Paula Rabaey
Email
[email protected]
Phone
612-625-0662
Office Address

Children's Rehab R277

Paula Ann Rabaey, Ph.D., MPH, OTR/L

Associate Professor, Program in Occupational Therapy

Ph.D. in Occupational Therapy, NOVA Southeastern University, Florida

MPH in Global Health, St. Catherine University, Minnesota

MS in Occupational Therapy, Boston University, Massachusettes

B.S. in Occupational Therapy, College of St. Catherine, Minnesota

Research

 Research Summary/Interests

Dr. Rabaey’s active research and scholarship activity includes the following domains:

  • Pediatric feeding disorder –best practices for assessment and intervention across cultures
  • Family mealtime occupations
  • Empowering families of children with disabilities living in low-and-middle-income countries (and prevention of institutionalization)
  • The First 1000 days and impact of mothering, attachment, and nutrition on brain growth and development

Practice

Dr. Rabaey has over 30 years of experience in pediatrics serving a variety of ages in both rural and urban
settings (NICU, early intervention, school-based, outpatient, and community based). She has also
worked in community based international settings with children with disabilities living with and without
families across four continents.

Scholarly Interests

Family mealtime occupations, childhood feeding disorders, post-natal mothering, attachment and nutrition

Teaching

Courses:

OT 7221 OT Process: Child and Youth I
OT 7431 Qualitative Inquiry in OT
Level 1 Fieldwork: Pediatrics