Maaike Canrinus, new Doctor of Education, enhances her therapy clinic, crosses the Convocation stage
Dr. Canrinus (photo courtesy Riverwise Psychology Services)
Story originally appeared in the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education’s (OISE) Latest News and Stories by Perry King
The pandemic was a challenging yet rewarding time for Dr. Maaike Canrinus.
This week, Dr. Canrinus will take the Convocation stage to receive her Doctor of Education in School Psychology, having refined her skill set through completing a dissertation-in-practice, which explores a real-world issue drawn from professional life. Dr. Canrinus is part of the inaugural cohort of students in the Doctor of Education in School Psychology program.
The problem she set out to address in her doctoral research was how to improve pyschologists’ practices in giving feedback to families for psychoeducational assessments. This undertaking was developed over the course of establishing up her clinic, Riverwise Psychological Services, which she founded in 2019.
“[My degree] is directly linked to what I’m doing all of the time, and it has given me new ideas and different perspectives about how to engage in the practice of giving feedback to families,” she says. “It also has given me ideas about how I can support others, supervise others, and train other clinicians to do this better.”