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 [...]
Upcoming CBC Town Hall to Focus on Disabilities and Transition: the impact of aging out
For families raising children with disabilities, the transition between childhood and adulthood can be so abrupt and dramatic, it’s often called ‘falling off the cliff’. [...]
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 [...]
No Child Left Behind: a rights based approach to childhood disabilities
Kids Brain Health Network, CHILD-BRIGHT and Dr. Keiko Shikako-Thomas, Canada Chair in Childhood Disability, are co-sponsoring a small delegation of disability rights advocates to attend [...]
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 [...]
