About us
The Centre for Leadership in Participation and Inclusion focus on research and development of comprehensive services leading to improved outcomes for children with disabilities and their families. The Centre supports Participation and Inclusion’s role as a world leader in optimal transitions and real world learning, child and family wellness, and music and arts.
Transition and Real World Learning
- A prospective, real time study of The Independence Program
- Advancing methods and frameworks for understanding masculinities, disability, and transition to adult life
- Developing inter-agency partnerships to help long-term inpatient outh with complex care needs to transition to adult community residences
- Employment readiness among youth with and without disabilities
- Enhancing the inclusion of people with disabilities in the workforce
- 2017: Evaluating the usability and effectiveness of a simulation package to teach service provider engagement strategies to promote the life skills of youth with disabilities
- Exploring how youth with a mobility disability experience winter: Implications for participation, accessibility and design solutions
- Exploring transition pathways to post-secondary education and employment for youth with physical disabilities
- Eye tracking as an alternative access method for children with complex communication needs: A scoping review
- Interprofessional Education in AAC in Ontario: Enhancing Teamwork
- Optimizing life success through Residential Immersive Life Skills programs for youth with disabilities
- Outcome evaluation of a pediatric to adult health care transition model for youth with spina bifida: Phase 2
- Measuring real-world outcomes of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) interventions for children and youth in school activity settings
- Reducing barriers to post secondary education and employment for youth with disabilities through mentorship programs
- Spina bifida and sexuality: A qualitative exploration of the romantic and sexual-health-related perceptions and experiences of young adults living with spina bifida
- The LETS Study: A longitudinal evaluation of transition services
- 2017: Umbrella review to move evidence to practice: using a transition framework to enable youth with disabilities to achieve desired adult life outcomes
Music and Arts
- Art in pediatric rehabilitation: A scoping review of art therapy and arts-based interventions
- Music therapy as procedural support in the hypertonia clinic: Toward the development of practice guidelines
- Understanding the cultural, social, and physical environment of the Spiral Garden: An arts-based inclusive community for children with and without disabilities
Child and Family Wellness
- AAC Outcomes for Kids Workshop
- A pilot study using solution-focused coaching for health promotion in children and young people with Duchenne muscular dystrophy
- A scoping review of family-oriented services for parents of children/youth with disabilities
- Anthropometric and lifestyle characteristics of children/youth with spina bifida
- 2017: Co-designing and implementing a health promotion program for adolescents with physical disabilities
- Developing a clinical teaching simulation for healthcare professionals communicating about weight-related topics in spina bifida clinics
- Development of a remote monitoring system for heart rate and oxygen levels to be used by parents of children with disabilities
- 2015: Effective health promotion interventions in adolescents with physical disabilities
- 2016: Health promotion interventions in adolescents with physical disabilities- Phase 2
- Evaluation of a new walking skills test for young children who need support to walk
- Growing healthy bodies: The development of the healthy body scorecard for Canadian children and youth
- How do AAC interventions affect the lives of children and their families?
- How do computer-based writing technologies affect the lives of children and their families?
- How do wheelchair products affect the lives of young people and families?
- How does a ride-on toy power participation in a preschooler?
- How effective is Busy Bodies in goal attainment for children with physical disabilities?
- How should we talk about weight-related issues in spina bifida consultations? Perspectives from children, families and healthcare professionals
- 2017: KneuroKnits: Evaluating the impact of a knitting group for youth with neurodevelopmental disorders (e.g. autism) on social skills and anxiety
- 2017: Putting weighty topics into action: Sharing stories “from the floor” through a knowledge translation casebook to foster positive weight-related conversations
- 2016: SportFIT: An intensive gross motor camp for youth with cerebral palsy (Partnership with Centre for Leadership in Child Development)
- Stakeholders' perspectives in the design of an innovative technology to improve physical activity in youth with physical disabilities
- Talking with children and families about weight-related issues: A scoping review of best practices.
- The impact of personal, interpersonal and environmental factors on changes in quality of life for youth with chronic conditions
- 2017: Understanding the real-world effectiveness of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) for students in school activity settings
- What do children and youth/parents think about their appointments at Holland Bloorview?
- What do you think about Connect2care?
- What products do preschoolers with disabilities need in the bathtub?