Co-Creating Services with Equity-Deserving Populations What is Co-Design? Over the last decade, codesign has emerged as a ubiquitous research and service/systems development approach ranging from technology development to health and social system change. Codesign, at a basic level, refers to…
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31 current studies found
Congregate Living and COVID-19
Congregate Living and COVID-19 Why study the impact of COVID-19 within congregate livings settings?” Congregate living settings supporting individuals with neurodevelopmental intellectual and developmental disabilities experienced unprecedented challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic. To address these challenges, several studies focused on…
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Campus Belonging Project
Campus Belonging Project What is the Campus Belonging Project? In collaboration with the University of Alberta (U of A) and McMaster University (CanChild), the Campus Belonging project was developed to enhance autistic postsecondary (PS) students’ sense of belonging within Canadian…
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Job-Train Program
Job-Train Program What is the Job-Train Program (JTP)? The Job-Train Program (JTP) is a summer vocational program developed through community-based research and designed to provide training and early paid-work experience for autistic high school students. The JTP offers employment related…
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Autism Workforce Capacity Project
Autism Workforce Capacity Project – Service Innovation Stream What is the Workforce Capacity Project? The Workforce Capacity Project is a collaborative project between the McMaster Children’s Hospital (MCH) Autism Program, CanChild and several academic programs training the next generation of health care…
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Tecla-e
Tecla-e Do you or your child use a switch to communicate or interact with your environment? Consider participating in a research study evaluating a wireless interface for environmental and smart-device control. What is this study about? We are collaborating with…
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Developmental Coordination Disorder Physiotherapy Modules
Developmental Coordination Disorder Physiotherapy Modules One child in twenty has a chronic health condition called Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD). Most physiotherapists (PTs) who intervene with these children focus on treating ‘impairments’, an approach that we know from recent evidence is…
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READYorNot™ Brain-Based Disabilities Project
READYorNot™ Brain-Based Disabilities Project Youth with brain-based disabilities (BBD) require seamless transition from the pediatric to adult health care systems. This transition can be disruptive for youth and their families and have a negative impact on a patient’s health. In…
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Youth Engagement in Research
Youth Engagement in Research The Youth Engagement in Research study aims to develop training materials with and for youth with neurodevelopmental disabilities to support their knowledge, skills, and confidence as research partners. Feel free to watch our videos co-created by…
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Multimorbidity Risk Assessment and Prevention
Multimorbidity Risk Assessment and Prevention through health-promoting behaviours in adolescents and adults with cerebral palsy Dr. Jan Willem Gorter and Dr. Patrick McPhee, along with an international team of clinicians and researchers, received funding through a Pedal-with-Pete grant from the American Academy…
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