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Community organizations: CUPS (Calgary Urban Project Society) Future research / gaps identified: Continue research on using behavioral neuroscience frameworks and reciprocal parent-child interactions to facilitate children’s learning. Key findings: 1) For all children, PPVT-III scores increased the most between pro...
Future research / gaps identified: 1) Explore perspectives of Chinese fathers, particularly as traditional gender norms are shifting to increase male involvement in parenting. 2) Examine how these parenting dynamics evolve in split families (e.g. mother and children immigrate to Canada, father is still in China). 3) As...
Open access: No Location: Calgary, AB Community organizations: n/a Integration timeline: not defined Key populations: Yazidi refugees 17 years old or younger, with a sex-matched control group of non-Yazidi pediatric refugees from Iraq or Syria Future research / gaps identified: Results are not generalizable a...
Future research / gaps identified: Complete a longitudinal study (i.e. follow participants over time) to support this data. Integration timeline: not defined Key findings: 1) The majority of participants had more knowledge of postnatal mental health as compared to prenatal mental health. 2) Only 25.4% accurately r...
Community organizations: n/a Key populations: Case study of 2 5-year old newcomer girls in kindergarten Key recommendations: Further explore the different roles and functions of creative and imaginative activities for meaning-making, understanding and communication for young newcomer children. Strengthen teache...
Community organizations: n/a Future research / gaps identified: Research the perspective of the children themselves, rather than just their parents. Integration timeline: 8 years or less post-arrival Key findings: African immigrant parents shared 6 themes that they perceived as mental health determinants for thei...
Community organizations: Edmonton Council for Early Learning and Care (ECELC) Integration timeline: not defined Key populations: newcomer children and families in Edmonton Open access: Yes Future research / gaps identified: n/a Key findings: Educators identified 5 key themes for working with newcomer families...
Future research / gaps identified: The sample varied considerably within groups (e.g. children with ASD were greatly different from each other despite having the same diagnosis). Key recommendations: Develop, implement and evaluate targeted interventions related to these findings. Open access: No Community orga...
Community organizations: Multicultural Health Brokers Cooperative Edmonton Public Schools Edmonton Catholic Schools Centre for Autism Services Alberta Integration timeline: not defined Key findings: Parents of children with ASD were often advised to use only or more English with their child, by friends...
Community organizations: Calgary Board of Education (CBE) Future research / gaps identified: n/a Key findings: It is importance to adopt a trauma-informed teaching practice in supporting refugee children who have experienced the traumas of war, emphasizing the infectious hope and resilience brought by these child...