Thomas Morgenthaler

Personal profile

Position at the ZHAW

Ressearch Asistant, PhD Student

www.zhaw.ch/de/gesundheit/institute-zentren/ier/forschung/

Expertise and research interests

Play, Playspaces, Particiaption of children and adolescent, school- based occuaptional therapy

Educational background

since 2021 PhD Studnet in the P4Play Project at University Collage Cork, Irland und Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh (Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under Marie Sktodowska-Curie grant agreement No 861257.

2018-2020 European Master of Science in Occupational Therapy
(Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Schweden; University College Zealand, Naestved, Dänemark; Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, Amsterdam, Niederlande; Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften, Winterthur, Schweiz; University of Brighton, Eastbourne, Grossbritanien)

2010-2013 Bachelor in Ergotherapie
(University of Applied Sciences Wiener Neustadt, Austria)

Membership of networks

• P4Play: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Innovative Training Network is a European Joint Doctorates programme in Occupational Science for Occupational Therapists
• Austrian Association of Occupational Science (Board member)
• Ergotherapie Austria
• Swiss Society for Early Childhood Research

Projects

• P4Play - european doctorial program for occupational science / Team member / Project ongoing

Publications

• Morgenthaler, Thomas; Schulze, Christina; Pentland, Duncan; Lynch, Helen,

  2023.

  Environmental qualities that enhance outdoor play in community playgrounds from the perspective of children with and without disabilities : a scoping review.

  International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.

  20(3), pp. 1763.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20031763

• Ulbrich-Ford, Sophie; Morgenthaler, Thomas,

  2023.

  Positionspapier zur schul- und kindergartenbasierten Ergotherapie : Ergotherapie Austria – Bundesverband der Ergotherapeutinnen und Ergotherapeuten Österreich.

  Pädiatrie & Pädologie.

  58(S1), pp. 41-43.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00608-023-01070-8

• Morgenthaler, Thomas; Kramer-Roy, Debbie; Schulze, Christina,

  2022.

  Environmental adjustment needs of children with special educational needs in Austrian mainstream schools : the child and teacher perspective.

  Journal of Occupational Therapy, Schools, & Early Intervention.

  16(2), pp. 138-159.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/19411243.2022.2027838

• Krieger, Beate; Moser, Albine; Morgenthaler, Thomas; Beurskens, Anna J. H. M.; Piskur, Barbara,

  2022.

  Parents' perceptions: environments and the contextual strategies of parents to support the participation of children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder : a descriptive population-based study from Switzerland.

  Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-022-05826-2

• Wenger, Ines; Morgenthaler, Thomas; Schulze, Christina,

  2021.

  If I could build... : empowering the voices of children with disabilities in playground planning [poster].

  In:

  3rd Annual Meeting of the Swiss Society for Early Childhood Research, Zurich, 23-24 November 2021.

  Zenodo.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5733919

• Morgenthaler, Thomas; Bergin, Michelle; Schulze, Christina; Prellwitz, Maria; Lynch, Helen; Boyle, Bryan; Lilija, Magareta; Pentland, Duncan,

  2021.

  P4PLAY: researching people, place, policy and practice for play from the lens of occupational science : innovative evidence-informed solutions in school and community contexts [poster].

  In:

  Play 2021 : A conference on children, play and space, Brimingham, 7-8 July 2021.

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5159332

• Weise, Andrea; Morgenthaler, Thomas; Vinçon, Sabine; Wenger, Ines,

  2022.

  Occupational Science aus der Perspektive von drei Studierenden des europäischen Doktoratsprogramms P4PLAY.

  Ergoscience.

  17(2), pp. 76-77.

• Morgenthaler, Thomas; Lynch, Helen; Pentland, Duncan; Schulze, Christina,

  2023.

  Introducing a new audit to investigate play value for inclusion in community playgrounds.

  In:

  22nd International Play Association Triennial World Conference, Glasgow, Scotland, 6-9 June 2023.

• Morgenthaler, Thomas; Vinçon, Sabine,

  2022.

  Betätigung im Mittelpunkt : SPIELEN als Chance zur Interdisziplinarität.

  In:

  3. O’Science Day der Austrian Association of Occupational Science, online, 25. November 2022.

• Morgenthaler, Thomas; Schulze, Christina; Lynch, Helen; Pentland, Duncan,

  2022.

  Playing outdoor : a review of instruments that assess play value of community playgrounds for innovative context-based occupational therapy.

  In:

  18th World Federation of Occupational Therapists Congress, Paris, France, 28-31 August 2022.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7081341

• Kaelin, Vera; Kramer-Roy, Debbie; Ulbrich-Ford, Sophie; Lynch, Helen; Piskur, Barbara; Meuser, Sarah; Schulze, Christina; Echsel, Angelika; Zillhardt, Cornelie; Hoerder, Roswitha; Morgenthaler, Thomas; et al.,

  2022.

  The r-evolution of school based occupational therapy (SBOT) through international collaboration and innovation.

  In:

  18th World Federation of Occupational Therapists (WFOT) Congress, Occupational R-Evolution, Paris, France, 28-31 August 2022.

• Morgenthaler, Thomas; Schulze, Christina,

  2022.

  Spiel, Spass und Spannung am Spielplatz : welche Rolle spielt die Umwelt?.

  In:

  6. Winterthurer Ergo-Gipfel, online, 5. März 2022.

  Available from: https://www.zhaw.ch/storage/gesundheit/institute-zentren/ier/symposien-tagungen/abstracts-basislagerreferate-6-winterthurer-ergo-gipfel.pdf

• Morgenthaler, Thomas; Schulze, Christina; Jackson, Jeanne; Kantartzis, Sarah; Lynch, Helen,

  2022.

  Slidable, climbable, hidable : exploring the theory of affordances for understanding person-environment transaction.

  In:

  Inaugural World Occupational Science Conference (WOSC), Vancouver, Canada, 18-20 August 2022.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7081405

• Dür, Mona; Unger, Julia; Nieder, Magdalena; Morgenthaler, Thomas; Lettner-Hauser, Karin; Berger, Miriam; Pechstädt, Katrin; Schlögl, Magdalena; Fechner, Katharina,

  2022.

  Story of success : founding the Austrian Association of Occupational Science during the corona pandemic.

  In:

  18th World Federation of Occupational Therapists Congress, Paris, France, 28-31 August 2022.

Publications before appointment at the ZHAW

Ulbrich-Ford, S., Morgenthaler, T., Rathauscher, U., Kastner, H., Eberle, M., & Schöhnthaler, E. (2019). Positionspapier zur schul- und kindergartenbasierten Ergotherapie: Die Rolle und das Aufgabengebiet von Ergotherapeut*innen in österreichischen Bildungseinrichtungen [Positionstatment school-based occupational therapy: The role of occupational therapist in Austrian educational institutions]. Retrieved from www.ergotherapie.at/sites/default/files/schul-und_kindergartenbasierte_ergotherapie_positionspapier_ergotherapie.pdf

Rathauscher, U., Kastner, H., Morgenthaler, T. (2018). Kernkompetenzen in der Schulbasierten Ergotherapie. Fachtagung Ergotherapie Austria. Präsentation. Retrieved from: www.ergotherapie.at/sites/default/files/kernkompetenzen_in_der_schulbasierten_et_in_oesterreich_rathauscher_kastner_morgenthaler.pdf

Ulbrich Ford, S., Eberle, M., Morgenthaler, T., Rathauscher, U., Schönthaler, E., (2021). Von der Notwendigkeit einer kindergarten- und schulbasierten Ergotherapie in Österreich: Vorstellung des Positionspapiers und einer Power Point Präsentation zur Vorstellung an Kindergärten und Schulen. Fachtagung Ergotherapie Austria. Präsentation. Retrieved from: www.ergotherapie.at/sites/default/files/abstracthefta5_fachtagung2021.pdf

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