Staff profile

Ms Priscilla Ennals

Lecturer

Faculty of Health Sciences

School of Allied Health
Department of Occupational Therapy

HS3-423, Melbourne (Bundoora)

 

Qualifications

BAppSci(OT) LaTrobe, BCouns (UNE), MOT LaTrobe

Area of study

Occupational Therapy

Brief profile

 

Priscilla is a lecturer in Occupational Therapy. She graduated as an occupational therapist in 1990 and worked in clinical mental health services until 2004. She worked in a range of teams in Victoria, Australia and London, UK. She has worked part time at La Trobe since 2002 lecturing in the areas of mental health, intentional communication and occupational theory. Priscilla completed a Masters of Occupational Therapy in 2004 and is a current PhD candidate, pursuing the topic: The impact and experience of postsecondary education in the lives of people living with mental illness. She was a senior writer on MHPOD, a national online curriculum for the development of the Australian Mental Health Workforce. Priscilla is a member of Occupational Therapy Australia and the Australian and New Zealand Occupational Therapy Mental Health Academics.

Recent publications

Publications

Conference Presentations

 

Ennals, P. & Rinaudo, B. (2011). Supported education: One pathway to social inclusion for people with mental illness. Social Participation Conference: Knowledge, policy and practice, La Trobe University, November 2011. Fossey, E., Harvey, C., Farhall, J., Ennals, P., Hanrahan, R. & Wiggins, A. (2011). Providing evidence-based psychosocial interventions in routine case management: Are we doing it? TheMS, Adelaide. Ennals, P. & Rinaudo, B. (2010). TheMHS Sydney 2010: Education: Personal stories of a pathway to social inclusion. Ennals, P. Cartwright, E., Rinaudo, B. & Fiumara, S. (2010). Pathways to Social Inclusion Melbourne, 2010: Supported education: One pathway to social inclusion for people with interrupted educational trajectories Ennals, P. Cartwright, E. & Turner, T. (2009). TheMHS Perth 2009: Creating successful learning for adults with mental illness Harvey, C., Juriansz, D., Robinson, K., Ennals, P. & Tolhurst, P. (2009). TheMHS Perth 2009. MHPOD: Mental Health Professional Online Development for the Australian mental health workforce Ennals, P. & Cartwright, E. (2008). Australian OT Association Conference Melbourne 2008: Return to learning for adults with a mental illness.

Ennals, P. & Fossey, E. (2006) Enhancing client centred and occupationally focused community mental health case management, World Federation of Occupational Therapists Conference, Sydney 

Ennals, P. & Fossey., E. (2006) “It gave me that added knowledge about her”: Consumer narratives strengthening collaborative treatment planning in community mental health case management, World Federation of Occupational Therapists Conference, Sydney

Ennals, P. & Fossey, E. (2005). Use of the Occupational Performance History Interview (OPHI-II) in adult community mental health settings: Consumers' and occupational therapists' perspectives. Presentation at the Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists' Conference , Vancouver , May 2005.

 

Rinaudo, B. & Ennals, P. (2012). Mental illness, supported education, employment and recovery: Ben’s story. WORK: A Journal of Prevention, Assessment and Rehabilitation. 42 Ennals, P. Cartwright, E. & Rinaudo, B. (2010). Supported education: One pathway to social inclusion for people with interrupted educational trajectories. New Paradigm, Winter, 2010, 14-16. Ennals, P. & Fossey, E. (2009). Using the OPHI-II to support recovery for people with mental illness. Occupational Therapy in Mental Health, 25. 138-150 Ennals, P. & Fossey, E. (2007). The Occupational Performance History Interview in community mental health case management: Consumer and occupational therapist perspectives. Australian Occupational Therapy Journal. 54, 11-21

Research projects

PhD project: The impact and experience of postsecondary study on the lives of people living with mental illness