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The benefits of an immersive Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) Camp experience for Rehabilitation Medicine students
Download2017-06-22
Ames, Allison, Archer, Britany, Inkster, Michelle, Pollock, Karen
Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) camps provide opportunities for children who use AAC, and their families, to build communication skills in a short-term intensive format. Students in graduate rehabilitation medicine programs are often utilized as counsellors at these camps, but...
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The Culture of Food and Beverage Marketing in Children's Sport: What does it look like and how do parents experience?
DownloadSpring 2019
Unhealthy food and beverage marketing impacts dietary attitudes and behaviours of children and youth and is a risk factor for childhood obesity. Canada is exploring policy options to restrict unhealthy food marketing to children, as recommended by the World Health Organization. However, the...
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The Effects of Changes in Vocal Loudness on Measures of Speech Physiology in Children with Cerebral Palsy and Typically Developing Children
Download2018-04-01
Cerebral palsy (CP) is a neurodevelopmental disorder that can involve the speech motor control in a large percentage of those having the disorder. This study aims to describe respiratory and laryngeal subsystems involved in speech motor control in children with CP by investigating one of the...
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Fall 2018
Children’s friendships and the wider friendship networks for which these relationships are embedded, are significant contexts for children’s development, and may play a role in shaping children’s physical activity (PA) and screen time (ST) levels. The purpose of this dissertation was to examine...
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Using Eye Gaze to Examine Language Production Processes in Children with Language Impairments
Download2017-06-28
De Schiffart, Alyssa, Jones, Keri, Yourechuk, Charest, Monique
Specific Language Impairment (SLI) is a label given to children who have a language impairment not accompanied by hearing loss, cognitive impairment or neurological damage (Leonard, 2014). There is substantial evidence that information processing skills, such as speed of processing or working...
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Using Lego Robots to Estimate Cognitive Ability in Children who have Severe Disabilities
2007
Adams, K.D., Harbottle, N., Cook, A.M., Harbottle, C.
Children with severe disabilities can control a Lego robot to perform un-structured play tasks. Success with the robot could be a proxy measure for children who have cognitive abilities but cannot demonstrate them in standard testing. Project results are presented and their utility as a proxy...
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Using Lego Robots to Estimate Cognitive Ability in Children Who Have Severe Physical Disabilities
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Harbottle, N., Volden, J., Harbottle, C., Cook, A.M., Adams, K.D.
Abstract Purpose: To determine whether low cost robots provide a means by which children with severe disabilities can demonstrate understanding of cognitive concepts. Method: Ten children, ages 4 to 10, diagnosed with cerebral palsy and related motor conditions, participated. Participants, had...