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The CHILD-BRIGHT Network Report to Community for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2020 is now available.
A special thank you to our funding partners for their ongoing contributions and commitment, and to all the patients, families, committee members, and CHILD-BRIGHT supporters who guide us in our work.
Our Report to Community is also available in French.
We are proud to announce that Strongest Families Neurodevelopmental Program (Strongest Families ND) has been awarded a 2020 CHILD-BRIGHT ConneKT Fund grant, which provides funding of up to $5,000 to CHILD-BRIGHT research teams to help them finance knowledge translation events or products that increase engagement with community partners, achieve meaningful stakeholder participation, and build positive relationships between stakeholders and project members.
Leads
Parent Advisors will also be invited to contribute.
Funding amount granted:
$4122.75
Project summary:
Children with brain-based developmental disabilities often face emotional and behavioural difficulties. These challenges can negatively impact their quality of life and the quality of life of their families. Our Strongest Families(TM) project explores whether emotional and behavioural regulation can be improved in children with neurodisabilities through parenting programs that include education, telephone support, parent-to-parent connections, and resource information. The ConneKT funds will be used to produce an op-ed with the intent of raising awareness of the challenges faced by many children who have the dual diagnosis of neurodevelopmental disabilities and mental health concerns. The team will also produce two short videos describing the Strongest Families Neurodevelopmental program and study to help inform the public about the work that is being done by the research team.
CONGRATULATIONS!
Are you a CHILD-BRIGHT research project with a knowledge translation idea to increase engagement with community partners? Applications for our ConneKT fund are ongoing! For more information and to apply, contact kt@child-bright.ca.
The CHILD-BRIGHT Network Report to Community for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2019 is now available.
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A special thank you to our financial partners for their ongoing contributions and commitment, and to all the patients, families, committee members, and CHILD-BRIGHT supporters who guide us in our work.
Our Report to Community is also available in French.
The CHILD-BRIGHT Network Report to Community for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2018 is now available.
A special thank you to our financial partners for their ongoing contributions and commitment, and to all the patients, families, committee members, and CHILD-BRIGHT supporters who guide us in our work.
Our Report to Community is also available in French.
CHILD-BRIGHT is proud to offer opportunities to help involve future generations of researchers, health professionals and leaders in patient-oriented work in Canada. Meet Chelsea Yeo, one of our 2017 Summer Studentship recipients, and read her reflections on her time at CHILD-BRIGHT.
Name: Chelsea Yeo
Studying: BSc (Psychology), St. Francis Xavier University
Focus of internship:
CHILD-BRIGHT Strongest Families Neurodevelopmental project
"The opportunity I had to work on the Strongest Families Neurodevelopmental CHILD-BRIGHT research project opened my eyes to patient-oriented research and what it involves. I learned from collaborating with parent advisors, synthesizing their thoughts and ideas, and learned about the program's themes. Not only did this studentship give me the opportunity to experience a different type of research process, it helped me to see its value.
“Everyone has a story that makes their experiences, ideas and thoughts unique.”
As a young career-minded individual, I believe that working on the SF Neurodevelopmental project reinforced my pre-existing beliefs concerning the value of others’ experiences and will help me in my career going forward. Everyone has a story that makes their experiences, ideas and thoughts unique. This speaks to the importance of being open and able to listen.
Hearing the stories and speaking with parents about obstacles they’ve overcome allowed the intervention to be more specific to the needs of children with disabilities and their families. Specifically, there were many things that these parents experience that can’t be found in a book that made their advice invaluable to our project.
Going forward I will apply this lesson to my career path but also to life in general."
CHILD-BRIGHT is proud to offer opportunities to help involve future generations of researchers, health professionals and leaders in patient-oriented work in Canada. Meet Shannon Morrison, one of our 2017 Summer Studentship recipients, and read her reflections on her time at CHILD-BRIGHT.
Name: Shannon Morrison
Studying: Master's (Social Work), McGill University
Focus of internship:
CHILD-BRIGHT Strongest Families Neurodevelopmental Project
"This summer I had the opportunity to not only learn about patient-oriented research through the CHILD-BRIGHT Student Fellowship but to also experience how this type of research is done through my involvement with CHILD-BRIGHT’s Strongest Families Neurodevelopmental Team.
“I feel that I cannot proceed with future projects without thinking about who I should be talking to from the community.”
The value of hearing feedback from families and patients who are able provide comments on the direction, goals, and methods of a project that are grounded in their lived experience has been undeniable. This experience will affect any future research endeavors.
I feel that I cannot proceed with future projects without thinking about who I should be talking to from the community where the research will be based and how to incorporate their thoughts and ideas into the project so that it can create outcomes that are meaningful and useful for their community. "
