Sharing a Perspective Only a Mother Can Bring to the UN CRPD
Hi, my name is Rachel Martens, a 38 year-old mom of one from Calgary, Alberta, Canada with many hats to wear. I teach crochet, study [...]
Eye-tracking technology trial offers hope for earlier, cheaper diagnosis of FASD
"I had battled for years to try and find someone who could understand what was going wrong," Sam Pinnell told ABC News AM in Australia [...]
Children with Disabilities Need Better Access to Sport
Following the June release of the 2018 ParticipACTION Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth, Kids Brain Health Researchers began collaborating on an [...]
Adding Experience to Expertise – How Parents can Impact the Relevance of Research
Parents of children with disabilities are stepping up to take a powerful role in shaping relevant, impactful research. Their greatest asset: their own personal, lived [...]
Dr. James Reynolds Appointed Interim Chief Scientific Officer of Kids Brain Health Network
Dr. James Reynolds, Professor of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences, and Associate Dean in the School of Graduate Studies at Queen’s, has been appointed as the [...]
KBHN Board Chair and KBHN Associate Investigator recognized for contributions in ASD care
Kids Brain Health Network is delighted to congratulate Dr. Sheila Laredo, KBHN Chair of the Board of Directors, and Dr. Evdokia Anagnostou, KBHN associate investigator, [...]
Game on! Exergames research examines relationship between activity and cognitive improvements
An article from the UFV Today highlights the work of Kids Brain Health Network trainees in adapting Exergames, a physical activity program originally designed for children [...]
Being Active Boosts Kids’ Brain Health
Kids Brain Health Network supports findings in the 2018 ParticipACTION Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth. Released today, the Report Card gave [...]
Board Vice Chair Colin Deacon Appointed to Senate
Kids Brain Health Network is delighted to share that the Hon. Colin Deacon was appointed an independent Senator on June 18. Senator Deacon, who fills a [...]
Mental Health Across Generations: the role of antidepressants in maternal and child wellbeing
Existing evidence on the impact of antidepressant use during pregnancy on child development is often too mixed to offer women concrete answers about the implications [...]
Beyond the Numbers: Why Canadian Neurodisability Prevalence Rates Matter
Rob More remembers sitting in on a meeting where two parents were telling the school principal that their children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) [...]
Supporting Mental Health in Families Raising Children with Neurodisabilities
Between 40 to 70 percent of children with neurodisabilities struggle with emotional and behavioural problems during their childhood. Research shows that family mental health [...]
