December 2006

What's New on the CanChild Website?

Use of the Gross Motor Function Classification System to Optimize Rehabilitation Management of Children with Cerebral Palsy
A "Keeping Current" by Doreen Bartlett describes the purpose, development, and training required to use the Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS). It also suggests ways the GMFCS can be used to optimize rehabilitation management of children with cerebral palsy. Click here to view.

Language Characteristics of Children and Youth with Cerebral Palsy
In this brief, Krista Richardson (Royal Victoria Hospital, Barrie, ON) and Marilyn Kertoy (University of Western Ontario) describe a study that gathered information about how children and youth with cerebral palsy process information, express themselves, and learn to read and write. Click here to read more…

Canadian Association of Paediatric Health Centres (CAPHC) 2006 Annual Conference
October 18, 2006; Vancouver, BC
At a special conference event called Professional Practice and Child Health - "Working Smarter: Building on Existing Strengths and Creating New Links for the Future", Peter Rosenbaum presented a talk entitled: "Crossing the Disciplines in Clinical and Health Services Research: Lessons for Knowledge Translation".

Senate Standing Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology
November 9, 2006; Ottawa, ON
Mary Law presented a briefing to this senate standing committee on behalf of the Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists (CAOT) entitled: "Autism Spectrum Disorders and Occupational Therapy".

Child Development Update
November 11, 2006; Toronto, ON
At the 2^nd Child Development Update, hosted by Bloorview Kids Rehab and The Hospital for Sick Children, Peter Rosenbaum presented a Keynote Address: "Why There Has Never Been a Better Time to be in Developmental Paediatrics!" This talk will be presented again at a conference in Jerusalem in December.

…Physical and Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics
Cheryl Missiuna, Lisa Rivard and Doreen Bartlett collaborated on an article in this journal titled: "Exploring assessment tools and the target of intervention for children with Developmental Coordination Disorder". This article was published in the summer of 2006, in vol. 26(1-2): 71-89.

…Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology (DMCN)
Carol DeMatteo and colleagues from McMaster Children's Hospital wrote an article that appears in volume 48(4), pp. 245-252, and is titled: "Botulinum toxin as an adjunct to motor learning therapy and surgery for obstetrical brachial plexus injury".

…British Journal of Educational Psychology
CanChild research coordinator Lisa Rivard had a paper accepted for publication in this journal entitled "Understanding teachers' perceptions of the motor difficulties of children with developmental coordination disorder (DCD)" . This article was co-authored with C. Missiuna, S. Hanna & L. Wishart and is a result of work from Lisa's masters degree. A poster with the same title will be presented at the International DCD VII Conference in Melbourne, Australia in February.

…Disability & Rehabilitation
An article by Doreen Bartlett and colleagues from London, Toronto, Edmonton, and Sudbury was published in this journal in October 2006. "Advancing rehabilitation research: An interactionist perspective to guide question and design" was published in volume 28(19), pp.1169-1176.

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