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Social factors have increased the need for mental health care. We know that well-designed evidence-based programs have been developed. The disparity between need and fulfillment of this need has never been greater. We have challenged three major barriers. The first barrier is well known while the other two are “dirty little secrets”:

1. There is a shortage of health professionals to deliver care.

2. Many health care professionals do not deliver evidence-based care.

3. Efficiency and diversity in care delivery are not priorities.

We will discuss how well-trained paraprofessionals or coaches embedded in a well-monitored system of care represent one solution, and the challenges to implementing this solution.

Learning Objectives

Following this webinar, participants will be able to:

• Understand the reasons why current mental health services will not meet the need for service.

• Understand that paraprofessionals are one way to make a difference.

• Understand the barriers to change.

Speaker

Patrick McGrath, Practicing clinician, Researcher, IWK Health Centre, Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry at Dalhousie University

Patrick McGrath, OC, PhD, FRSC, FCAHS is a practicing clinical psychologist, a researcher at IWK Health Centre and an Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry at Dalhousie University. He co-founded the Strongest Families Institute and is Chair of the Board. His research, mentorship, and health care leadership have been recognized by appointment to the Order of Canada and election to the Royal Society of Canada and the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences. He won the Manning and Governor General Awards for Innovation and the inaugural Legacy of Leadership Award from HealthCareCan. At CHILD-BRIGHT, he is the co-Principal Investigator of the Strongest Families Neurodevelopmental Program research project. His extensive career has included being a clinician, a researcher, an administrator, and a social entrepreneur/disruptor. He has failed many times and succeeded a few times.

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In this session, the presenters will introduce the new Child Development and Rehabilitation InfoSource (CDRInfoSource) website and describe the development and evaluation of the platform. The CDRInfoSource was created by the Sunny Hill/BC Children’s Hospital Evidence Centre in partnership with the BC Children’s Hospital Digital Lab and co-designed with intended users to support knowledge translation and informed decision-making by clients, families/caregivers, clinicians, and others working with children and youth with neurodiversity and/or disability in British Columbia.

Learning Objectives

1. Increase awareness of a new resource website for clinicians who work with children and youth with neurodiversity and/or disability.

2. Describe the benefits of co-designing resources such as websites as an extension of services and supports with intended users.

Presenters

Kimberly Miller is Senior Leader, Clinical Education and Special Projects in Learning and Development and Evidence Centre Manager at BC Children’s Hospital and BC Women’s Hospital and Health Centre. As an implementation scientist embedded in the healthcare system, she supports and advances practice-based research and evidence-informed knowledge translation. She has worked as a physiotherapist, academic educator, and clinical researcher in Canada and Australia.

Debbie Field is an occupational therapist specializing in the use of assistive technologies that enable children and youth to participate more fully in daily life. She has worked in Canada, the US, and Australia. She is a Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy at the University of British Columbia. She is also team lead on the CDR Redevelopment Project.

When: Wednesday, May 24, 2023
Time: 11:00 a.m-12:00 p.m. ET / 10:00-11:00 a.m. CT / 8:00-9:00 a.m. PT

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Learn about patient-oriented research (POR) at the CHILD-BRIGHT Network! CHILD-BRIGHT is an innovative pan-Canadian network that aims to improve life outcomes for children with brain-based developmental disabilities and their families. This webinar will provide an overview of an example of the way the parent-researcher partnership can evolve in a POR network. In this webinar presenters will discuss the collaborative process between parent-partners as co-investigators and researchers on a CHILD-BRIGHT research project.

Learning Objectives

• Learn about the process of parent-partners engaging as co-investigators in a childhood disability research project.

• Determine the key ingredients to engagement of patient-partners as investigators in childhood disability research

• Appreciate a researcher’s perspective in collaborating with a parent-partner investigator on a childhood disability research project.

Speakers

Carrie Costello is a parent of three wonderful children aged 15, 11 and 8 years old.  Her middle daughter, Alej, has a profound intellectual disability and a seizure disorder.  Her family has spent a lot of time navigating the child health and disability world; she brings that experience to her work with parents and families in research.  Carrie works as the parent liaison at the CHILD-BRIGHT Network and supports parents and researchers involved in 12 pan-Canadian multi-year research projects.  Carrie is also the patient engagement coordinator at the Children's Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba and works to include parents, caregivers and patients as part of the research team.  She has also been a partner, collaborator, co-investigator and co-primary investigator on over 10 different research projects.

Annette Majnemer is a Professor at the School of Physical & Occupational Therapy at McGill University, and a Senior Scientist at the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre. She is a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences and co-Editor of Physical & Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics. Annette Majnemer’s research interests focus primarily on early identification of children at high risk for 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 the CHILD-BRIGHT Network, a pan-Canadian patient-oriented research network (SPOR) focused on children with brain-based developmental disabilities.