Bringing the ‘F-Words’ to Life: How are families and service providers using the ‘F-words’ in practice?

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Bringing the ‘F-Words’ to Life: How are families and service providers using the ‘F-words’ in practice?

A CP-NET webinar highlighting ‘F-word’ in Childhood Disability resources and strategies for implementing the concept at home and in clinical practice.

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F-words Knowledge Hub

In 2011, Dr. Rosenbaum and Dr. Gorter published a paper titled: “The ‘F-words’ in Childhood Disability: I swear this is how we should think!” Inspired by over two decades of CanChild research and continual discussion amongst members of the CanChild family, the paper features six F-words that…

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