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Ms. Claire Gleeson

Practice Education Co-Ordinator (Occupational Therapy)

 clgleeso@tcd.ie

 


Biography

Claire I. Gleeson is a registered occupational therapist with CORU OT020918. She qualified with a Bachelor of Science Honours Degree in Occupational Therapy from Trinity College Dublin in 2008. Since then, Claire has worked within the field of Mental Health and Autism, and has worked across all educational levels, from primary school to university. Claire worked as an Occupational Therapist in the Unilink Service in Trinity College Dublin from 2008 to 2017. In her role as a Senior Occupational Therapist Claire worked collaboratively with both undergraduate and post graduate students with disabilities in providing support with engagement and integration into university life; both academically and socially. Claire also established and developed the Students with Disabilities Ambassador Programme, a student led initiative, to support students with disabilities to develop and build skills, as well as acting as role models for other students. In August 2017, Claire became the Regional Placement Facilitator within the Discipline of Occupational Therapy and in early 2019 became the Practice Education Coordinator. Claire has overall responsibility for the Practice Education component of the undergraduate occupational therapy programme across the four year Occupational Therapy degree programme. Claire holds a Master's of Science by Research from Trinity College Dublin, where her research focused on exploring and supporting the leisure occupations of autistic men in a college environment. She also has a Post Graduate Advanced Certificate in Education from Queens University, Belfast, which specialised in the area of Autism Spectrum Disorders and an Associate Post Graduate Certificate in Narrative Research from the University of East London. Claire is currently undertaking a PhD which explores the experiences of autistic women in navigating the world of work.

Research Tags

  AUTISM   AUTISM SPECTRUM   Autism Spectrum Disorder   Employment/Unemployment Studies   MENTAL HEALTH   practice education   Teaching and learning   transition to college and employment   Women & Employment

Representations

Details Date
Director on the Board for Aspire - The Asperger Syndrome Association of Ireland 2017
Committee Member of the INMED 2020 Conference February 2020
Organising Committee of the PECNET Conference 2019 2019
Reviewer for Disability Access Route to Education- Developmental Coordination Group 2014
Reviewer for the Journal; Higher Education, Skills and Work-Based Learning 2021

Languages

Language Skill Reading Skill Writing Skill Speaking
English Fluent Fluent Fluent
Spanish Medium Medium Medium

Memberships

Membership of Professional Institutions, Associations, Societies

Details Date From Date To
CORU- Registered Member 2016 present
Member of the Association of Occupational Therapists of Ireland (AOTI) June 2008 Present
Chairperson of the Association of Occupational Therapists of Ireland (AOTI) Mental Health Advisory Group & Study Day Organiser July 2016 2020
Member of the World Federation of Occupational Therapists (WFOT) June 2008 Present
Practice Education Co-ordinators Network (PECNET) 2017 Present
Treasurer of the Mental Health Advisory Group Association of Occupational Therapists of Ireland March 2020 Present
Occupational Therapists Practice Educators Network (OTPEN) 2017 Present
COHERE Research Group February 2020 Present
Committee Member on Association of Occupational Therapists of Ireland Mental Health Advisory Group 2022
Member of the Association of Occupational Therapists of Ireland Practice Education Forum. 2022
Treasurer for the Association of Occupational Therapists of Ireland Mental Health Advisory Group 2020 2021
Quigley, Duana; Poole, Claire; Whiting, Sinead; O'Connor, Erna; Gleeson, Claire; Alpine, Lucy, University student experiences of work-based placements during COVID-19 pandemic: An inter-disciplinary survey of allied health and social work students., Higher Education, Skills and Work-Based Learning, 13, (1), 2023, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Gleeson, C.I. Nolan, C., Spirtos, M., & McKay, B. , Navigating the World of Work: Autistic Women's Experiences. , AOTI Annual Conference 2020, 9th October 2020 , 2020, Oral Presentation, PUBLISHED
Gleeson, C.I. Nolan, C., & McKay, B. , A Creative Approach to Narrative Research in Storying The Lives Of Women With Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), 5th International Irish Narrative Inquiry Conference Exploring Creativity in Narrative Inquiry Trinity College Dublin , Trinity College Dublin , 2nd and 3rd May 2019, 2019, Oral Presentation, PUBLISHED
Gleeson, C.I. Nolan, C., & McKay, B. , Narrative Inquiry to explore the life experiences of women with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in their transition out of college, Royal College of Occupational Therapists Annual Conference, Belfast, Northern Ireland, June 2018 , 2018, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED
Gleeson, C.I. Nolan, C., & McKay, B. , The Voice of Women with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD): Their life experiences in their transition out of college, World Federation of Occupational Therapists International Conference , South Africa, May 2018 , 2018, Poster, PUBLISHED
Gleeson, C. I & Treanor, D. , Trinity Students with Disabilities Ambassador Programme, Transitions: Minding the Gaps in Liminal Spaces; CSSI Summer Conference , Cork , June 2017 , 2017, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED
Doyle, A. Gleeson, C.I. & Treanor, D. , A pre-college transition programme for students with Autistic Spectrum Disorder in Ireland, The AHEAD Journal , (5), 2017, p1 - 13, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  URL
Nolan, C & Gleeson, C.I. , The transition to employment: the perspectives of students and graduates with disabilities, Journal Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research, 19, (3), 2017, p230 - 244, Journal Article, PUBLISHED
Claire Gleeson, Kieran Lewis, Dr Clodagh Nolan, and Declan Treanor, Supporting the Transition into Employment:Career Pathways: A Support Service for Students with Disabilities, ENOTHE-COTEC International Congress, Galway , June 2016, 2016, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED
Claire Gleeson, Dr. Clodagh Nolan, Kieran Lewis , Building Blocks - The development of an e-Portfolio system to support students with disabilities in the transition to employment. , Universal Design for Learning (UDL), AHEAD Conference - March 19th & 20th, 2015 Dublin Castle, Dublin Castle, Dublin. , March 2015, 2015, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED
  

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Claire Gleeson , Autistic Women and Girls: Neurodiversity in the workplace, Psychological Society of Ireland Autistic Women and Girls Webinar Series, Online , 10th February 2021 , 2021, Psychological Society of Ireland , Invited Talk, PUBLISHED
Claire Gleeson , Website Article , https://www.autistica.org.uk/what-is-autism/what-is-autism/navigating-the-transition-into-the-world-with-covid-19, 2020, Report, PUBLISHED
Gleeson, C. & Nolan, C. , Exploring Strategies to support young people with ASD who self-harm, Pieta House Conference , Aviva Stadium, Dublin , 2017, Pieta House , Invited Talk, PUBLISHED

  

Awards and Honours

Award Date
o Association of Occupational Therapists of Ireland, Annual Ann Beckett Award 2015 March 2016
o Association of Higher Education Careers Services (AHECS) Employability Award 2015
o Short Listed for an eGovernment Web Accessibility Award. March 2013