Kids Brain Health Network (KBHN) welcomes two new roles to the team: Dr. Jennifer Zwicker as Chief Scientist and Dr. James Reynolds as Strategic Partnership Advisor to the CEO.
Caregivers of neurodiverse children often face significant challenges, impacting their mental health. Sheila Phillips, who cares for her son Taijai, found relief through the Acceptance and Commitment Training (ACT) program at Scarborough Centre for Healthy Communities. Despite initial doubts, Sheila embraced ACT’s supportive, non-judgmental approach and later became a facilitator herself.
A KBHN-funded team is addressing sound sensitivity by developing a wearable, AI-powered device that can mask or filter out whichever specific noises the user finds aversive, while leaving the rest of the soundscape intact. Ultimately, this technology aims to empower people with decreased sound tolerance and their families to live their lives freely and comfortably.
Kids Brain Health Network (KBHN) is thrilled to announce funding for trainees to join the SFU Invention to Innovation (i2I) program this fall! We are covering the full course cost, with two spots potentially available.
KBHN is committed to implementation, scale and spread of research innovations into practice and ensuring evidence-based solutions reach their intended audiences. In support of these goals, the Innovation Program and Implementation Program were established as two distinct but complementary funding streams.
Since its inception in 2018, the Family Engagement in Research (FER) Course has been bringing families and researchers together to learn from each other about how to meaningfully partner in research.
Kids Brain Health Network (KBHN) hosted the Honourable Terry Beech MP of Burnaby North-Seymour, British Columbia on Sunday, May 26, 2024, at Simon Fraser University, Surrey Campus, as part of the federal announcement of the results of the inaugural Strategic Science Fund (SSF).
In a significant stride towards a “strength-based approach to care,” the latest policy brief, titled “Improving Access to Disability Supports,” provides the necessary recommendations for families of children with disabilities to navigate the complex landscape of disability services.
Canada’s universities and institutes produce world-class research, but too often, their ideas and inventions don’t reach very far. Kids Brain Health Network’s host institution, Simon Fraser University, aims to change this reality with its Invention to Innovation (i2I) training programs.
A team of Canadian researchers and clinicians have created the first-ever toolkit for early identification and treatment of cerebral palsy (CP). The Early Detection and Intervention Tools for CP (EDIT-CP) toolkit is freely available to all neonatal follow-up specialists, family practitioners, rehabilitation specialists, and families.
Our National Training Program enhances training for the next generation of researchers and professionals. Together we develop and implement innovations that improve the lives of children living with neurodevelopmental disabilities, and their families.
After serving for five years as the Chief Scientific Officer for Kids Brain Health Network (KBHN), a national research network dedicated to improving the lives of children with neurodevelopmental disabilities and their families, Dr. James Reynolds today announced he is stepping down from his role with the network as of March 31.