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Phone: (905) 525-9140 ext: 27842
Fax: (905) 525-0069
Office: Rm.414, IAHS
Email: missiuna@mcmaster.ca
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Profile
Cheryl Missiuna, Ph.D., OTReg (Ont) is an Associate Professor in the School of Rehabilitation Science and the Director of CanChild, Centre for Childhood Disability Research. Cheryl's teaching interests centre on occupational performance issues in children and youth with special needs. Cheryl holds a Mid-Career Rehabilitation Scientist award from the Ontario Neurotrauma Foundation and the Ministry of Health and Longterm Care. This award allows her to research models of health service delivery that encourage health promotion, early identification, the creation of supportive environments and prevention of secondary consequences for children with developmental coordination disorder. An important emphasis throughout this work is the development of targeted educational materials that facilitate knowledge transfer and uptake by different audiences including children and youth, families, teachers, health professionals and decision-makers.
Fun Fact
Cheryl enjoys traveling and reading mystery novels – check out recent additions to the “help yourself shelf” outside her office.
Taking Graduate Students
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Lab/Research Institute
CanChild, Centre for Childhood Disability Research
McMaster Child Health Research Institute
Courses Taught
MSc OT Programme, McMaster University
2007
Coordinator, Term 4 (Youth and the Development of Self) Inquiry and Integration
Guest Lecturer, Term 4 PREP, 2 sessions
2006
Guest Lecturer, Term 2 PREP, 1 session
Recent Research
Canadian Institutes of Health Research. $616,214, 2007-2011. Establishing the cardiovascular risk trajectory of children with developmental coordination disorder. Hay, J., Cairney, J., Faught, B., Kientrou, P., Leblanc, P., Merchant, A., Missiuna, C., O'Leary, D.
Ontario Ministry of Health: $426,500, 2007 - 08, CanChild Centre for Childhood Disability Research. Missiuna, C., Law, M., Rosenbaum, P., Hanna, S., Russell, D., Petrenchik, T., Bartlett, D., Stewart, D., Kertoy, M., Walter, S, Palisano, B
Ontario Ministry of Health: $426,500, 2006-07, CanChild Centre for Childhood Disability Research. Law, M., Rosenbaum, P., Missiuna, C., Walter, S., Stewart, D., Hanna, S., Petrenchik, T, Russell, D., Kerto y, M., Bartlett, D. & Palisano, B. |
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Book Chapters
Missiuna, C., Gaines, R., & Pollock, N. (2008). Getting the word out: Disseminating evidence about developmental coordination disorder. In M. Law & J. McDermid (Eds.), Evidence-based practice in rehabilitation (2 nd Ed.)(pp.315-329). Thorofare, NJ : Slack Inc.
Journal Articles
Gaines R, Missiuna C, Egan M, McLean J. (2008). Educational outreach and collaborative care enhances physician's perceived knowledge about Developmental Coordination Disorder.
BioMedCentral Health Services Research, Jan 24;8(1):21. PMID: 18218082
Rivard, L., Missiuna, C., Hanna, S., & Wishart, L. (2007). Understanding teachers' perceptions of the motor difficulties of children with DCD. British Journal of Educational Psychology, 77, 633-648.
Missiuna, C., Pollock, N., Egan, M., DeLaat, D., Gaines, R., & Soucie, H. (2007). Enabling
occupation through facilitating the diagnosis of Developmental Coordination Disorder. Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy. Early on-line edition. DCD_CAOTarticle_Nov2007.pdf
Cairney, J., Faught, B. E., Kurdyak, P., Missiuna, C., & Hay, J. (2007). Evaluating the CSAPPA
sub-scales as potential screening instruments for Developmental Coordination Disorder. Archives of Diseases in Childhood. http://adc.bmj.com/cgi/rapidpdf/adc.2006.115097v1
Missiuna, C., Moll, S., King, G., King, S., & Law, M. (2007). A troubling trajectory: The impact of coordination difficulties on children's development. Physical and Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics,27, 81-101.
Gaines, R. & Missiuna, C. (2007). Early identification: Are speech/language impaired toddlers at increased risk for coordination difficulties? Child: Care, Health and Development, 33, 325-332.
Missiuna, C., Gaines, B. R., & Soucie, H., & McLean, J. (2006). Parental questions about developmental coordination disorder: A synopsis of current evidence. Paediatrics and Child Health, 11, 507-512.
Magalhaes, L., Missiuna, C., & Wong, S. (2006). Terminology used in reporting research with children with developmental coordination disorder. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology. 48, 937-941.
Missiuna, C., Rivard, L.,& Bartlett, D. (2006). Exploring assessment tools and the target of intervention for children with developmental coordination disorder. Physical and Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics, 26 (1/2), 71-89.
Missiuna, C., Gaines, B. R., & Soucie, H. (2006). Why every office needs a tennis ball: A new approach to assessing the clumsy child. Canadian Medical Association Journal, 175 (5), 471-473. Also available online at: http://www.cmaj.ca/cgi/content/full/175/5/471
Stewart, D., Law, M., Burke-Gaffney, J., Missiuna, C., Rosenbaum, P., King, G., Moning, T., & King, S. (2006). “Keeping It Together”: Development and evaluation of an information KIT for parents of children and youth with special needs. Child: Care, Health and Development, 32, 493-500.
Missiuna, C., Moll, S., King, G., King, S., & Law, M. (2006). “Missed and misunderstood”: Children with coordination difficulties in the school system. International Journal of Special Education. 21, 53-67.
Missiuna, C., Pollock, N., Law, M., Walter, S., & Cavey, N. (2006). Examination of the Perceived Efficacy and Goal Setting System (PEGS) with children with disabilities, their parents and teachers. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 60, 204-214.
Missiuna, C., Moll, S., Law, M., King, S., & King, G. (2006). Mysteries and mazes: Parents' experiences of children with developmental coordination disorder. Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 73, 7-17.
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