Jill Maglio
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COMBINING OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY WITH CIRCUS ARTS TO PROMOTE MORE EQUITABLE ACCESS TO AND PARTICIPATION IN MEANINGFUL OCCUPATIONS.
Bio
Jill Maglio is an occupational therapist and the founder of Holistic Circus Therapy and CircusAid. She has over 15 years of experience using circus as an educational and community-building tool and has trained nearly 1000 people internationally in the methodology she has developed from international research. Jill’s involvement with circus intervention research has been published in the Australian Journal of Occupational Therapy. She has been noted for her innovative work in combining social circus with occupational therapy to promote the acquisition of life skills among diverse populations
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Capstone MentorSocial Circus, Community Health, Refugees, Occupational Justice