Participation: Optimising Outcomes in Childhood-Onset Neurodisability [Hardcover]

Enabling Participation provides a key reference work for health and education practitioners who wish to optimise outcomes for children, young people and families where there is an individual with a childhood onset neurodisability. By focusing on participation -- what is it, how to measure it and how to influence it  the book aims to support professionals to utilise the most recent developments in the field.

Written in five parts, the book provides the reader with knowledge about the concept of participation; detailed understanding of how varying contexts influence participation outcomes; how to measure participation as an outcome and as a process; how to intervene to promote participation outcomes; and future directions and challenges. Chapters provide diverse examples of evidence-based practices and are enriched by scenarios and vignettes to engage and challenge the reader to consider how participation in meaningful activities might be optimised for individuals and their families. The books practical examples aim to facilitate knowledge transfer, clinical application and service planning for the future.

Preface xiii

Acknowledgements vii

Part I Conceptual Issues in Participation 1

Vignette 1.1 Samuel's Magic Talking Machine!
Juan Bornman 3

1 The Nature of Participation
Christine Imms 5

Vignette 1.2 You Have to Walk and Talk to Go to School
(India) Pranay Jindal 12

2 Participation: Theoretical Underpinnings to Inform and Guide Interventions
Gillian King, Jenny Ziviani, Christine Imms 15

Vignette 2.1 Annie's in Charge of the Baking
(UK) Carolyn Dunford 25

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