🔔REMINDER! Submissions for our Student Infographic Contest are due July 10th.

I couldn’t be more grateful for the opportunity to volunteer for my local Challenger Baseball chapter for the last three years. These kids have taught me so much and will always hold a special place in my heart. Thank you Jays Care Foundation for everything you do to support our athletes.💙

🔔PUBLICATION ALERT🔔 Check out the graphic summary for our latest article, "Physical Activity Among Young Children With Disabilities: A Systematic Review" now available in Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly 🤸‍♂️💪🧩 Leah Taylor Leigh van der Loo @juliayates_1 Rebecca Bassett-Gunter Trish Tucker, PhD

New 📄 by Leah Taylor, Trish Tucker, PhD, Leigh van der Loo, @juliayates_1 in Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly: ‘Physical Activity Among Young Children With Disabilities: A Systematic Review’ #westernuOT HRSGSS @VPRWesternU Western University 🔒 doi.org/10.1123/apaq.2…

Congratulations to Child Health and Physical Activity Lab member Dr. Monika Szpunar on a successful PhD defence! 🎉🎉🎉

We are hiring! CDPP is looking for a Project Coordinator (remote). To find out more, or apply, visit bit.ly/44On9uH *Position closes August 21, 2023.

🌟Only one week left to participate in our research study! Learn more here: childpalab.ca/participant-re…

I’m so grateful for the opportunity to be welcomed into the CAOT_ACE profession and for the support and mentorship of Trish Tucker, PhD and my amazing Western Health Sciences professors 🥰

1⃣% of Canadian ECE programs provide content in their curricula on how to include children with disabilities in active play. Check out our publication to 👀 how we used #ChatGPT to arrive at our findings doi.org/10.1080/095751… Leah Taylor Maeghan James, PhD Adapt Lab Trish Tucker, PhD

Check out the findings from a recent collaboration between Adapt Lab and Child Health and Physical Activity Lab where we examined Canadian ECE curricula to see how many programs offer content on supporting children with disabilities in active play. Trish Tucker, PhD Leah Taylor Kelly Arbour-Nicitopoulos

Lucky to work with such a great bunch Western University ! Excited to contribute to the international SUNRISE Study along with 63 other countries!

New 📄 collaboration with Leah Taylor, Trish Tucker, PhD in TACTYC's Early Years: ‘Inclusive active play curriculum in pre-service Canadian early childhood education programs’ #westernuOT @VPRWesternU 🔒 doi.org/10.1080/095751…

Team Member Tuesday ✨📢🏃

So great to see recognition of the importance of outdoor risky play in children's development!

Flashback Friday! 📽⭐️🎬 This week's feature: ‘A scoping Review of Tools to Evaluate Existing Playgrounds for Inclusivity of Children with Disabilities’ Please find this article’s infographic for more information by following the link childpalab.ca/post/evaluatin…

✨RECRUITING!! Stay at home parents in 🇨🇦 with a 3-4 year old! We need you! 👇

Big thank you to NASPEM for choosing to support my research 🙌

✨NEW✨ The Conversation Canada article by Sophie Phillips Leah Taylor & Trish Tucker, PhD offering 5⃣ reasons for underrepresentation of young children with disabilities in physical activity monitoring and reporting. Western Health Sciences theconversation.com/young-children…

🌟New Child Health and Physical Activity Lab study: We asked OTs what influences their use of the 24H Movement Guidelines when working with preschoolers with developmental disabilities. doi.org/10.1177/000841… Trish Tucker, PhD Matthew Bourke Shauna Burke, PhD (she/her) Kelly Arbour-Nicitopoulos Liliana Alvarez CAOT_ACE

New 📄 asks: How can occupational therapists better support movement in preschoolers with disabilities? Leah Taylor, Matthew Bourke, Liliana Alvarez, Shauna Burke, PhD (she/her), Trish Tucker, PhD CAOT_ACE's CJOT/RCE doi.org/10.1177/000841…