Beatriz Helena Brugnaro
Visiting Student

Team
PhD Students
Biography
Beatriz is a PhD student at Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar), Brazil, in a Physical Therapy program. She is a current research visitor and partner at canChild, under the supervision of Dr Olaf Kraus de Camargo, with focus on qualitative research. She graduated in Physical Therapy in 2018 (UFSCar). During her grad, she was a visitor student at CanChild, under Dr Peter Rosenbaum supervision (2018). She is a sister of a yough with Down syndrome, who inspires your research. She made the translation of the F-Words Tools, F-Words for School and the About My Child into Brazilian Portuguese.
Areas of Focus
International Classification of Function (ICF), biopsychosocial approach in Down Syndrome, The Challenge Assessment in Down syndrome, qualitative research and translation of materials into Brazilian Portuguese.