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New Research Grant on Caregiver Safety
Congratulations to Drs. Bev Temple & Toby Martin, and colleagues at St.Amant and New Directions, for their successful grant application to the Research and Workplace Innovation Program at the Workers Compensation Board of Manitoba. The 2-year grant, titled Working with Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities: Injuries and Challenging Behaviour, aims to understand how workplace injury occurrence [...]
A Knowledge Translation Casebook
We’re proud to have our story, Knowledge Translation in Developmental Disabilities: Voices from the Community included in Innovations in Knowledge Translation: the SPHERU KT Casebook (PDF download). More information about the Casebook, published by the Saskatchewan Population Health and Evaluation Research Unit, is available at kidSKAN.
New CARE-ID Presentations
The Canadian Association for Research and Education in Intellectual Disabilities (CARE-ID) has a great new line-up of presentations on Intellectual Disabilities, including one by St.Amant Researcher Dr. Shahin Shooshtari. These presentations are conducted via teleconference and are open to all CARE-ID members.
ABA Intervention and Brain Plasticity
How does Applied Behaviour Analysis intervention – the most evidence-supported treatment for children with Autism Spectrum Disorders – change brain activity patterns?
International Attention
Our researcher Dr. Javier Virués-Ortega was recently featured in the Winnipeg Free Press. Javier described some of his research goals and spoke of the value of being at St.Amant and its Research Centre. Great news!
Finding the Causes of Problem Behaviour
To address problem behaviour, it’s essential to know why it’s happening. This process is time- and labour-intensive – but could there be a faster way?
January 2011 Research Bulletin
Please enjoy the January 2011 issue (PDF) of our Research Bulletin.
Theory of Mind Research Study
Dr. Melanie Glenwright (Department of Psychology, University of Manitoba) is beginning a new study of Theory of Mind understanding in children with Autism Spectrum Disorders.
December 2010 Research Bulletin
Please enjoy the December 2010 issue (PDF) of our Research Bulletin
Meeting Knowledge Needs
We recently began a landmark collaboration with St.Amant School to meet a pressing need for high-quality information about treating challenging behaviours. In this two-year project, researchers and teachers will develop a knowledge translation process to make relevant research findings user-friendly, easily accessible, and available to all teachers and related professionals.
