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Mellissa is a Paediatric Occupational Therapist and qualified from the MSc (pre-reg) programme at Glasgow Caledonian University in 2010. She previously completed a BSc (Hons) in Kinesiology at Memorial University of Newfoundland in Canada, while on athletic scholarship for women’s basketball. She was recently awarded her PhD on handwriting difficulties in children with Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD), which she undertook at Oxford Brookes University under the guidance and supervision of Prof. Anna Barnett, Dr. Mandy Plumb and Dr. Kate Wilmut. Mellissa has worked in a variety of childrens' services since qualifying as an OT and specialises in working with children with coordination difficulties. She is particularly interested in working with children who have difficulties with handwriting. Mellissa joined Brunel University London as a Lecturer in October 2013.
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Prunty, M. , Barnett, AL. , Wilmut, K. and Plumb, MS. (2016) 'The Impact of Handwriting Difficulties on Compositional Quality in Children with Developmental Coordination Disorder'. The British Journal of Occupational Therapy. doi: 10.1177/0308022616650903 Download publication
Prunty, MM. , Barnett, AL. , Wilmut, K. and Plumb, MS. (2014) 'An examination of writing pauses in the handwriting of children with Developmental Coordination Disorder.'. Research in developmental disabilities, 35 (11). pp. 2894 - 2905. doi: 10.1016/j.ridd.2014.07.033 Download publication
Prunty, MM. , Barnett, AL. , Wilmut, K. and Plumb, MS. (2013) 'Handwriting speed in children with Developmental Coordination Disorder: Are they really slower?'. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 34 (9). pp. 2927 - 2936. doi: 10.1016/j.ridd.2013.06.005 Download publication
Prunty, M. , Barnett, AL. , Wilmut, K. and Plumb, MS. (Accepted) 'Visual perceptual and handwriting skills in children with Developmental Coordination Disorder'. Human Movement Science. doi: 10.1016/j.humov.2016.06.003 Download publication