Developed in 2003 by Drs. Gabriel M Ronen, Peter L Rosenbaum, and David Streiner, the Children with Epilepsy Quality of Life (CHEQOL): Child and Parent Questionnaires seek to understand the quality-of-life factors that matter most to children and their families.
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Telepractice Resources For Pediatric Communication Professionals And Families Of Children With Speech, Language, And Communication Needs
Researchers from CanChild talked with parents and communication professionals to understand their experience with therapies provided virtually during the COVID-19 pandemic. The goal of this project was to understand people’s experiences to inform future telepractice.
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Simulations to Promote Authentic and Meaningful Partnerships in Childhood Disability Research
4 short videos co-developedwith youth, parents, trainees,and researchers to promotediscussion and learning onauthentic and meaningfulpartnerships in research.
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Access and Equity Guide
These questions provide a guide for conversations with families. They can be asked following or in conjunction with the identification of strengths and concerns
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Let’s not go back to ‘normal’! Lessons from COVID-19 for professionals working in childhood disability
This paper reviews issues and considerations about the delivery of child disability health services in the context of the global pandemic and reflects on colleagues’ experiences and lessons learned.
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The CanChild Team Knowledge Translation Product Guide
Welcome to the CanChild Knowledge Translation Product Guide! Part of CanChild’s mission is to ensure that research findings and study/project information are made accessible and understandable for all potential audiences. We want to ensure that the research we conduct is…
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The Collaborative Process for Participation Goals
The Collaborative Process for Participation Goals was developed by Robert Palisano and Lisa Chiarello to provide a systematic but flexible process to guide families and therapists through the many considerations necessary to develop action plan.
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Family Centred Service Sheets
Family-centred service is an approach to providing services to children with special needs. As suggested by the name of this approach, the family is considered to be at the centre of the services. This makes family centred approaches different than…
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Canadian Occupational Performance Measure (COPM)
The Canadian Occupational Performance Measure (COPM) is a measurement tool that assists therapists in using a family-centred approach to service delivery by indicating the family’s priorities.
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Family-centred functional therapy
The purpose of this pilot study was to evaluate a family-centred functional therapy approach to improving motor function in 18-month to 4-year old children with cerebral palsy.
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