychological-emotional Outcomes. In M. Law & M.A. McColl. Interventions, Effects, and Outcomes in Occupational Therapy: Adults and Older Adults. Thorofare, NJ: Slack Incorporated.

Law, M. & McColl, M.A. (2010). Conclusions and Recommendations. In M. Law & M.A. McColl. Interventions, Effects, and Outcomes in Occupational Therapy: Adults and Older Adults. Thorofare, NJ: Slack Incorporated.

Journal Articles

Bedell, G. M., Khetani, M. A., Cousins, M. A., Coster, W. J., & Law, M. C. (In press)  Parent Perspectives to Inform Development of Measures of Children’s Participation and Environment. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.

Forhan, M*., Law, M. Vrkljan, B. & Taylor, V. (In press). Participation Profile of Adults with Class III Obesity. Occupational Therapy Journal of Research.

Law, M. (2010). Learning by Doing:  Creating Knowledge for Occupational Therapy. World Federation of Occupational Therapists Bulletin.

Bourke-Taylor, H*., Howie, L., Law, M. & Pallant, J.F. (In press). Self reported mental health of mothers with a school aged child with a disability in Victoria: a mixed method study. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health.

Bourke-Taylor, H*., Howie, L., Law, M. & Pallant, J. (In press). Development of the Health Promoting Activities Scale (HPAS) for measurement of adult’s participation in leisure. American Journal of Occupational Therapy.

Majnemer, A., Shevell, M., Law, M., Poulin, C. & Rosenbaum, P. (in press). Level of motivation in mastering challenging tasks in children with cerebral palsy. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology.

Forhan, M*., Law, M., Vrkljan, B. & Taylor, V.H. (2010). The experience of participation in the occupations of everyday living for adults with obesity. The Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 77:208-216.

Dhillon, S. K., Wilkins, S., Law, M. C., Stewart, D. A., & Tremblay, M. (2010). Advocacy in occupational therapy: Exploring clinicians’ reasons and experiences of advocacy. Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 77, 237-244. doi: 10.2182/ cjot.2010.01.00 

King, G., Petrenchik, T., DeWit, D., McDougall, J., Hurley, P. & Law, M. (2010). Out-of-school time activity participation profiles of children with physical disabilities: a cluster analysis. Child: Care, Health and Development, 36(5), 726 - 741 .

Jarus T., Anaby D., Bart O., Engel-Yeger B., & Law M. (2010). Participation throughout childhood – what is to be expected?  British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 73(8), 344-350.

Majnemer, A., Shevell, M., Hall, N., Poulin, C., Law, M. & Rosenbaum, P. (In press). Developmental and functional abilities in children with cerebral palsy as related to pattern and level of motor function. Journal of Child Neurology.

Missiuna, C., Dematteo, C., Hanna, S., Mandich, A., Law, M., Mahoney, W. & Scott, L. (2010). Cognitive Intervention for Children with Acquired Brain Injury. Physical & Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics, 30(3), 205 - 219.

Young, N.L., Rochon, T.G., McCormick, A., Law, M., Fehlings, D. & Wedge, J.H. (2010). Health and Quality of Life Outcomes among Youth and Young Adults with Cerebral Palsy. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 91(1), 143 - 148.

Bourke-Taylor, H. M*., Law, M., Howie, L., & Pallant, J. F. (2010). Development of the Child's Challenging Behaviour Scale (CCBS) for mothers of school aged children with disabilities. Child: Care, Health and Development, 36(4), 491-498.

Richardson, J., Letts, L., Chan, D., Stratford, P., Hand, C., Price, D., Hilts, L., Coman, L., Edward, M., Baptiste, S. & Law, M. (2010). Rehabilitation in a primary care setting for persons with chronic illness – a randomized controlled trial. Primary Health Care Research & Development, 11, 382 – 395.

DeMatteo, C.A., Hanna, S.E., Mahoney, W.J., Hollenberg, R.D., Scott, L.A., Law, M.C., Newman, A., Lin, C.A. & Xu, L. (2010). “My child doesn’t have a brain injury, he only has a concussion”: Understanding how clinicians use the word “concussion” in pediatric hospitals. Pediatrics, 125, 327 – 334.

King, G., Law, M., Hurley, P., Petrenchik, T., & Schwellnus, H. (2010). A developmental comparison of the out-of-school recreation and leisure activity participation of boys and girls with and without physical disabilities. International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 57(1), 77-107.

Colquhoun, H., Letts, L., Law, M., MacDermid, J., & Edwards, M. (2010). Feasibility of the Canadian Occupational Performance Measure for routine use. British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 73(2), 48-54.

Colquhoun, H., Letts, L., Law, M., MacDermid, J., & Edwards, M. (2010). Routine administration of the Canadian Occupational Performance Measure: Effect on functional outcome. Australian Occupational Therapy Journal, 57(2), 111-117.

Majnemer, A., Shikako-Thomas, K., Chokron, N., Law, M., Shevell, M., Chilingaryan, G., Poulin, C. & Rosenbaum, P. (2010). Leisure activity preferences for 6-12 year old children with cerebral palsy. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 52(2), 167 – 173.

King, G., Servais, M., Forchuk, C., Chalmers, H., Currie, M., Law, M., Specht, J., Rosenbaum, P., Willoughby, T., & Kertoy, M. (2010). The features and impacts of five multidisciplinary community-university research partnerships. Health and Social Care in the Community, 18(1), 59 – 69.