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Dr. Doreen Bartlett

Emeritus

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Biography

Doreen is interested in the use of observational methods to gain a more in-depth understanding of the multiple child, family, and environmental variables (or determinants) that contribute to early motor development of infants born full-term, infants born preterm, and preschool children with cerebral palsy. Significant determinants that are amenable to change are targets for intervention, whereas significant determinants that cannot change assist with realistic goal setting. Using this approach, both effectiveness and efficiency of service delivery can be enhanced.

Area of Focus

Early motor development of infants, physical activity participation, children and youth with cerebral palsy (CP)

Resources

GMFCS – E&R

The Gross Motor Function Measure (GMFM) is a clinical tool designed to evaluate change in gross motor function in children with cerebral palsy.
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Knowledge Broker

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of physical therapists, acting as Knowledge Brokers (KBs) within their own clinical facility to facilitate the clinical use of evidence-based measures of gross motor function for children with cerebral palsy.
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Knowledge Broker Study Report

Knowledge brokering is the process of “bringing people together, to help them build relationships, uncover needs, and share ideas and evidence that will let them do their jobs better.
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Move & Play Executive Summary

The purpose of the Move & PLAY study was to gain a better understanding of the child, family, and service delivery factors that support the development of movement abilities and participation in self-care, recreation, and play of preschool children with cerebral palsy (CP).
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Recreation and Rehabilitation Services – Move & Play

This report focuses on what parents told us about the recreation and rehabilitation services their children received. We collected information about various aspects of these services at the 2nd session, using a parent questionnaire developed by the research team.
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Motor and Self-Care Abilities – Move & Play

There are 2 summaries in this series describing the results of the main goal of the Move & PLAY study: to determine which child, family, and service factors influence children’s motor, self-care, and play abilities.
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Motor Growth Curves

GMFM scores of a sample of over 650 Ontario children with cerebral palsy with varying GMFCS levels have been used to create five Motor Growth Curves.
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