Increasing Adaptive Babycare Resources and Intervention Supports with Parents and Caregivers with Physical or Vision Disabilities (NIDILRR 90IFDV0021; 2021-2024), Megan Kirshbaum, PI
Through the Looking Glass has been awarded a 3-year National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research Field Initiated Projects (Development) grant. This project will build on TLG’s extensive history of research and intervention work with parents with disabilities, with a goal to increase support for parents and caregivers with physical or vision disabilities to complete child caregiving tasks and routines. This project has three objectives:
- Increase the availability of online resources for parents with disabilities to enhance awareness of and access to adaptive babycare services and supports.
- Increase the availability of online resources and professional networking opportunities for occupational therapy professionals to support adaptive babycare intervention.
- Increase the capacity of the occupational therapy workforce to provide adaptive babycare assessment and intervention.
This project involves three sets of research and project development activities culminating in a range of resources for parents and professionals.
Interested in participating? In the first phase TLG is conducting national surveys of parents with disabilities, occupational therapy professionals, and rehabilitation engineers and assistive technology specialists. Your input will help us develop a wide range of web-based resources for parents and professionals, and will inform the development of educational curricula for occupational therapy students and for occupational therapy and assistive technology professionals.
National Survey of Parents and Caregivers with Physical and Vision Disabilities
Questions? For more information contact TLGresearch@lookingglass.org