The Centre for Inclusion and Citizenship is pleased to partner with Dr. Lise Olsen, Assistant Professor, School of Nursing in the Faculty of Health & Social Development, University of British Columbia – Okanagan, on this project.
The overall goal of this project is to develop understanding about the factors influencing how families can promote safe, active recreation and activity for their children
with ASD and how communities can provide support and inclusive environments to assist families.
The project objectives include:
1) To better understand parent and provider experiences and contextual factors across multiple levels that shape efforts to promote safe and active play for their children with ASD;
2) To assess current research findings across interdisciplinary literature related to factors and interventions supporting active, safe and inclusive recreation participation for children with ASD;
3) To build partnerships between researchers and community groups to support knowledge development and strategies to promote for safe and active play and recreation for families of children with ASD
Lead Investigator: Dr. Lise Olsen
Collaborators: Kathy Rush (Nursing, UBCO), Dr. Rachelle Hole (Social Work, UBCO), Dr. Elizabeth Anderson (Nursing, UBCO), Dr. Alison McManus (Health and Exercise Science, UBCO), Ian Pike (Medicine, UBC), Stephanie Jull (Canucks Autism Network), Guifre Calderer (Starbright Children’s Development Centre), Vicki Cairns (Autism Okanagan)