Information needs of young people with cerebral palsy and their families during the transition to adulthood: a scoping review

The findings shed light on the burden felt by individuals and their families when information is not available when needed

Researchers at CanChild conducted a scoping review to examine what is currently known about information needs of young people with CP during transition to adulthood. Young peopl

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Parent Education and Family Life Education: A Critical Link in Early Childhood Education Policy

'By building the capacity of parents...greater impact is achieved in the child's early development'.

 

According to this policy brief published by the NCFR* (July 2018), research suggests that the most effective initiatives for positive outcomes for early childhood development include a focus o

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Number of people forced to flee their home remains at a record high – Report from Refugee Council

Number of people forced to flee their home remains at a record high – Report from Refugee Council

From their website: Ahead of World Refugee Day, UNHCR published their Global Trends report for 2017 revealing that 68.5 million people were forcibly displaced, and increase of 2.9 million people on the previous year

 

Of this number, 40 million people had been displaced within their own countri

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Factors that Underpin the Delivery of Effective Decision-making Support for People with Cognitive Disability

‘…the crucial issue of how decision-making support is delivered in practice – in terms of quality and effectiveness – remains in urgent need of attention

Paper by Jacinta Douglas, Christine Bigby, Lucy Knox & Michelle Browning

Abstract

Over one million Australians have some form of cognitive imp

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The conduct of Australian Indigenous primary health care research focusing on social and emotional wellbeing: a systematic review

By Sara Farnbach, Anne-Maree Eades, Josephine D Gwynn, Nick Glozier, Maree L Hackett

Objectives and importance of study: Values and ethics: guidelines for ethical conduct in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health research (Values and ethics) describes key values that should underpin Aboriginal

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