LEAP-CP: Learning through Everyday Activities with Parents study

Principal Advisor: Dr Kath Benfer and Professor Roslyn Boyd

Email: qcprrc@uq.edu.au

Phone: +61 7 3069 7370

Research group page: Queensland Cerebral Palsy and Rehabilitation Research Centre

Organisational unit: Child Health Research Centre

Join a collaborative study with First Nations families to support their child’s physical and mental wellbeing goals through a culturally adapted early support program. The Learning through Everyday Activities with Parents study works with First Nations families to:

• Co-develop with First Nations people a culturally adapted program supporting child’s development and care-giver mental health
• Explore how emotional availability and maternal mental health outcomes are meaningfully supported and evaluated
• Explore the cultural construct of parent-lead goal setting in First Nations communities for infants with cerebral palsy

Prerequisites

• A bachelor’s degree in allied health (physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech and language therapy or psychology), medicine, nursing, public health, social sciences – with the potential for scholiastic success.

Both Indigenous and non-Indigenous students are very welcome to apply.