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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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Profile
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.
Fun Fact
Spends time in summer white water canoeing
Taking Graduate Students
For 2009/10, Mary will be taking one PhD student.
Lab/Research Institute
CanChild Centre for Childhood Disability Research
Courses Taught
McMaster University
2010
Co-coordinator, RS720, Quality of Life Measurement in Rehabilitation, RS Program
2009
Coordinator, Term 1 Inquiry (617), OT Program
2008
Coordinator, Term 1 Inquiry (617), OT Program
Co-coordinator, Term 2 OT PREP (628)
Co-coordinator, RS725, Knowledge Exchange and Translation, RS Program
2007
Co-coordinator, RS725, Knowledge Exchange and Translation
Recent Research
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, $1,000,000.00, May 2009 – April 2016. Disability policy alliance: learning collaborative and equity coalition. 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.
Ontario Ministry of Health and Long Term Care. $526,500, 2008-09. CanChild, Centre for Childhood Disability Research. 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.
HRSDC: $51,640.75, Feb, 2008 – Nov, 2008, Understanding transitional tensions for youth with disabilities in Canada: Identifying research gaps. D. Stewart, M. Law, N. Young, H. Healy, M. Forhan, J. Burke-Gaffney, & M. Freeman.
Pollock Foundation: $12,500, 2008-09. Evaluation and Sustainability of the Youth KIT. D. Stewart (PI), L. Shimmell, C. Missiuna, M. Law, J. Burke-Gaffney, M. Freeman, N. Leslie, C. Fisher.
US Department of Education, National Institute for Disability and Rehabilitation Research #H133G070140: $ 587,616, Oct1, 2007 – Sept 30, 2010, Development of Measures of Participation and Environment for Children with Disabilities. W. Coster, M. Law, G. Bedell (Co-PIs).
Canadian Institutes of Health Research: $199,396, July 2007 – June 2009, Defining the effect and mediators of two knowledge translation strategies designed to alter knowledge, intent and clinical utilization of rehabilitation outcome measures. J. Macdermid (PI), M. Law, P. Solomon, P. Stratford.
Canadian Institutes of Health Research: $300,836, July 2007 – June 2011, Determinants of Quality of Life and Participation in Leisure Activities in Adolescents with Cerebral Palsy. A. Majnemer (PI), L. Lach, M. Law, N. Schmitz, M. Shevell.
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Journal Articles
Forhan. M., Law, M., Taylor, B. & Vrkljan, B. (In press). The experience of participation in everyday occupations for adults with obesity. Canadian 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.
Dhillon, S., Wilkins, S., Stewart, D., & Law, M. (In press). Advocacy in Occupational Therapy: Why are we engaging in it? Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy.
King, G., Petrenchik, T., DeWit, D., McDougall, J., Hurley, P. & Law, M. (In press). Out-of-School Time Activity Participation Profiles of Children with Physical Disabilities. Child: Care, Health and Development.
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. (In press). Health and Quality of Life Outcomes among Youth and Young Adults with Cerebral Palsy. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.
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.
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.
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
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.
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