Ms Parvathi Subramaniam

Lecturer (Clinical Education)
B.App Sci (Occupational Therapy)Hons

Email: parvathi.subramaniam@nd.edu.au

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  • Biography

    Registered Occupational Therapist with over six years of experience across paediatric practice, child and adolescent mental health, clinical education, and research translation. Skilled in delivering holistic, person-centred and family-focused occupational therapy, with expertise in psychosocial assessment, emotional regulation, and enabling participation and role development across childhood and adolescence.

    Experienced clinical educator and program coordinator within both university and community contexts, with a demonstrated ability to design and deliver engaging, practice-based learning experiences for pre-service occupational therapy students and multidisciplinary learners. Recognised for initiative in leading programs, developing stakeholder partnerships, and translating evidence into meaningful clinical and educational resources across academic, health, and community settings.

    Committed to the formation of reflective, ethical, and practice-ready occupational therapy graduates. My teaching philosophy is grounded in inclusive and student-centred learning, reflective practice, and the integration of occupational therapy theory with authentic clinical reasoning. I aim to create supportive and engaging learning environments that foster critical thinking, professional identity formation, and lifelong learning, while preparing students to deliver evidence-based, person-centred and socially responsive occupational therapy practice.

  • Teaching areas

    Clinical Education (Occupational Therapy)

  • Research expertise and supervision

    Completed embedded Honours research project as part of Occupational Therapy studies and worked as a post-graduate research assistant (qualitative, disability-inclusive participatory action research) 2020 - 2026.

  • Conference papers

    • Subramaniam, P., Villeneuve, M. (2019). Enabling inclusive emergency preparedness: Exploring the utilisation of the Canadian model of client-centred enablement. 28th Annual Occupational Therapy Association National Conference and Exhibition, Sydney, Australia.
    • Villenueve, M., Subramaniam, P., & Sterman, J. (2022). Person-Centred Emergency Preparedness for Disaster Resilience. 18th International Congress of the World Federation of Occupational Therapists, Paris, France.
    • Villenueve, M., Subramaniam, P., & Chang, J. (2022). Person-Centred Emergency Preparedness (P-CEP) – What is it?. AFAC22 Conference & Exhibition, Adelaide, Australia
    • Villenueve, M., Subramaniam, P., & Chang, J. (2022). Building service provider capability in Person-Centred Emergency Preparedness: A Training Evaluation. AFAC22 Conference & Exhibition, Adelaide, Australia
    • Villenueve, M., Subramaniam, P., & Sterman, J. (2019). Advancing emergency preparedness for people with disabilities and chronic health conditions in the community. Australian Disaster Resilience Conference, Melbourne, Australia