Associate ProfessorJustin Scanlan

Head of Discipline, Occupational Therapy (L3 Supervisor)

Faculty of Medicine and Health

Research projects & supervision summary

  • Recovery in the context of psychosocial disability
  • Exploring consumer / lived experience educator involvement in occupational therapy education
  • Curriculum redesign to prepare occupational therapy students for mental health practice
  • Supporting the mental health workforce to develop skills in supporting individuals to overcome cognitive barriers to performance
  • Developing online resources to support collaborative, recovery-oriented goal setting
  • The effectiveness of sensory approaches in mental health

RESEARCH PROJECTS & ACTIVITIES

  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    “If you want to work, let’s work out how to make this happen”: Supporting young adults experiencing psychosis with their employment
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    A parent-delivered peer-mediated play-based intervention to support social functioning of neurodiverse children: Co-designed with parents
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    An investigation of handwriting legibility and pencil use tasks in healthy older adults
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Enhancing recovery-oriented experiences for individuals with common mental disorders returning to work through the support of the income protection system in Australia
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Exploration and evaluation of interventions to enhance mental health occupational therapy retention in Australian public mental health services.
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Exploring the barriers and enablers to workplace wellbeing of creative practitioners working with people with intellectual and developmental disabilit
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Identifying and responding to cognitive impairment and brain injury among people accessing homelessness services
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Implementation and Effectiveness of Functional Cognitive Screening in Emergency Departments to Identify Older Adults at Risk of Post-Discharge Harm
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Mothering A Child With A Disability: The Lived Experience of Asian Migrant Mothers in Australia
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Professional identities of occupational therapists: an intersectional approach
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    The Experience of Implementing a Reablement Program for People Living with Dementia Across Different Health Contexts
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    The impact and value engaging in activities has on the health and well being of people in New Zealand Aotearoa diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder or Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder following sexual trauma