Rate My Professor Simon Leadley

Leadley’s research focuses on poverty especially child poverty, public and population health including climate action, mental health, recovery, and trauma-informed care, emphasizing occupational science and therapy’s transdisciplinary contributions to addressing societal challenges. Key publications include “An occupational perspective of childhood poverty” (New Zealand Journal of Occupational Therapy, 2017), “The Kawa Model: Informing the development of a culturally sensitive occupational therapy assessment tool in Aotearoa/New Zealand” (New Zealand Journal of Occupational Therapy, 2015), “The ways poverty influences a tamaiti/child’s patterns of participation” (Journal of Occupational Science, 2020), “Environmental Sustainability: A Rationale in Support of Occupational Therapy New Zealand Whakaora Ngangahau Aotearoa’s Position Statement” (New Zealand Journal of Occupational Therapy, 2023), and “Case Study Methodology” (book chapter, Routledge, 2024). He has presented at conferences in Aotearoa New Zealand, peer-reviews for the New Zealand Journal of Occupational Therapy, and serves on the Monash University Ethics Committee, as Early Career Researcher Representative for his school, and in the OT Academics Network of the Centre for Mental Health Learning Victoria. Leadley supervises honours and masters students and accepts PhD candidates on child poverty and occupational participation topics. He is a member of the Australian and Aotearoa New Zealand Occupational Therapy Associations and the Child Poverty Action Group.