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 [...]
Opinion: How Canada is harming its most vulnerable citizens
An Op-Ed in the Toronto Star penned by KBHN Health Economics Lead Jennifer Zwicker and her colleague Stephanie Dunn asserts the importance of the Disabilities [...]
Study Shows Cognitive Behavioural Therapy can Improve Emotion Regulation in Children with Autism
New research shows cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) can help children with autism manage not only anxiety but other emotional challenges, such as sadness and anger. [...]
KBHN Goes Live with Amber Mac in an Interview about FASD
On April 11, Amber Mac, a prominent television and social media journalist, dedicated a Facebook Live broadcast to the subject of FASD. Interviewees included parent [...]
Announcement of Results: KBHN Research Funding 2018-2020
Kids Brain Health Network is delighted to announce recipients of funding for 2018-2020. This two-year period represents the final stage of KBHN's second five-year cycle [...]
Scientific & Anecdotal Evidence Show Brain-Healing Potential of Broccoli Sprouts
Can cerebral palsy and other neurodisabilities be prevented? Hear Dr. Jerome Yager speak in Vancouver at BC Children's Hospital Research Institute: April 25, 2018 | [...]
Answering the call: The Chair in Autism Treatment and Care Research
Five years ago, the Canadian autism community told us of urgent need for impactful research that would change the lives of youth with ASD for [...]
Parents Spend Out of Pocket for Access to Treatments while Evidence Base and Funding Lag
Since being diagnosed with cerebral palsy (CP) at 10 weeks of age, treatment has been a constant in Owen Crumpler’s life. His mother, Karena Crumpler, [...]
Life with a Neurodisability Goes Beyond the Brain
Emily Travis was 16 when she began to faint regularly. Diagnosed with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder as a 12 lb., year-old infant, her health trajectory [...]
