Events
FY2024 HMDP VE in Occupational therapy for school-aged children - Professor Emerita Susan Bazyk
Professionals
Doctors
3 December 2024
This HMDP Programme is scheduled for 3 February 2025 to 7 February 2025.
Visiting Expert in Occupational therapy for school-aged children
Professor Emerita Susan Bazyk is the Ministry of Health’s HMDP Visiting Expert in Occupational Therapy for School-Aged Children. Her HMDP Programme is scheduled for 3 February 2025 to 7 February 2025.
About the visit/HDMP expert
Susan Bazyk, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA is Professor Emerita of the Occupational Therapy Program at Cleveland State University where she taught for 34 years.
She is the founding director of Every Moment Counts, which was launched in 2012. This multi-pronged mental health promotion initiative focuses on helping all children and youth participate successfully throughout the day in academic and non-academic settings (https://everymomentcounts.org).
In addition to authoring the book, Mental health promotion, prevention, and intervention with children and youth: A guiding framework for occupational therapy (2011), Dr. Bazyk has authored over 30 journal articles and several book chapters in leading OT textbooks.
Recent awards include the 2016 Crain’s Cleveland Business Health Care Hero Award, the 2017 Outstanding Research Award for the College of Sciences and Health Professions at CSU, and the 2018 Award for Innovative and Emerging Practice from AOTA.
As a Fulbright Specialist (2019–2024), Susan presented on Every Moment Counts in New Zealand (2020) and Ireland (2023).
HMDP programme schedule
Contact details
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