Dr. Helene Polatajko is a highly regarded occupational therapy researcher who has contributed significantly to the development and evaluation of innovative treatment for children with developmental coordination disorder, the design of outcome measures, and the development of theoretical practice guidelines. She is Professor and former Chair, Occupational Therapy, in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto. Dr. Polatajko led the development and evaluation of an innovative task-based intervention for children with Developmental Coordination Disorder. Over the past few years, this treatment approach has been tested in other populations (children and adults) and is being used nationally and internationally.