Rae Morris

she/her
PhD Student
Education

MSW, University of Toronto, 2014
Bachelor of Psychology Highest Honours, 2010


About

Rae Morris is a PhD Candidate and Sessional Instructor with UBC School of Social Work, and a member and former Marshall Scholar Award recipient with the UBC Institute of Mental Health. Rae is also a clinical social worker and the director of a small neurodiversity-affirming counselling practice offering professional consultation as well as individual and family counselling supports mostly for neurodivergent people and their loved ones. Rae’s research and clinical practice is focused mainly on the intersection of neurodivergence, mental health, and identity.


Research

Rae’s research has primarily centered around the intersection of neurodivergence and experiences with mental healthcare, employment, and family relationships. She has also led and contributed to research on healthcare provides experiences working alongside autistic clients/patients, social work education, and social work roles in healthcare.

Rae’s doctoral dissertation is a qualitative translational project examining interactions between autistic adults and mental health providers in mental health systems of care across Canada.


Publications

Articles in Referred Journals

Morris, R., Lin, N., & Bratiotis, C. (2023). ”Oh you learn it all in the field”: Stakeholder perspectives on knowledge and skills development of MSW students. Advance online publication. Social Work Education. https://doi.org/10.1080/02615479.2023.2208153

Morris, R., & Borja, C. (2022). Navigating the clinician-researcher role in health social work: Reflections from practice. International Social Work, 66(5), 1584-1588. https://doi.org/10.1177/00208728211065706

Morris, R., Lewis, F., Baker, N., Saul, M., & Bohachewski, K. (2022). “I have failed them and failed my duties”: Experiences of hospital social workers discharging patients into homelessness. Health and Social Work, 47(1), 45-51. https://doi.org/10.1093/hsw/hlab039

Morris, R., Greenblatt, A., & Saini, M. (2021). Working beyond capacity: A qualitative review of research on healthcare providers’ experiences with autistic individuals. Review Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 10, 158-168. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40489-021-00283-6.

Southey, S., Morris, R., & Saini, M. (2021). Coparenting autistic children during COVID-19: Emerging insights from practice. International Social Work, 64(5), 790-795. https://doi.org/10.1177/00208728211013881

Edelson, S.M., Nicholas, D.B., Stoddart, K.P., Bauman, M.B., Mawlam, L., Lawson, W., Jose, C., Morris, R., & Wright, S.D. (2020). Strategies for research, practice, and policy for autism late in life: A report from a think tank on aging and autism. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 51(1), 382-390. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007%2Fs10803-020-04514-3

Morris, R., Greenblatt, A., & Saini, M. (2019). Healthcare providers’ experiences with autism: A scoping review. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 49(6), 2374-2388. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-019-03912-6

Morris, R., Muskat, B., & Greenblatt, A. (2018). Working with children with autism and their families: Pediatric social worker perceptions of family needs and the role of social work. Social Work in Health Care, 57(7), 483-501. https://doi.org/10.1080/00981389.2018.1461730

Saini, M., Stoddart, K., & Morris, R. (2015). Review of parenting decisions in Canadian family courts involving children with autism spectrum disorder. Canadian Family Law Quarterly, 34(3), 373-393. https://tspace.library.utoronto.ca/bitstream/1807/95197/1/Review%20of%20Parenting%20Decisions%20in%20Canadian%20Family%20Courts_Saini.pdf

Saini, M., Stoddart, K., Gibson, M., Morris, R., Barrett, D., Muskat, B., Nicholas, D., Rampton, G., & Zwaigenbaum, L. (2015). Couple relationships among parents of children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder: Findings from a scoping review of the literature. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 17, 142-157. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rasd.2015.06.014


Awards

  • President’s Academic Excellence PhD Award, University of British Columbia (2020-2024)
  • Four Year Fellowship (FYF), University of British Columbia (2020-2022)
  • SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship (2020-2022)
  • Marshall Scholar Award in Mental Health, UBC Institute of Mental Health (2019-2021)
  • BC Graduate Scholarship (2019-2021)
  • Walter C Koerner Fellowship (2020)
  • UBC School of Social Work 90th Anniversary Student Award (2020)
  • Faculty of Arts Graduate Award (2017-2020)
  • Opportunities Through Rehabilitation and Work Society Graduate Award (2018-2020)
  • Syd Vernon Graduate Student Award (2018)

 

 


Graduate Supervision


Rae Morris

she/her
PhD Student
Education

MSW, University of Toronto, 2014
Bachelor of Psychology Highest Honours, 2010


About

Rae Morris is a PhD Candidate and Sessional Instructor with UBC School of Social Work, and a member and former Marshall Scholar Award recipient with the UBC Institute of Mental Health. Rae is also a clinical social worker and the director of a small neurodiversity-affirming counselling practice offering professional consultation as well as individual and family counselling supports mostly for neurodivergent people and their loved ones. Rae’s research and clinical practice is focused mainly on the intersection of neurodivergence, mental health, and identity.


Research

Rae’s research has primarily centered around the intersection of neurodivergence and experiences with mental healthcare, employment, and family relationships. She has also led and contributed to research on healthcare provides experiences working alongside autistic clients/patients, social work education, and social work roles in healthcare.

Rae’s doctoral dissertation is a qualitative translational project examining interactions between autistic adults and mental health providers in mental health systems of care across Canada.


Publications

Articles in Referred Journals

Morris, R., Lin, N., & Bratiotis, C. (2023). ”Oh you learn it all in the field”: Stakeholder perspectives on knowledge and skills development of MSW students. Advance online publication. Social Work Education. https://doi.org/10.1080/02615479.2023.2208153

Morris, R., & Borja, C. (2022). Navigating the clinician-researcher role in health social work: Reflections from practice. International Social Work, 66(5), 1584-1588. https://doi.org/10.1177/00208728211065706

Morris, R., Lewis, F., Baker, N., Saul, M., & Bohachewski, K. (2022). “I have failed them and failed my duties”: Experiences of hospital social workers discharging patients into homelessness. Health and Social Work, 47(1), 45-51. https://doi.org/10.1093/hsw/hlab039

Morris, R., Greenblatt, A., & Saini, M. (2021). Working beyond capacity: A qualitative review of research on healthcare providers’ experiences with autistic individuals. Review Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 10, 158-168. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40489-021-00283-6.

Southey, S., Morris, R., & Saini, M. (2021). Coparenting autistic children during COVID-19: Emerging insights from practice. International Social Work, 64(5), 790-795. https://doi.org/10.1177/00208728211013881

Edelson, S.M., Nicholas, D.B., Stoddart, K.P., Bauman, M.B., Mawlam, L., Lawson, W., Jose, C., Morris, R., & Wright, S.D. (2020). Strategies for research, practice, and policy for autism late in life: A report from a think tank on aging and autism. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 51(1), 382-390. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007%2Fs10803-020-04514-3

Morris, R., Greenblatt, A., & Saini, M. (2019). Healthcare providers’ experiences with autism: A scoping review. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 49(6), 2374-2388. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-019-03912-6

Morris, R., Muskat, B., & Greenblatt, A. (2018). Working with children with autism and their families: Pediatric social worker perceptions of family needs and the role of social work. Social Work in Health Care, 57(7), 483-501. https://doi.org/10.1080/00981389.2018.1461730

Saini, M., Stoddart, K., & Morris, R. (2015). Review of parenting decisions in Canadian family courts involving children with autism spectrum disorder. Canadian Family Law Quarterly, 34(3), 373-393. https://tspace.library.utoronto.ca/bitstream/1807/95197/1/Review%20of%20Parenting%20Decisions%20in%20Canadian%20Family%20Courts_Saini.pdf

Saini, M., Stoddart, K., Gibson, M., Morris, R., Barrett, D., Muskat, B., Nicholas, D., Rampton, G., & Zwaigenbaum, L. (2015). Couple relationships among parents of children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder: Findings from a scoping review of the literature. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 17, 142-157. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rasd.2015.06.014


Awards

  • President’s Academic Excellence PhD Award, University of British Columbia (2020-2024)
  • Four Year Fellowship (FYF), University of British Columbia (2020-2022)
  • SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship (2020-2022)
  • Marshall Scholar Award in Mental Health, UBC Institute of Mental Health (2019-2021)
  • BC Graduate Scholarship (2019-2021)
  • Walter C Koerner Fellowship (2020)
  • UBC School of Social Work 90th Anniversary Student Award (2020)
  • Faculty of Arts Graduate Award (2017-2020)
  • Opportunities Through Rehabilitation and Work Society Graduate Award (2018-2020)
  • Syd Vernon Graduate Student Award (2018)

 

 


Graduate Supervision


Rae Morris

she/her
PhD Student
Education

MSW, University of Toronto, 2014
Bachelor of Psychology Highest Honours, 2010

About keyboard_arrow_down

Rae Morris is a PhD Candidate and Sessional Instructor with UBC School of Social Work, and a member and former Marshall Scholar Award recipient with the UBC Institute of Mental Health. Rae is also a clinical social worker and the director of a small neurodiversity-affirming counselling practice offering professional consultation as well as individual and family counselling supports mostly for neurodivergent people and their loved ones. Rae’s research and clinical practice is focused mainly on the intersection of neurodivergence, mental health, and identity.

Research keyboard_arrow_down

Rae’s research has primarily centered around the intersection of neurodivergence and experiences with mental healthcare, employment, and family relationships. She has also led and contributed to research on healthcare provides experiences working alongside autistic clients/patients, social work education, and social work roles in healthcare.

Rae’s doctoral dissertation is a qualitative translational project examining interactions between autistic adults and mental health providers in mental health systems of care across Canada.

Publications keyboard_arrow_down

Articles in Referred Journals

Morris, R., Lin, N., & Bratiotis, C. (2023). ”Oh you learn it all in the field”: Stakeholder perspectives on knowledge and skills development of MSW students. Advance online publication. Social Work Education. https://doi.org/10.1080/02615479.2023.2208153

Morris, R., & Borja, C. (2022). Navigating the clinician-researcher role in health social work: Reflections from practice. International Social Work, 66(5), 1584-1588. https://doi.org/10.1177/00208728211065706

Morris, R., Lewis, F., Baker, N., Saul, M., & Bohachewski, K. (2022). “I have failed them and failed my duties”: Experiences of hospital social workers discharging patients into homelessness. Health and Social Work, 47(1), 45-51. https://doi.org/10.1093/hsw/hlab039

Morris, R., Greenblatt, A., & Saini, M. (2021). Working beyond capacity: A qualitative review of research on healthcare providers’ experiences with autistic individuals. Review Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 10, 158-168. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40489-021-00283-6.

Southey, S., Morris, R., & Saini, M. (2021). Coparenting autistic children during COVID-19: Emerging insights from practice. International Social Work, 64(5), 790-795. https://doi.org/10.1177/00208728211013881

Edelson, S.M., Nicholas, D.B., Stoddart, K.P., Bauman, M.B., Mawlam, L., Lawson, W., Jose, C., Morris, R., & Wright, S.D. (2020). Strategies for research, practice, and policy for autism late in life: A report from a think tank on aging and autism. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 51(1), 382-390. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007%2Fs10803-020-04514-3

Morris, R., Greenblatt, A., & Saini, M. (2019). Healthcare providers’ experiences with autism: A scoping review. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 49(6), 2374-2388. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-019-03912-6

Morris, R., Muskat, B., & Greenblatt, A. (2018). Working with children with autism and their families: Pediatric social worker perceptions of family needs and the role of social work. Social Work in Health Care, 57(7), 483-501. https://doi.org/10.1080/00981389.2018.1461730

Saini, M., Stoddart, K., & Morris, R. (2015). Review of parenting decisions in Canadian family courts involving children with autism spectrum disorder. Canadian Family Law Quarterly, 34(3), 373-393. https://tspace.library.utoronto.ca/bitstream/1807/95197/1/Review%20of%20Parenting%20Decisions%20in%20Canadian%20Family%20Courts_Saini.pdf

Saini, M., Stoddart, K., Gibson, M., Morris, R., Barrett, D., Muskat, B., Nicholas, D., Rampton, G., & Zwaigenbaum, L. (2015). Couple relationships among parents of children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder: Findings from a scoping review of the literature. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 17, 142-157. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rasd.2015.06.014

Awards keyboard_arrow_down
  • President’s Academic Excellence PhD Award, University of British Columbia (2020-2024)
  • Four Year Fellowship (FYF), University of British Columbia (2020-2022)
  • SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship (2020-2022)
  • Marshall Scholar Award in Mental Health, UBC Institute of Mental Health (2019-2021)
  • BC Graduate Scholarship (2019-2021)
  • Walter C Koerner Fellowship (2020)
  • UBC School of Social Work 90th Anniversary Student Award (2020)
  • Faculty of Arts Graduate Award (2017-2020)
  • Opportunities Through Rehabilitation and Work Society Graduate Award (2018-2020)
  • Syd Vernon Graduate Student Award (2018)

 

 

Graduate Supervision keyboard_arrow_down