Ms. Sarah Quinn

• Catherine O'Connor, Sarah Quinn, Helen Lynch, Does Occupational Therapy, using an ASI approach, contribute to changes in the performance and participation of five children with DCD? , European Sensory Integration Congress, Vienna, Austria, June 2017, 2017Conference Paper, 2017
• Maintaining the mother tongue: An exploratory study of Russian speaking immigrant parents' opinions on maintaining their primary language in their children. in, editor(s)J. O'Riordan; D. Horgan; S. Martin , Early Childhoods in the Global South. Local and International Contexts., Oxford, Peter Lang, 2013, pp311 - 328, [Quinn, S. & Kraftsoff, S.]Book Chapter, 2013
• Nolan, C., Quinn, S. & MacCobb, S, The use of mobile phone technology, in particular texting, as a means of maintaining communication and developing relationships with third level students in the provision of a mental health service., Occupational Therapy in Mental Health, 27, (2), 2011, p103 - 125Journal Article, 2011, DOI
• Quinn. S, Time use of occupational therapy staff in an acute physical hospital., Irish Journal of Occupational Therapy, 27, (2), 1997Journal Article, 1997
• Quinn, S., Deering, D., Kennedy, K. & Martin, M., Teacher-perceived behavioural difficulties in infant classes in primary schools, L'Organisation Mondiale Pour L'Education Prescholaire, Lessons for the 21st Century. Resaerch Reflection Renewal, Dublin, 20-4-2002, edited by Mary Horgan & Francis Douglas , 2002, pp269 - 294Conference Paper, 2002
• Quinn, S., The study of occupation through practice - a community-based student learning experience., 17th Annual Meeting of ENOTHE (European Network of Occupational Therapy in Higher Education)., Ghent, Belgium, 3rd-5th Nov 2011, 2011Conference Paper, 2011
• Kraftsoff, S. & Quinn, S., Maintaining the mother tongue: An exploratory study of Russian speaking immigrant parents' opinions on maintaining their primary language in their children., Early Childhood , Cork, 2011, 2011Conference Paper, 2011
• Glesson, C., Quinn, S. & Nolan, C., Promoting and enhancing college participation and inclusion: An occupational therapy support service for students with Asperger's Syndrome., World Congress of Learning Disabilities , Zurich, Switzerland, Sept 2011, 2011Conference Paper, 2011
• Fox, J. & Quinn, S., Social activism in older adults., Association of Occupational Therapists of Ireland Annual Conference, Dublin, 8th-9th April 2011, 2011Conference Paper, 2011
• O'Conor, O. & Quinn, S., Occupational engagement in a forensic setting., Association of Occupational Therapists of Ireland Annual Conference, Dublin, 8th-9th April, 2011Conference Paper, 2011
• Kraftsoff, S. & Quinn, S., Immigrants' perceived importance of retaining the mother-tongue., Early Childhood in Developing World Contexts International Conference., Cork, 7th-8th April 2011, edited by J. O'Riordan, D. Horgan, S. Martin , 2011Conference Paper, 2011
• Cremin, K. & Quinn, S. , Self-advocacy: A programme facilitated by students from the Discipline of Occupational Therapy, Trinity College Dublin, with women in prison. , Campus Engage International Conference. Higher Education and Civic Engagement Partnerships: Create, Challenge, Change., Dublin, 4th-5th June 2009, 2009Conference Paper, 2009
• Quinn, S. Gleeson, C. & Nolan, C., Managing Asperger's Syndrome (AS) in third level education: A service evaluation., Association of Occupational Therapists of Ireland Annual Conference, Kilkenny, Ireland, Spring 2009, 2009Conference Paper, 2009
• Nolan, C. & Quinn, S., An investigation into the use of text messaging and mobile phones as a means of ongoing support within a mental health service for students., Association of Occupational Therapists of Ireland Annual Conference, Kilkenny, Ireland, Spring 2009, 2009Conference Paper, 2009
• Gleeson, C., Quinn, S. & Nolan, C. , Enhancing college participation: An evaluation of an occupational therapy support service for students with Asperger's Syndrome., Nordic Network on Disability Conference, Iceland, May 2011, 2011Poster, 2011
• O'Connor, K., Quinn, S., Gleeson, C.I., & Nolan, C., Asperger's Syndrome in the Unilink Service: A description of the service's key features and satisfaction of its service-users., Health Research Board Summer Scholarship Poster Competition., Dublin, Summer 2011, 2011Poster, 2011
• Ryan, C., Kennedy, A., Spirtos, M., & Quinn, S. , The participation of chidlren with physical disabilities in after-school activities. , 15th International Congress of the World Federation of Occupational Therapists., Chile, 4th-7th May 2010, 2010Poster, 2010
• Butler, E. & Quinn, S. , A study to investigate the patient reported functional skills that pose as problems for their child in everyday life with Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD)., 14th International Congress of the World Federation of Occupational Therapists., Sydney, Australia, May 2006, 2006Poster, 2006
• Gleeson, C., Quinn, S. & Nolan, C. , Managing Asperger's Syndrome in third level., Disability Conference, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, June , 2010, Disability Service, Trinity CollegeInvited Talk, 2010
• Quinn, S. & Nolan, C. , The Unilink Service. , College of Occupational Therapists' Disability Forum's Fringe Meeting at the British Association of Occupational Therapists' Annual Conference, London, UK, June 2008, 2008, British Association of Occupational TherapistsInvited Talk, 2008
• Deacon, C., Doyle, S. & Quinn, S., Locked Up: A Qualitative Study Exploring Irish Female Prisoners' Problems, Higher Education Authority, Dublin, 2012Poster, 2012
• Brangan, J. & Quinn, S., Evidence-based practice. Module 3., Galway, 9th May, 2012, Trinity Interdisciplinary ConsortiumInvited Talk, 2012
• Brangan, J., Quinn, S. & Spirtos, M., Evidence-based practice for occupational therapists., 2010-11, In:Evidence-based practice., 2010Meetings /Conferences Organised, 2010
• Nolan, C. & Quinn, S., Unilink Assessment Process, Disability Course, Trinity College Dublin, 4th April, 2008, Disability Service, TCDInvited Talk, 2008
• Clince, M., Gavaghan, K., Guilfoyle, P, & Quinn, S., Student-Reported Use of Mental Health Services in Trinity College Dublin (TCD) , AMACH , Dublin, 5th March 2013, 2013Poster, 2013
• Crausaz, J. McGrath, M. & Quinn, S., Spotlight on the European Network of Occupational Therapy in Higher Education (ENOTHE), Irish Journal of Occupational Therapy, 38, (1), 2010, p64 - 66Journal Article, 2010
• Crausaz, J. McGrath, M. & Quinn, S., Spotlight on the European Network of Occupational Therapy in Higher Education (ENOTHE), Irish Journal of Occupational Therapy, 38, (1), 2010, p64 - 66Journal Article, 2010
• Centre for Social and Educational Research, Dublin Institute of Technology, National Childcare Study, Dublin , Dublin Institute of Technology, 2000Report, 2000
• Quinn, Sarah; Doyle, Sarah; Emerson, Cora., Female Prisoners' Problems Living in an Irish Prison: An Exploratory Study, Occupational Therapy in Mental Health, 35, (3), 2019, p219 - 237Journal Article, 2019, DOI
• Cremin, K., Healy, O., Spirtos, M., & Quinn, S. , Autism awareness interventions for children and adolescents: A scoping review., Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities. , 33, 2021, p27 - 50Journal Article, 2021, DOI , URL
• Quinn, S. & Cremin, K., Occupation-Focused Learning and Personal Development through Service-Learning. , Journal of Occupational Therapy Education, 5, (3), 2021, p1-21Journal Article, 2021, URL
• Emer McGowan, Sarah Quinn, Montse Romero Mas, Joost Van Wijchen, Hanneke Van den Harr, Djenana Jalovcic , Use of micro-credentials for interprofessional online education and training of health workers: A scoping review., Annual INHED Scientific Meeting , Queen's UNiversity, Belfast, Northern Ireland, 29th-30 march 2023, 2023Conference Paper, 2023
• Sarah Quinn & Katie Cremin, Building resilience in students through service-learning, 2nd COTEC-ENOTHE Joint Congress, Prague Czech Republic, 15-18 Sept 2021, 2021Conference Paper, 2021
• Bonham Corcoran, M; Jabbour, S; Quinn, S., Vallieres, F., Community-based groups for reducing occupational deprivation among asylum seekers, refugees and other forcibly displaced populations: a scoping review, Occupational Therapy: The Healthcare Profession of Our Time, Co. Cavan, Ireland, 5.10.23-6.10.23, edited by Association of Occupational Therapists of Ireland , 2023Conference Paper, 2023
• Boland, L., Kennedy, M., Lynch, L. J., Bonham-Corcoran, M., Quinn , S., Exploring the non-vocational outcomes of the individual placement and support (IPS) employment model, Irish Journal of Occupational Therapy, 52, (1), 2024, p29 - 35Journal Article, 2024
• Jalovcic, D., Van Wijchen, J., Montse, R.M., Van de Haar, H., Quinn, S. & McGowan, E., Micro-credentials in education and training of health professionals: A scoping review., HVL Annual Research Conference, Bergen Norway, December, 2023, 2023Conference Paper, 2023
• Jalovcic, D., Van Wijchen, J., Montse, R.M., Van de Haar, H., Quinn, S. & McGowan, E., Three critical issues for use of microcredentials in education and training of health and social care professionals: A scoping review., 29th ICDE World Conference., San José, Costa Rica, 6-10 November 2023, 2023Poster, 2023
• Jalovcic, D., Schiller, S., Hustoft, M., Landry, M., Alagöz, E., Quinn, S., Simó Algado, S., Farhat, M.A., Emlik, H., European Online Learning Partnership to Improve Refugee Health., 29th ICDE World Conference., San José, Costa Rica, 6-10 November 2023, 2023Conference Paper, 2023
• Sarah Quinn, Caroline Mullally, An exploration of occupational therapists' perceptions of their role in educational settings in Ireland, Irish Journal of Occupational Therapy, 36, (2), 2008, p4 - 13Journal Article, 2008
• Tara O'Leary, Sarah Quinn, Niall Turner, The self-perceived community integration needs of adults with mental illness, Irish Journal of Occupational Therapy, 36, (2), 2008, p14 - 23Journal Article, 2008
• Caroline Mullally & Sarah Quinn, Occupational therapists' perceptions of their role in education settings, Association of Occupational Therapy Annual Conference, Dublin, 5th May 2006, 2006Conference Paper, 2006
• Ryan, C., Kennedy, A., Spirtos, A., Quinn, S., The Participation of Children with Physical Disabilities in After-school Activities, World Federation of Occupational Therapists Annual Conference, Chile, May 2010, 2010Poster, 2010
• Kraftsoff, S. & Quinn, S., Exploratory study investigating the opinions of Russian-speaking parents on maintaining their children's use of the Russian language. , Irish Journal of Applied Social Studies, 9, (1), 2010, p65 - 80Journal Article, 2010
• Nolan, C. & Quinn, S. , How Unilink (a mental health service for students) enables first year students to engage in college life. Conference Papers. The first year experience. , 12th Conference of the Confederation of Student Services in Ireland, Institute of Technology, Sligo, Ireland, 15th-17th June, edited by S. Kennedy & C. Blaney Doyle , 2009Conference Paper, 2009
• Mary Dowds, Catherine O'Connor, Lisa Krenn, Sarah Quinn, Resettlement into the community: Individuals' experiences of community life after having lived in a residential setting, Association of Occupational Therapy Annual Conference, Kilkenny, Spring 2009, 2009Conference Paper, 2009
• Katie Cremin & Sarah Quinn, Self Advocacy Group in a Female Prison, Association of Occupational Therapy Annual Conference, Kilkenny, Spring 2009, 2009Conference Paper, 2009
• Sarah Quinn, Contextualised, teacher-reported behavioural difficulties in junior classes in mainstream primary schools , Association of Occupational Therapy Annual Conference, Kilkenny, Spring 2008, 2008Conference Paper, 2008
• Clodagh Nolan, Sarah Quinn, Siobhan MacCobb, Using mobile phone technology (text messaging) to contact and support students with mental heUsing mobile phone technology to contact and support students with mental health problems in third level education, , 15th International Congress of the World Federation of Occupational Therapists, Chile, edited by 4-7th May 2010 , 2010Poster, 2010
• Clodagh Nolan, Sarah Quinn, Enhancing The University Experience For Students With Mental Health Difficulties Through The Unilink Service., 7th International Conference on Higher Education and Disability, Innsbruck, Austria, 20th-23rd July 2010, 2010Conference Paper, 2010
• Sarah Quinn, Katie Cremin, Reflections on Two Years of Occupational Therapy in a Prison Setting, 16th Meeting of ENOTHE (European Network of Occupational Therapy in Higher Education), Stockholm, Sweden, 14-16th October 2010, 2010Conference Paper, 2010
• Fox, J. & Quinn, S., The Meaning of Social Activism to Older Adults in Ireland, Journal of Occupational Science, 19, (4), 2012, p358 - 370Journal Article, 2012, DOI , URL
• Quinn, S. Gleeson, C.L. & Nolan, C., An Occupational Therapy Service for Students with Asperger's Syndrome (AS), Occupational Therapy in Mental Health, 30, (2), 2014, p109 - 125Journal Article, 2014, DOI , URL
• Brangan, J., Quinn,S., Spirtos,M., Impact of an Evidence Based Practice Course on Occupational Therapist's Confidence Levels and Goals, Occupational Therapy in Health Care,, Volume 29 , (No.1), 2015, p27 - 38Journal Article, 2015, DOI , URL

• Quinn, S., Support services for students with AS at third level. , Asperger's Syndrome Association of Ireland Conference., Dublin, 17th August, 2007, ASPIREInvited Talk
• Mulcahy, L. & Quinn S., 'The Puppet Play of Don Cristobal.', Dochas Centre, Mountjoy Prison, Trinity College Dublin, 2010, -Film production
• Quinn, S., Occupational therapy and AS in third level, Asperger's Syndrome: A practical guide for parents, teachers, young people and other professionals., Trinity College Dublin, 2009, ASPIRE & School of Education, TCDInvited Talk
• Nolan, C., Quinn, S. & Gleeson, C. , Report on the Unilink Service - An occupational therapy mental health initiative. Five years on 2004-2009., Trinity College Dublin, 2009Report
• Quinn, S. , Drama and health. Report on the use of drama in prison., Phizzfest. Phibsboro Community Arts Festival., Mater Hospital, Dublin, August , 2011, Phizzfest CommitteeInvited Talk
• Quinn, S., Evidence-based practice., North Eastern Health Board Occupational Therapy Training Day, 15th November, 2003Invited Talk
• Quinn, S., Understanding and using evidence, North Eastern Health Board Occupational Therapy Training Day, 26th November , 2005Invited Talk
• Nolan, C. & Quinn, S., Aspergers' Syndrome., Asperger's Syndrome. Disability Awareness Inservice Training., National College of Art and Design, 6th November, 2008, Disability Officer NCADInvited Talk
• Quinn, S., How to be an effective consumer of research., Paediatric Special Interest Group, AOTI, Dublin, 5th February, 2004Invited Talk
• Collins, B., Quinn, S., Spiros, M. & Stapleton, T., Introduction to evidence-based practice., 4th September, In:Evidence-based practice course for occupational therapists., 2003, Trinity College DublinMeetings /Conferences Organised
• Enable Ireland, An analysis of the occupational therapy service for children with sensory motor co0ordination difficulties., Wicklow, 2002Report

Interests are inclusion and occupational justice centred. Current projects: 1. employing feminist and occupational justice theory to explore the qualitative narratives of mothers of children with autism; 2. using Photovoice to elevate the narratives of refugees in Ireland; 3. exploration of supported volunteering experiences for individuals with a history of homelessness and as a community-engaged learning experience for students. Individuals with lived experience of homelessness led data collection with their peers. Previous research projects have been primarily related to: - clinical practice within College-based occupational therapy service; - civic engagement and women in prison; - teaching and learning through community-engaged learning. Collaborated with a women's prison engaging in several civic engagement projects including: 1. a creative problem-solving course evaluation; 2. a two-phase drama workshop project. Phase 1 was a summer project across two years that was part of a Community Arts Festival; Phase 2 attracted funding to support the inclusion of students as peer-educators. Evaluated aspects of the College-based occupational therapy service for students with mental health problems. In particular: 1. use of text messaging within the service, 2. the Asperger's Syndrome strand of the service.

• Title

  PREP-IP: Persons with Refugee experience Education Project, InterProfessional
  Summary

  Collaboration across five European countries to develop educational resources for health and social care professionals to support their work with those who have refugee/forced migration experience.
  Funding Agency

  EU
  Date From

  Sept 2021
  Date To

  Sept 2024
• Title

  Peer Education through Prison Drama
  Summary

  A grant-funded drama collaboration between the Discipline of Occupational Therapy at Trinity College Dublin (TCD), the Dóchas Centre at Mountjoy (Female) Prison and the Dhá Lámh Theatre, Ennis, that built on previous drama-related civic engagement between these collaborators. Seven third year TCD students fulfilled their peer education university requirement by co-facilitating a weekly drama group with 8 female prisoners. The project had a number of aims including: 1. building on the peer education premise that effective learning can take place when there are no experts. It did this by creating an atmosphere conducive to collaborative work, where students and prisoners worked alongside each other to develop the drama skills relevant to this project. 2. providing an opportunity for reflection on learning so that students integrated their community experience with their academic learning and the prisoners were enabled to identify practical learning from the project that they could apply in other contexts. 3. exposing students to a community group they did not typically have contact with and providing the prisoners with opportunity to interact with a group from outside the prison community with the view to breaking down prejudice. The project recognised the mutuality of service-learning projects and reinforced this by ensuring work was driven by the whole group and that partnerships were respectful and non-judgemental.
  Funding Agency

  Campus Engage (Network for the Promotion of Public Engagement in Higher Education)
  Date From

  September 2010
  Date To

  December 2010
• Title

  Supported Volunteering with Homeless / Mental Health Services
  Summary

  This project has received the 2024 Ann Beckett Award as an outstanding exemplar of occupation-based work. It has been showcased (in 2024) in RSVP magazine and on Newstalk radio station and, in the early stages of the collaboration, at the European Researcher's Night 2022. It is a multi-service collaboration between TCD, HSE homeless mental health community services, Vision Ireland, Volunteer Ireland, and Focus Ireland. It aimed to enhance meaningful community participation of users of homeless and/or mental health services by developing supported volunteering opportunities. Following considerable participatory action research preparing resources to support the project, the TCD OT students, as part of their community-engaged learning module, were paired with service-users to support them weekly in their capacity as volunteers. This project was conducted across three phases: 1. The exploration phase involved peer-led research by the peer researchers in Focus Ireland; 2. The preparation and piloting phase drew on the skills of Volunteer Ireland to prepare the dyads (students and service-users) to volunteer and to generate volunteering opportunities in Vision Ireland. A pre-post evaluation of a six week supported volunteering trial was completed to inform adaptations to the project in preparation for the final phase. 3. The launch of the project involved students and service-users engaging in supported volunteering across a full academic year in local charity shops. The project is ongoing with aims to increase the numbers of service-users paired with students and expand their volunteering opportunities.
  Date From

  Sept 2021
• Title

  Creative Problem Solving in Prison
  Summary

  An intervention project. Female prisoners were interviewed pre and post course about their problems and coping strategies. An occupational therapy creative problem solving course was designed to address these issues and, using occupational science theory, to coach these women to apply new problem solving strategies in their daily lives.
  Date From

  May 2010
  Date To

  June 2010
• Title

  Developments within a Community-Engaged Learning Module (Study of Occupation Practice)
  Summary

  The Study of Occupation Practice module (delivered through student civic-engagement) required senior fresh students to facilitate their partners' participation in meaningful occupation. Using an action research approach, feedback from students and community partners identified the need for clarity regarding the student role and function when actively engaged with the community. Consequently, the study set out to enhance communication with community partners and improve supports for students' learning and reflection. A pamphlet was designed and produced, in collaboration with community partners, making explicit the student-role and module objectives which streamlined communication between students and partner organisations. The study examined students' ongoing learning through moderating an online discussion forum and evaluating weekly structured online reflective diaries. Findings suggested that students struggled to facilitate occupation and manage aspects of the environment. With increased exposure and guided personal reflection they gradually began to learn when to act, how to act, and how to draw on personal resources. The initiatives effectively supported students' personal and professional development, strengthened partnerships and enriched the experience of engagement for all parties.
  Funding Agency

  Dean of Students, TCD
  Date From

  September 2009
  Date To

  June 2011
• Title

  Supporting Students in 'Doing and Thinking' in their Community-Engaged Learning Module
  Summary

  This action research study set out to enhance the learning experience for senior fresh students in their community-engaged learning module - the Study of Occupation Practice. As their service was off campus, students were required to attend debriefing sessions to reflect on their practice and engagement. These sessions were supported by online discussion and reflective diaries. This project built on previous course enhancements by continuing to develop online supports for reflective practice. Additionally, learning was enriched by the production of podcasts providing student-to-student support and advice to upcoming senior freshers. Fourteen student-led, acted and filmed podcasts were produced and made available online. These were, in turn, used in debriefing sessions in following years.
  Funding Agency

  Centre for Learning Technology
  Date From

  June 2010
  Date To

  June 2011

Other social sciences, Education, Other health sciences,

• Research Scholarship TU Dublin 1998
• Ann Beckett Award for Supported Volunteering: Working Together, Learning Together Project 2024

• Member of Association of Occupational Therapists of Ireland.

• The Discipline's ENOTHE (European Network of Occupational Therapists in Higher Education) representative, attending conferences and feeding back, formally and informally, ENOTHE activities to staff. 2008-2011
• The Discipline's ENOTHE (European Network of Occupational Therapists in Higher Education) representative 2008-2011, attending conferences and feeding back, formally and informally, ENOTHE activities to staff. 2008-2011
• Chair (2010-2013) and vice-chair (2008-2010) of the Research Committee of the Association of Occupational Therapists (AOTI) of Ireland. Supported research activities of occupational therapists through conference workshops, facilitating access to research participants (via AOTI membership), generating a databank of research abstracts, applying for national funding to develop therapists' research skills. 2008-2013
• Discipline representative on Faculty Research Ethics Committee with responsibility to review applications. 2004-2011
• Chair (2010-2013) and vice-chair (2008-2010) of the Research Committee of the Association of Occupational Therapists (AOTI) of Ireland. Supported research activities of occupational therapists through conference workshops, facilitating access to research participants (via AOTI membership), generating a databank of research abstracts, applying for national funding to develop therapists' research skills. 2008-2013