Helene Polatajko
{{Short description|Canadian occupational therapy researcher}}
Helene J. Polatajko is an occupational therapy scholar, and Professor Emerita in the department of occupational science and occupational therapy at the University of Toronto's Temerty Faculty of Medicine.{{Cite web |title=U of T faculty, alumni and supporters named to Order of Canada |url=https://www.utoronto.ca/news/u-t-faculty-alumni-and-supporters-named-order-canada-0 |access-date=2022-04-02 |website=University of Toronto News |language=en}} {{Cite web |title=helene polatajko |url=https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=g9rIEfwAAAAJ&hl=en |access-date=2022-04-03 |website=scholar.google.com}}
Education
Polatajko completed a Bachelor of Occupational Therapy at McGill University, and a master's and a PhD at the University of Toronto's Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE).
Career
Polatajko's research explored the role of cognition in motor-based performance, and led to the development of a daily treatment to enable children with Developmental Coordination Disorder reach occupational therapy goals (titled the Cognitive Orientation to daily Occupational Performance approach).{{Cite web |date=2022-01-11 |title=15 McGillians appointed to Order of Canada |url=https://reporter.mcgill.ca/15-mcgillians-appointed-to-order-of-canada/ |access-date=2022-04-02 |website=McGill Reporter |language=en-US}} In 2021, Polatajko was appointed as an Officer of the Order of Canada for "significantly advancing the understanding of developmental coordination disorder in children."{{Cite web |last=General |first=Office of the Secretary to the Governor |date=2021-12-20 |title=Governor General announces 135 appointments to the Order of Canada |url=https://www.gg.ca/en/activities/2021/governor-general-announces-135-new-appointments-order-canada |access-date=2022-04-02 |website=The Governor General of Canada}}{{Cite web |date=2021-12-29 |title=A full list of the newest additions and promotions to the Order of Canada |url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/a-full-list-of-the-newest-additions-and-promotions-to-the-order-of-canada-1.5722242 |access-date=2022-04-02 |website=CTVNews |language=en}}
Polatajko is a fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences.
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