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Worldwide, the defining global health crisis of the COVID-19 pandemic altered ways in which health care services are being delivered. Many Canadian rehabilitation specialists are confronted with the adoption of telerehabilitation practices. This precipitated shift in the model of health care delivery is undoubtedly substantial and further complicated by the lack of guidelines and misalignment with best evidence.
Given the pressing need of children and youth with developmental disabilities and their families for continuity of care, telerehabilitation is currently being implemented and used based on trial-and-error, rather than on evidence. With the aim to support practicing clinicians, optimize telerehabilitation practices and their impacts, and promote best practices, we sought to systematically review the state of the evidence and determine the effectiveness of telerehabilitation in improving child/youth-related and parent-related outcomes among children/youth with developmental disabilities and their families.
In this webinar, we will present the results of our systematic review. Existing strategies will be outlined, along with their features: target population (e.g., autism spectrum disorders, cerebral palsy), platforms used (e.g., videoconferencing vs. calls vs. use of passive web), recipient (e.g., child vs. parent), focus (e.g., behavioral outcomes, language and communication, motor abilities), and discipline (e.g., occupational therapy, speech therapy, physical therapy, etc.). The effectiveness and levels of evidence for existing telerehabilitation approaches will be presented.
When: Wednesday, January 26, 2022
Time: 11 a.m. - 12 p.m. EST
Learning Objectives
Learn about the evidence on telerehabilitation interventions for children and youth with developmental disabilities and their families.
Learn about the evidence on telerehabilitation assessments for children and youth with developmental disabilities and their families.
Appreciate a parent’s perspective in receiving telerehabilitation services for their child with disabilities.
Speakers
Tatiana Ogourtsova, PhD OT
Tatiana Ogourtsova is Assistant Professor at the School of Physical and Occupational Therapy at McGill University, and a Site Researcher in Pediatrics at the Research Center of the Jewish Rehabilitation Hospital (CISSS Laval, site of the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation of Greater Montreal (CRIR)). Tatiana Ogourtsova’s research aims to improve the lives of children with brain-based developmental disabilities and their families. Her research interests include health coaching for children with disabilities and their families, novel interventions to support live transitions, new methods of healthcare services delivery including the use of telerehabilitation and telehealth, knowledge translation, and patient-oriented research methodology.
Annette Majnemer, OT PhD, FCAHS
Annette Majnemer is Vice-Dean of Education at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at McGill University, and a Senior Scientist at the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre. Annette Majnemer’s research interests focus primarily on early identification of strategies for children at high risk of disability and the intrinsic and extrinsic factors that influence outcomes in children and youth with developmental disabilities. She is also studying knowledge translation strategies that promote best practice for children with developmental challenges. She currently leads CHILD-BRIGHT, a pan-Canadian patient-oriented research network (SPOR) focused on children with brain-based disabilities.