Sylnita Swartz-Filies​​

BSc OT (UWC), M OT (UWC), PhD OT (UWC)​

Sylnita Swartz-Filies is a lecturer in the Division of Occupational Therapy at Stellenbosch University and the first year class coordinator. She has extensive clinical experience and previously worked for the Department of Health at Lentegeur Psychiatric Hospital and for the Western Cape Education Department in the Special School system. Her practice and research focus on early childhood development, child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health with a particular interest in the mental health of vulnerable groups. Her Doctoral Thesis focused on the Mental health of Coloured Female Teachers Working in Historically Disadvantaged Special Schools in the Cape Metropole.​