Papers

Defining and measuring what matters: quality of life for children with disabilities
The quality of life of children with disabilities improves when health systems move beyond survival-oriented biomedical interventions and metrics, and promote participation and wellbeing. Quality of life should be considered and measured through the experiences and views of the child, ensuring that judgements about what a meaningful life looks like are made by those people for whom these tools are designed.
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanchi/article/PIIS2352-4642(25)00370-0/abstract

Putting the Pieces back Together: Centring Children and Their Protection in the Humanitarian Response in Gaza
Despite prolonged denial of humanitarian access — a grave violation of children’s rights on its own — communities and child protection practitioners in Gaza have worked tirelessly to protect children, their families, and communities. However, the scale of children’s needs has been far beyond what they could humanly achieve with limited access and resources. The children of Gaza remain in urgent need of life-saving and life-sustaining child protection services.
https://alliancecpha.org/sites/default/files/technical/attachments/Putting%20the%20Pieces%20back%20Together_Centring%20Children%20and%20Their%20Protection%20in%20the%20Humanitarian%20Response%20in%20Gaza_1.pdf

Scaling parenting programs for early child development in four low- and middle-income countries
Planning for scale needs to be done at the start by considering facilitative design features, selection of a workforce, and ownership by the government. Ongoing implementation research conducted with different stakeholders is needed to provide feedback for course-correction during the process of scale. Eight indicators can be used to evaluate the level of successful scale achieved by programs.
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/public-health/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2025.1604308/full

Occupational Therapist–Teacher Collaboration in Inclusive Education in Québec: A Qualitative Descriptive Study
In inclusive schools, collaboration between occupational therapists (OTs) and teachers has the potential to build capacities among these school-team members working with students with disabilities. Current evidence supports multi-tiered delivery models, such that OT interventions are integrated within the context of school life. Collaboration, however, is a complex multifaceted phenomenon that poses systemic, organizational, or interpersonal challenges.
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00084174241310078

Early Childhood Development, Adversity, and Resilience: A review for pediatric health care providers
This interactive, self-paced learning module offers interconnected lessons on key science related to early childhood development, adversity, and resilience. The information and materials have been curated for pediatric health care providers, including talking points and resources specifically designed for use in clinical practice.
https://developingchild.harvard.edu/resources/toolkit-and-learning-module/pediatric-health-care-providers-review/

Co-Designed Collaborative Digital Platform for Early Childhood Development: An Innovative Web and Mobile Application for Practitioners and Guardians
The UPDEIT EU-funded project addresses the need for improved digital solutions in Early Childhood Development and Intervention (ECDI) by offering a more collaborative platform than existing applications. Its contribution lies in the design and development of a progressive web application (PWA) that can be used either as a web platform or a mobile application, facilitating real-time collaboration between practitioners (i.e., developmental specialists) and guardians.
https://doaj.org/article/b7af05b0af594685aa21d6fe88ce6cdb