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Home Programmes for Children (published 2020)

Evidence summary for collaborative, parent/carer-led, occupational therapy home programmes for children and young people

Evidence summaries aim to provide a pragmatic overview and practical insight of the evidence for a particular intervention. It directs you as a clinician to relevant, current literature, however it is not meant to replace reading the literature yourself.

This evidence summary is about occupational therapy home programmes for children and young people with cerebral palsy or an intellectual disorder.

  • the evidence summary is aimed at occupational therapists; and
  • the infographic is a simplified version for occupational therapists to give to children and families.
It is relevant for all occupational therapists providing home programmes for children and young people with cerebral or intellectual disorder to ensure effective evidence based intervention.

How to use the Evidence summary:

  • Read it to establish if it is relevant for your practice
  • Consider which elements you are already doing – celebrate these!
  • Identify any changes you may want to make to your practice/service in light of the evidence
  • Identify barriers to implementation
  • Develop action plan for how you will implement changes
  • Audit (using the Occupational therapy home programmes for children: audit tool (PDF, 620.91KB))

The following infographics that accompany the evidence summary are available to print in either A3 or A4 size:

This audit tool can be used to evaluate to what extent your home programmes are following the current best evidence:

E-newsletter

As a member of the CYPF you will receive a copy of our E-newsletter. This comes direct to you by email on a quarterly basis.

If you are a member and have not received your copy please contact us at cypfss@outlook.com

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Research

If you would like to request support, please contact Dr Benita Powrie, CYPF Research Lead on cypfss@outlook.com
Applications are invited for the 2024 CYPF research award. CYPF is making up to £30,000 available to support research grants over the next year. Applications close on 31 March 2024.
The award is to support research activity that furthers the evidence-base for occupational therapy related to Children, Young People and Families. It is expected that the research will be commenced within 12 months of the award being given. 
CYPF understands that funding can be needed for a variety of reasons during a research study and will look flexibly on funding requests. Applicants can put in for the amount they need for their project between £2,000 and £30,000. Applications will be judged on relevance, proposal clarity and detail, rationale and feasibility.
Examples of past requests have included costs for running focus groups, clinician back-fill or data transcription. We encourage applications that include matched resources from an individual and/or their employing organisation.
Research topics should be aligned to the top research priorities established by RCOT and also consider the priorities from the CYPF National Survey of Occupational Therapists:
  • Evaluating the effectiveness of existing occupational therapy interventions
  • Developing new interventions that address occupational participation
  • Consulting with children, young people and families to establish their research priorities
  • Understanding children, young people, and families' experiences of occupational therapy
To apply please download the form below, complete and send to cypfss@outlook.com by the 31 March 2024. The successful applicant will be informed by email and announced in the CPYF e-newsletter.

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How do I follow CYPF on Twitter?

 
Using the search function enter: @RCOT_CYPF
 
Click the Follow button when you see it next to a user's profile photo or on a user's profile page.
 
As you get more familiar with Twitter you might want to use the added search function hashtags (#).

The # precedes the search words, for example, this year we have a # for conference at #CYPF18  #RCOT2018

Downloadable content

Commissioning occupational therapy

RCOT practice resources childhood to adulthood

Occupational therapy in neonatal services and early intervention (2017)

Occupational therapy and play practice guideline.

RCOT publications