Biography
Clodagh has been with the Discipline of Occupational Therapy since 1989. She was the Head of the Discipline from 2009 -2012. She is the founder and Clinical Director of the Unilink Service (An Occupational Therapy Service for students with disabilities) within Trinity College which has been adopted by three other Higher Institutes of Education within the Dublin Region. The Unilink Service is funded by the European Social Fund for Students with Disabilities. Clodagh actively supports research and development of occupational therapy services within higher education and supports staff in delivering high quality services in collaborations with Disability Services in UCD, TCD and DIT. Clodagh is a member of an International Research Consortium examining how students with disabilities on professional courses manage their practice education experiences and are prepared for the work environment. Clodagh has mentored and supported several Master and Ph.D. students to completion in the areas of Mental Health, ADHD Autistic Spectrum Disorder, Self-Management and Service Learning. She is a government appointed member of the Occupational Therapist Registration Board (OTRB) at CORU and the Faculty of Health Sciences Ethics Committee at Trinity College Dublin.
Publications and Further Research Outputs
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Casey, H., Johnson,J., Dillon, M., & Nolan C., "Kickstart to Recovery": An Irish Football Program for Mental Health Service Users., OTJR: Occupational Therapy Journal of Research. , 43, (4), 2023, p637 - 644
Armstrong, A., Nolan, C., Cremin, K., Turner, N. & Lawlor, G., The Relationship Between Horticulture, Recovery and Occupational Therapy in Mental Health: A Scoping Review, Occupational Therapy in Mental Health, 2023
Tuite, A.M., Nolan, C., Johnson, J. & Dillon, M., Tackling Social Exclusion Through Engagement in Football: Findings from the 'Kickstart to Recovery' Programme, Irish Journal of Occupational Therapy , 2023, p1-10
Nolan C., Doyle J.K., Lewis K., Treanor D., Disabled Students" perception of the sensory aspects of the learning and social environments within one Higher Education Institution, British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 2022
Lombard, Nolan & Heron, A Scoping Review of the Use of Rasch Analysis Methodology to strengthen Self-Report Occupational Therapy Mental Health Measures, Occupational Therapy in Mental Heath, 2022
Lombard Kim, Nolan Clodagh & Heron Elizabeth A., Refining the psychometirc properties of the Trinity Student Occupational Performance Profile - A self-report measure of occupational difficulties within the student role, British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 2022, p1 - 10
Clodagh Nolan & Cecily Roche, Auditing Learning Environments from a Sensory Perspective', AHEAD International Conference, Croke Park, 20th March 2019, 2019
Devlin, H., Nolan, C. & Turner, AssistiveTechnology and Schizophrenia, Irish Journal of Occupational Therapy, 2019
Clodagh Nolan & Declan Treanor, How do we know that we do what we say we do?, International Conference of National Association of Disability Practitioners Ensuring Quality Provision, London , 25th-27th June 2018, 2018
Gleeson, Nolan & MacKay, The power of the Voice of Women with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD): Their life experiences in the transition out of college, Congress of the World Federation of Occupational Therapists, South Africa, 21-25th May 2018, 2018
Clodagh Nolan & Barbara Ringwood, Outcomes from Students with an Intellectual Disability attending a Higher Education Course on Arts, Science and Inclusive Applied Practice, Royal College of Occupational Therapists, Belfast, 11-13th June, 2018
Nolan, C. & Gleeson, C., The Transition to Employment: The Perspectives of Students and Graduates with Disabilities, Scandinavian Journal of Disability, 19, (http://dx.doi.org/10), 2017, p1 - 15
Creaner, B., & Nolan, C., How do we know we do what it says on the tin? Ensuring adherence to a Person Centred Approach within Occupational Therapy Mental Health Services in Higher Education. , European Journal for Person Centered Healthcare, 4, (2), 2016, p271 - 280
Elizabeth McKay, Clodagh Nolan, Sissel Horghagen, Eva Magnus, Malin Eerola, Mital Armin and Siobhan Kelly, Exploring transitions of occupational therapy garduates with seen and unseen disabilities: A European Study, 1st COTEC-ENOTHE Congress, National University of Ireland Galway, 15 - 19 June, 2016
Isabel Kennedy and Clodagh Nolan, An Exploration of a Service-Learning Environment for Occupational Therapy Students and their Community Partners: Outcomes and Perceptions, 1st COTEC-ENOTHE Congress, National University of Ireland Galway, 15-19 June, 2016
Hannah Devlin, Clodagh Nolan and Niall Turner, An Investigation into the perceptions of service users, their significant care-givers and clinicians, on the use of assistive technology to enable self-management for individuals diagnosed with schizophrenia., 1st COTEC-ENOTHE Cngress, National University of Ireland Galway, 15 - 19 June, 2016
Karen McCarthy, Kristy Coen, Carlin Daley, Aine Odea, Susan Madigan, Clodagh Nolan Linda Reen and Orla Sullivan, OT on College Campuses: Facilitating Student Success Through Occupation, 1st COTEC-ENOTHE Congress, National University of Ireland Galway, 15-19 June, 2016
Orit Lahav, Clodagh Nolan and Noomi Katz, Academic and Social Concerns of Students in Higher Education, WORK: A Journal of Prevention, Assessment, and Rehabilitation, 55, (4), 2016, p757 - 764
Orit Lahav, Clodagh Nolan, Noomi Katz, Academic and Social Concerns of Students in Higher Education, 1st COTEC-ENOTHE Congress, National University of Ireland Galway, 15 -19 June, 2016
Clince, M., Connolly, L., & Nolan, C., Comparing and Exploring the Sensory Processing Patterns of Higher Education Students with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Autism Spectrum Disorder, American Journal of Occupational Therapy, March/ April, (70), 2016, p1 - 9
Kieran Lewis, Clodagh Nolan, Elizabeth McKay , The Development of an Occupation-Focused Self-Management Programme for Students in Higher Education, 1st COTEC-ENOTHE Congress, National University of Ireland Galway, 15-19 June, 2016
Clodagh Nolan, Enabling the Participation of Students with Disabilities in Health and Human Professions - An Irish Perspective on Placement Planning for Students with Disabilities whilst on Fieldwork Practice, 1st COTEC-ENOTHE Congress, National University of Ireland Galway, 15th - 19th June, 2016
Nolan, C. & Gleeson, C. , Career Pathways- Supporting the transition from college to employment for students and graduates with disabilities, NNDR Conference, Bergen, Norway, 6-8th May 2015, 2015
Gleeson, C., Nolan,C. & Lewis, K., Building Blocks - The development of an e-Portfolio system to support students with disabilities in the transition to employment., AHEAD International Conference, Dublin Castle, 19th - 20th March, 2015
Amin,M,.Eerola,E.,Horghagen, S., Kiely,S., Magnus, E., McKay, B. & Nolan, C., Disclosure on Transitioning to the Workplace for Graduates with Disabilities, NNDR Conference, Bergen, Norway, 6-8th May 2015, 2015
Clince, C. Connolly, L. & Nolan, C., Recommendations for Supporting Students with ADHD and ASD in Higher Education Environments, AHEAD International Conference, Dublin Castle, Dublin, 19th - 20th March 20, 2015
Nolan, C. & Gleeson, C., An exploration of the needs and concerns of students and graduates with disabilities as they transition from higher education into employment, NNDR Conference, Bergen, Norway, 6-8th May 2015, 2015
Nolan, C., Treanor D. & Sullivan, O., An exploration of the needs and concerns of students and graduates with disabilities as they transition from higher education into employment, 16th International Congress of the World Federation of Occupational Therapists, Yokohama, Japan, 18th-21st June, 2014, 2014
Nolan,C., Gleeson, C.I., Treanor, D. & Madigan, S., Higher Education Students Registered with Disability Services and Practice Educators: Issues and Concerns for Professional Placements., International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2014
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 - 125
Nolan C., Gleeson, C.I., Treanor, D. & Madigan, S., An investigation into the supports for students with disabilities whilst on practice placement, 16th International Congress of the World Federation of Occupational Therapists, Yokohama, Japan, 18th-21st June, 2014, 2014
Clince, M., Connolly, L., & Nolan, C., Comparing the Trinity Student Profile Results of Students with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Asperger's Syndrome (AS), School of Medicine Post Graduate Research Conference, School of Medicine Tallaght Hospital , 8th December 2014, 2014
Gleeson, C. & Nolan, C., Supporting Students with ASD at Third Level., International Irish Society of Autism, Dublin Convention Centre, 4th April, 2013, 2013
Lewis, K. & Nolan, C., Examination Accommodations for Students with Sensory Defensiveness, Journal of Post Secondary Education and Disability, 26, (2), 2013, p163 - 180
Gleeson, C. & Nolan, C., Innovation and Evidence for the Enhancement of Leisure Occupation with Young Adults with Asperger's Syndrome., Annual Conference fo the Association of Occupational Therapists of Ireland., Mullingar, 20th April 2013, 2013
Nolan, C., Treanor, D., Gleeson, C., & Lewis, K., TCD Unilink: A Shared Service Model, Higher Education Authority Conference, Dublin, Castle, 7th November! 2013, 2013
Gleeson, C. Nolan, C. Quinn, S. , Participation and Enhancement of Leisure Occupations with Young Adults with Asperger's Syndrome,, Association of Child and Adolescent Mental Health Conference, Limerick, September 2012, 2012
Jarus, T., Lee, M., Magnus, E., Nolan, C.Sachs, D., & Scheurer, N., Diversity in Higher Education - Inclusion for Sudents with Mental Illness, Psychosocial Rehabilitation Conference, Vancouver, Canada, 2012
Nolan,C. Horghagen, S. & Magnus, E., Diversity in Higher Education - Inclusion for Students with Diverse Disabilities, 9th COTEC Congress of Occupational Therapists, Stockholm, 26th May 2012, 2012
Jarus, T., Horghagen, S., Lee, M. Magnus,.E., Nolan, C., Sachs, D., & Schreurer, N., Diversity in Higher Education: Inclusion for Students with disabilities in health and service professions, International Congress on University and Disability, Madrid, Spain, 22-23 November 2012, 2012
Nolan, C., & Treanor, D., Social Model of Disability and Person-Environment-Occupation Model in the Delivery of Services for Students, 9th COTEC Congress of Occupational Therapists, Stockholm, 26th May 2012, 2012
Nolan, C., Unilink An Approach to Supporting Students with Hidden Disabilities in College, Psychosocial Rehabilitation Conference, Vancouver, Canada, 23-26 September, 2012
Nolan, C., & MacCobb, S., Issues and Concerns for Students with Diverse Mental Health Problems in a University Setting, 9th COTEC Congress of Occupational Therapy, Stockholm, 26th May 2012, 2012
Gleeson, C.I., Quinn, S., & Nolan, C, Enhancing college participation: An evaluation of an occupational therapy support service for students with Asperger's Syndrome., Nordiac Network on Disability Research, Iceland, May 27-28, 2011
Nolan, C., Issues and Concerns of Students with Significant Mental Health Problems as Measured by the Trinity Student Profile. , Nordiac Network on Disability Research, Iceland, May 27-28, 2011
Gleeson, C., Treanor, D., Nolan, C. & Quinn, S., Enhancing College Participation: The Trinity College Dublin Model of Support Service for Students with Asperger's Syndrome., QUART Centre Conference, Queen's University Belfast, 18th Nobember 2011, 2011
Gleeson, 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, September, 2011
O'Connor, K., Quinn, S., Gleeson, C.I., & Nolan, C., Asprger's Syndrome in the Unilink Service: A description of the services key features and the satisfaction of its service users., HRB summer scholarship Poster Competition, Dublin Castle, October , 2011
Nolan, C.Quinn,S. & MacCobb, S., The Use of Mobile Phone Technology, in particular Text Messaging, 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 - 125
Nolan C., Quinn S. & MacCobb S., An Occupation Based Service for Third Level Students with Significant Mental Health Issues. , 15th International Congress of World Federation of Occupational Therapists, Chile, 4 - 7th May, 2010
Nolan C. & Quinn S., Using 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, 4 - 7th May, 2010
Doyle, N., Stapleton, T., Nolan, C., Pender, N., and O'Brien, D., A pilot study to explore the use of the Sensory Modality Assessment and Rehabilitative Technique (SMART) with low awareness state patients in an acute hospital settig., Physical Therapy Review, Rehabilitation and Therapy Research Society, Dublin, 15, (2), Maney Publishing, 2010, pp123 - 123
Gleeson, C.I., Quinn, S., & Nolan, C, Asperger's Syndrome in Third Level Education., Disability Service Anniversary Symposium, Trinity College, Dublin, June, 2010
Lalor C., Lynch P.& Nolan C., An investigation of the perceived impact of a peer education course on participating occupational therapy students in an Irish university, 15th International Congress of the World Federation of Occupational Therapists, Chile, 4 - 7th May, 2010
Nolan C., Quinn S., & McCobb S, The use of mobile phone and text messaging as a means of ongoing support within a menal health service for students, AOTI, Kilkenny , 2009
Quinn S., Gleeson C., & Nolan C, living and managing Asperger's Syndrome in third level education., AOTI, Kilkenny , 2009
Quinn S., Gleeson C., Nolan C. , Managing Asperger's Syndrome in third level education - A service evaluation. , AOTI , Kilkenny, May 2009, 2009
Nolan C & Quinn S, Supporting students with mental health problems in the first year, CSSI, Sligo, June 2009, 2009
Nolan C. & McCobb S., Supporting Students with Mental Health Issues, AOTI, Kilkenny, April 2008, 2009
Milford C., Nolan C. & Stapleton T., The impact of dyxpraxia on the adolescents occupational participation., AOTI, Kilkenny, 2009
Devine Rory & Nolan Clodagh, Secual Identity and Human Occupation: A Qualitative Exploration, Journal of Occupational Science, Volume 14, (Number 3), 2007, p154 - 161
F.M. Ryan, T. Stap[leton, C. Nolan and M. Delargy, Assing Adults with Mild Acquired Brain Injury in the Community Environment, Physical Therapy Reviews, Rehabilitation and Therapy Research Society Conference, Dublin, 26th May 2006, 11, (4), 2006, pp208 - 209
Nolan C; MacCobb S, Unilink: A Mental Health Service Initiative for University Students, World Federation of Occupational Therapists Bulletin, 54, (November), 2006, p53 - 59
Nolan C. , Unilink a mental health initiative at the University of Dublin, CSSI, Belfast, 2004
Nolan C.& Brangan J., The risk of falling in community dwelling older people an the resulting research implications, 13th World Congress of Occupational Therapists, Stockholm, 23rd -28th June, 2002
Nolan C, Professional Development - Another Challenge, 12th International Congress of the World Federation of Occupational Therapists, Montreal, May31 - June 5th, (Abstract no 468), 1998
Hunt E. & Nolan C., Goal-Setting in Action: The Development and Implementation of a Metholology to Facilitate Person-Centred, Self-Directed Learning, Irish Journal of Occupational Therapy, 28, (1), 1998, p11 - 17
Hunt E & Nolan C, The Education of Irish Occupational Theapy Students with Regards to the Therapeutic Relationship, 12th International Congress of the World Federation of Occupational Therapists, Montreal, May 31st - June 5th, (Abstract No. 303), 1998
Allen O & Nolan C, Work Stressors and Work Environments of a Sample of Newly-Qualified Occupational Therapists, Irish Journal of Occupational Therapy, 28, (1), 1998, p3 - 11
Nolan C Allen O, Professional Development - Whose responsibility is it?, Irish Journal of Occupational Therapy, 27, (2), 1997, p16 - 20
Nolan C, Activity Analysis - Jewellery Making, Irish Journal of Occupational Therapy, 25, (2), 1995, p9 - 11
Nolan C., Community mental health care ideology and the mental health care professional., Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine, 12, (3 September), 1995, p91 - 94
Nolan C, Community Mental Health - Are Mental Health Professionals within Ireland Committed to the Ideological Beliefs associated with this movement., 11th International Congress of the World Federation of Occupational Therapists., London, 17 -22 April, 1994, pp81 - 83
Nolan C, Occupational Therapy within Ireland - A Valuable Contribution to Health Care, Irish Journal of Occupational Therapy, 24, (2), 1994, p9 - 11
Non-Peer-Reviewed Publications
Maria Clince and Clodagh Nolan, Going to College A guide for Students with ADHD, ADHD Ireland, ADHD Ireland, 2017
Clodagh Nolan, An European Perspective on Transitioning Into, Through and Out of Higher Education for Students with Disabilities with Examples of Best Practice from Ireland, Internationa Conference on Transitioning into and out of Higher Education to Employment for Students with Disabilities, University of Haifa Israel, 8th May, 2017, University of Haifa
Clodagh Nolan & Claire Gleeson, Exploring Strategies to support young people with ASD who self-harm, Self-harm Awareness Conference Pieta House, Aviva Stadium, 1st March , 2017, Pieta House
Clodagh Nolan, Empowering Young Adults with Disabilities, June 21st and 22nd, In:Empowering Young Adults with Disabilities, 2016, Trinity Centre for Health Sciences
Nolan, C., Sullivan, O., Gleeson, C., & Lewis, K., Balancing the Books: Managing Fatigue in College: Staff and Students, Custodian Publishers, 2014
Nolan.C., Magnus, E. & McKay, B., Transitioning In and Out of Universities for Disabled Students, International Research Workshop, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, 27 - 29th September , 2012
Nolan C. Quinn S., & Gleeson C., Report on the Unilink Service - An Occupational Therapy Mental Health Initiative Five Years On 2004 - 2009, 2009
Nolan C, Supporting students with mental health difficulties at third level., Continuing Education Workshop, NUI Maynooth, April, 2008
Nolan C.& Quinn S., Managing Asperger's syndrome at Third Level., Workshop on Asperger's Syndrome, National College of Art and Design, November, 2008
Nolan C, Challenges in your 20's - Men's Mental Health, Blackrock Past Pupils Association, Stillorgan Park Hotel, March, 2008
Nolan C & Lewis K, Challenges in your 20's, Blackrock Past Pupils Association, Stillorgan Park Hotel, March , 2007
Nolan C. Collins B., Unilink - A student's guide to the unilnk service, University of Dublin, Trinity College, 2006
Brangan J. & Nolan C., Safety Hazards and Risk of Falling in Community-Dwelling Older People. Report on a survey of residents from Fingal and Dun Laoghaire Co. Councils and Dublin Corporation, 2000
Nolan C, Occupation and Well-Being, Imma Conference 2000 - 'Adding Life to your Years' Lifelong Learning, Interaction and Inclusion in Society for All Older People. A focus on the visual arts. , IMMA Dublin, 23 -24 May, 2000
Nolan C. & Grennan L, An Investigation into the Leisure Activities and needs of 9 students and their carers from Dunmore House., 1996, -
Research Expertise
Projects
- Title
- Transition to employment for graduates experiencing mental health difficulties
- Summary
- The development of an individualized recovery-orientated and employment-focused approach to supporting college students and recent graduates experiencing mental health difficulties from five Dublin HEIs and nationally in their transition to employment. This process facilitates the individuals to evaluate their current skills, provide them with support to source and obtain suitable employment while also developing their personal self-management strategies to maintain health and well-being while in employment. As required, the student/graduate can meet regularly with the occupational therapist and/or specialist careers adviser and engage with peer-support throughout the process which will be tailored to meet the needs of each individual participant. A collaborative triangulation between current students, recent graduates and specialist supports. This project will be build capacity into the practice student services with specialist services leading to mainstreamed interventions and developed into an online transition tool, which the student will have ownership of throughout the process and into the workplace.
- Funding Agency
- GENIO 2014
- Date From
- October 2014
- Date To
- October 2016
- Title
- Eudemonic well-being in older adults
- Summary
- Occupational therapy has a longstanding interest in eudemonic well-being given the opportunity to enhance well-being and increase a sense of purpose and meaning in life through participation in occupations that provide the opportunity to contribute to family and society (Chippendale, 2013). A recent RCT of an occupational therapy intervention comprising of a writing workshop plus inter-generational exchange showed significantly improved eudemonic well-being among the intervention arm (Chippendale & Boltz, 2015).The current study examines the literature surrounding eudemonic well-being in older adults and uses data from the TILDA study to examine factors contributing to eudemonic well-being in older adults in Ireland.
- Funding Agency
- HRB
- Date From
- June 2019
- Date To
- Sept 2019
Recognition
Representations
Chairperson of the Government appointed Occupational Therapy Registration Baord
DARE DCD National Working Group
Board Member of the OTRB CORU
National Governance Review Group for Disability Service
Awards and Honours
Best Paper at WFOT Conference London 1994
Trintiy College Equality Award
Trinity College Equality Award
Trinity College Equality Award
AOTI Ann Beckett Award
Memberships
Association of Occupational Therapists of Ireland
World Federation of Occupational Therapists
National Implementation Group for Allied Health Professionals
Member of the Mental Health Special Interest Group of the AOTI