Dr. O’Rourke Publications and Presentations
“An Interpretative Phenomenological Exploration of Successful Students with Learning Disabilities Enrolled in Post-Secondary Education”
University of Calgary, PhD Dissertation, 2011.
“Gifted Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder”
AGATE (Journal of the Gifted and Talented Education Council of the Alberta Teachers’ Association), Winter 2004, 16(2)
“The Mis-diagnosis of Gifted/ADHD Students”
Paper presentation at the Annual Hawaii International Education Conference, January 2009.
“Supporting Gifted and Talented Students”
Poster presentation at the Graduate Division of Research Annual Poster Conferences in March 2007 at the University of Calgary.
“It Takes a Village: Everyone Plays a Role in the Life of a Student with AD/HD”
Elvira Castaneda, M.Ed. and Sally O’Rourke, Ph.D., Registered Psychologists. Presented at the Calgary Teacher’s Convention, February, 2014.
“Positive Impacts: AD/HD in Post-Secondary Education”
Anne Price, Ph.D. and Sally O’Rourke, Ph.D., Registered Psychologists. Presented at Toronto symposium of selected Canadian Post-Secondary Accessibility Advisors. Supported by an unrestricted educational grant to CanLearn Society from Shire Canada. July, 2014.
“More Than Just Making Lists”
Co-facilitator for Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) intervention / support group for adults with AD/HD, CanLearn Society, Fall 2013.
“Study Skills 101”
Group facilitator / leader for intensive study skills groups for elementary students with diagnosed and/or suspected learning or attention difficulties, CanLearn Society, 2011-2012.