Donna Koller
Academic and Clinical Specialist in Child Life, SickKids Hospital
Professor
Faculty of Community Services
School of Early Childhood Studies
Toronto, Ontario
dkoller@torontomu.ca
Office:
(416) 979-5000 ext. 2513
Expert In
Accessibility
Best practices in psychosocial care of children
Child Life best practices
Children with chronic medical conditions
Children's perspectives on health care experiences
Inclusive technologies, tools and design
Learning tools for children with diabetes
Social inclusion for children with disabilities
Theme: Health and wellbeing
Bio/Research
Donna Koller is a professor within the School of Early Childhood Studies at Toronto Metropolitan University. She completed graduate studies at the University of Missouri-Columbia, and a doctorate degree in child development and applied psychology from the University of Toronto. Clinical positions...
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Bio/Research
Donna Koller is a professor within the School of Early Childhood Studies at Toronto Metropolitan University. She completed graduate studies at the University of Missouri-Columbia, and a doctorate degree in child development and applied psychology from the University of Toronto. Clinical positions in three children’s hospitals (Canada and US) contributed to an expertise in pediatric psychosocial care and children’s rights in health care. Her program of research consistently examines children’s own experiences and perceptions. As an adjunct scientist at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), she has addressed children’s rights and perspectives on decision-making, social inclusion for children with disabilities and chronic medical conditions, the disclosure of medical errors, and children’s rights in a pandemic. As a member of the International Society for Social Pediatrics and Child Health (ISSOP), her work is guided by contemporary views of childhood and the ethical and moral imperatives set out in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) (1989). Internationally, she has consulted on pediatric psychosocial care and research methods with children.
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