Ema Tokolahi is an occupational therapy lecturer at Otago Polytechnic, previously working in mental health services for children, adolescents and adults, in community and inpatient environments. She completed her doctoral research at Auckland University of Technology researching the impact of a preventative occupational therapy intervention on children's wellbeing in the school environment. She is currently involved in research evaluating role-emerging placements in mainstream schools that facilitate children having more universal access to occupational therapy interventions.
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Ema Tokolahi is an occupational therapy lecturer at Otago Polytechnic, previously working in mental health services for children, adolescents and adults, in community and inpatient environments. She completed her doctoral research at Auckland University of Technology researching the impact of a preventative occupational therapy intervention on children's wellbeing in the school environment. She is currently involved in research evaluating role-emerging placements in mainstream schools that facilitate children having more universal access to occupational therapy interventions.
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Promoting participation to improve mental health outcomes in children aged 11-13 years
This article is a summary of the paper published in CAMH – Tokolahi, E., Vandal, A. C., Kersten, P., Pearson, J., & Hocking, C. (2018). Cluster-randomised controlled trial of an occupational therapy intervention for children aged 11-13 years, designed to increase participation to prevent symptoms of mental illness.
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