Mari on työskennellyt lasten ja nuorten kuntoutuksen parissa yli 20 vuotta fysioterapeuttina, kuntoutusohjaajana ja kuntoutuspäällikkönä. Päätyön ohella hän on osallistunut eri vammaisjärjestön toimintaan vapaaehtoisena, erityisesti soveltavan liikunnan ja vapaa-ajan kerhojen ja leiritoiminnan parissa. Mari tarkastelee aihettaan monialaisesti, lapsen ja perheen arki realistisesti huomioiden.  Koulutukseltaan hän on fysioterapeutti, kuntoutusohjaaja (AMK) ja menossa on terveystieteiden maisteriopinnot.

Hannele Merikoski

Barbara is an occupational therapist, with PhD in rehabilitation medicine. Her areas of interest are: child’s participation and the impact of the environment, service-user involvement in research, practice and education. Currently she works at Zuyd University (Heerlen, The Netherlands) as senior researcher in Autonomy and Participation research centre and  lecturer at Master and BSc. programs. Next to it, she is a chair of the board of the European Master of Science in Occupational Therapy. Barbara has been and is part of several international projects;  like the NordForsk (Politics of belonging, participation and inclusion), i2-CoRT (Enabling service-users -care and business to design new rehabilitation technologies), and national projects, like Partnering for Change Model. She collaborates and works with parents’ organization BOSK; internationally with research networks and universities like CanChild (Canada), CountMeIn, School-based Occupational Therapy International and Lab4Living (UK).

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