University of Alberta

Current Research

Browse through our ongoing research projects

Sustainable Family Care for Children with Disabilities

The ‘ Sustainable Family Care for Children with Disabilities’ project looks at understanding how parent-carers juggle multiple roles and responsibilities, and the resources they need to keep their family life running. 

Mothers with Intellectual Disabilities from Different Cultural Communities: A Narrative Study

The voices of mothers with intellectual disabilities from minority cultures in Quebec, Canada through narrative inquiry.

Impact of Triple P on Family and Service Needs for Families of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder 

A community-driven research project designed to investigate outcomes of Stepping Stones for parents of children with autism

Child Welfare Process and Outcomes: Caregiver Cognitive Impairment Caregiver Cognitive Impairment

Secondary analysis of the Canadian Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect (CIS-2003) core-data.

Accommodations to Early Intervention 

The effects of Early intervention services on the lives of families of young children with disabilities and the accommodations that families make to create and sustain a meaningful routine of daily life

Socially Patterned Disability Based Inequalities in Adolescent Health and Well-Being

Investigation of well-being indicators for disabled children and youth in the Canadian context