Shawna Perkins loves to play. The art therapist spends her days with babies and young children in Holland Bloorview’s therapeutic playroom. Her little patients may be here for rehab following a painful surgery, to recover from a traumatic brain injury, or because their parents need to learn how to…
Snoezelen rooms are artificially engineered spaces that use music, lighting, gentle vibrations, tactile sensations and aromatherapy. Users can relax and choose activities at their own pace.
Charlotte Ashe is an Ontario Certified Teacher and Group Facilitator with Friendship in Action, a Toronto-based organization that delivers youth mental health programs to schools in the GTA. Charlotte holds an honours degree in History from Queen’s University, and a Master of Teaching from the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, where she completed research on student wellbeing and social-emotional learning.
Ka Lun received his B.A.Sc. in the Engineering Science program (Biomedical Option), and has an M.Eng. in Electrical Engineering, both from University of Toronto. He has been a part of Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital since 1995, when he started as a summer student. He worked briefly as a software developer in the IT field before starting full time at Bloorview in 1999.
