- SF23 PAHC , Peninsula Allied Health Centre, Drake Circus
- +44 1752 587583
- susan.mitchell@plymouth.ac.uk

Profiles
Dr Susan Mitchell
Lecturer in Occupational Therapy (Education)
School of Health Professions (Faculty of Health: Medicine, Dentistry and Human Sciences)
Role
Qualifications
Doctor of Philosophy University of Exeter (2001)
Professional membership
Member of the Royal College of Occupational Therapists
Roles on external bodies
External Examiner MSc OT Sheffield Hallam University
Link Tutor: Smirthwaite Studentship Award
Teaching interests
Staff serving as external examiners
Sheffield Hallam University MSC (OT)
Research interests
Children and Young People - access to school curriculum
Importance of fine and gross motor skills for primary school children
PhD: Children with Developmental Co-ordination Disorder (Dyspraxia): Differential Diagnosis and Intervention
Visual Perceptual skills for school-based occupations
Other research
September 2018 Occupational Science Europe Conference Hildesheim Germany: Paper presentation: Occupational Justice: Fine Motor Skills of Primary School Children
Research degrees awarded to supervised students
MSc
Grants & contracts
2015 Commissioned to write Fine Motor Skills programme for use in primary schools throughout Devon
Reports & invited lectures
June 2018 Bucharest Conference for Health Professions Romania: Paper Presentation Posture and Seating for Children with Cerebral Palsy
June 2018 Transylvania Romania: Introduction to Autism
June 2018 Transylvania Romania: Helping Children with Cerebral Palsy
Other academic activities
Publication of fine motor skills programme:
2017 HIGH FIVE! A Fine Motor Skills Programme for Children in Primary Schools