Three projects from the research environment CHILD at Jönköping University on family life when a family member needs additional support

CHILD115 Professor Mats Granlund gives an introduction to three research projects. The following is an extract:

The family is probably the environment that has the largest impact on children's development and everyday functioning.

It is also the most important environment for functioning at present. Many family routines and activities are built around the children and children adapt to their families. The special topic of this newsletter is positive functioning in families.

Although having a child in need of additional support or having parents in need of additional support can affect family functioning negatively this does not always seem to be the case. Some families seem to have a good everyday life despite strong challenges to family functioning. This is probably due both to family characteristics and to what support that is provided.

Three CHILD projects that focus on everyday life in families with complex life situations can be see here: http://www.epostservice.se/aspnet/v3/page/read.ashx?issueid=241464&userid=62739866&readid=D8EC32FD9F6A

Improving the participation of youth with physical disabilities in community activities: An interrupted time series design

BACKGROUND/AIM: Youth with physical disabilities experience restrictions to participation in community-based leisure activities; however, there is little evidence about how to improve their involvement. This study examined whether an intervention to remove environmental barriers and develop strategies using a coaching approach improved youth participation in leisure activities.

CONCLUSIONS: This study is the first to examine an intervention aimed at increasing leisure participation by changing only the environment. The results indicate that environment-focussed interventions are feasible and effective in promoting youth participation. Such findings can inform the design of a larger study and guide occupational therapy practice.

A paper by Law M, Anaby D, Imms C, Teplicky R, Turner L.

Go to: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25678151?utm_source=February+2015+CanChild+Today&utm_campaign=CanChild+Today+-+Jan+2015&utm_medium=email

University of Huddersfield has created a web-based register of UK child protection research

Their aim is to produce a definitive record of all completed and ongoing child protection research in the UK. Moreover, they are going to be very proactive in enabling and encouraging all relevant stakeholders to use the register.

If you have conducted child protection research, then please visit our website and submit details of your work

The register can be accessed via the following link: http://www.hud.ac.uk/hhs/research/ukrcpr/

The UK's first dedicated international conference on improving postural care is set to take place this April 2015 in Bristol

Two non-profit organisations, Postural Care, and Elijah's Hope, have teamed up to organise the two-day event, 'Elijah's First International Postural Care Conference,' attracting some of the world leaders in the field.

The conference aims to bring together creative, compassionate people from around the world to share their postural care experiences, challenges and successes. The two organisations want to showcase the success of Postural Care from an international perspective.

As well as raising awareness of the issues faced by children, young people and adults with disability, the event will enable families to meet other families, meet professionals, and hear from speakers who are travelling from all over the world to update attendees on postural care developments.

Visit: http://www.elijahshopeforapert.org/postural-care-conference/

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