Melika Kangarani-Farahani Ph.D. candidate, University of British Columbia
Melika completed her bachelor and master’s in occupational therapy at Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences in Iran. She has been an occupational therapist for 12 years in Iran. She worked with children with neurodevelopmental disorders such as Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Learning Disorder (LD), Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), and Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD). She also worked as a clinical instructor at the OT Department at SBMU. She has been teaching practical OT approaches and supervised undergraduate projects to review neurorehabilitation approaches for children with various neurodevelopmental disorders. Melika is currently a Ph.D. candidate in the rehabilitation sciences program at UBC. Her research focuses on brain changes after rehabilitation in children with autism and developmental coordination disorder. She also provides rehabilitation services for children with autism and other neurodevelopmental disorders in home, school, and social group settings. Melika is actively involved with trainee activities within Kids Brain Health Network (KBHN).
