The focus of this two-year prospective evaluation (N=500) is to determine the perceptions of impact and use of the Parent Information KIT (KIT: Keeping it Together™) in pediatric rehabilitation settings.
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Evaluation of An Accessible Playground
This study focused on the impact of an accessible playground on the community and people’s attitudes.
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Effective Rehabilitation for Children and Youth with Brain Injury: Analyzing the Evidence
This project includes 6 systematic reviews of different rehabilitation interventions for children and youth with brain injury. Topics to be covered are: Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy, Casting and Splinting, Botox, Alternative Therapies, Feeding and Behaviour Therapy.
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Development of a Parent Information KIT (KIT: Keeping it Together™)
The KIT: Keeping it Together™ has been designed to help these parents use information as a tool that will help them to get ‘the best’ for their child(ren).
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Teachers’ perceptions of children with DCD
Timely and effective identification of children with DCD relies on a better understanding of teachers’ perceptions of children with motor difficulties, especially with regard to the influence of child gender, child behaviour and the type of motor problem.
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STACK
In the STACK Study (which stands for Screening, Tracking and Assessing Coordination in Kids), students in Grades 4 to 8 in two school boards were screened to identify children who may have coordination difficulties.
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Developmental Coordination Disorder: Screening and Intervention (PHAST I)
Developmental Coordination Disorder: Examination of a feasible screening and intervention for clumsy children (PHAST I)
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Life Experiences of Adolescents
Although the impact of the disorder in the early school years has been described in the research literature, less is known about the impact of DCD in the later years.
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Incidence and Prevalence of Childhood Disabilities
The report reviews a considerable volume of the English language literature published since 1990, and provides a useful review of some critical concepts about the epidemiology of childhood disabilities, as well as an overview of the disabilities with which OACRS programs are concerned.
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DCD Physician Study
This study investigated the use of an educational outreach program (using a ‘shared-care’ model) made available to 147 primary care physicians to improve the long-term management of children with DCD.
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