All Outputs (22)

“It’s been a hard year”: How families who have children with disabilities and chronic health conditions experience the COVID-19 pandemic (2024)
Journal Article
Sterman, J., & Merighi, J. (2024). “It’s been a hard year”: How families who have children with disabilities and chronic health conditions experience the COVID-19 pandemic. Children and Youth Services Review, 164, Article 107858. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2024.107858

Background
Families of children with disabilities and chronic health conditions experience unique challenges associated with school, therapies, and social supports. However, little is known about the COVID-19 pandemic’s influence on these families.... Read More about “It’s been a hard year”: How families who have children with disabilities and chronic health conditions experience the COVID-19 pandemic.

Bridging the gap, how interprofessional collaboration can support emergency preparedness for children with disabilities and their families: an exploratory qualitative study (2023)
Journal Article
Flanagan, S. K., Sterman, J. J., Merighi, J. R., & Batty, R. (2023). Bridging the gap, how interprofessional collaboration can support emergency preparedness for children with disabilities and their families: an exploratory qualitative study. BMC Public Health, 23(1), Article 777. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-15580-4

Background: Children with disabilities and their families are at higher risk during emergencies and disasters, which is often attributed to the lack of disability inclusion in emergency response as well as disparities in preparedness. This disparity... Read More about Bridging the gap, how interprofessional collaboration can support emergency preparedness for children with disabilities and their families: an exploratory qualitative study.

Autistic adult perspectives on occupational therapy for Autistic children and youth (2022)
Journal Article
Sterman, J., Gustafson, E., Eisenmenger, L., Hamm, L., & Edwards, J. (2023). Autistic adult perspectives on occupational therapy for Autistic children and youth. OTJR: Occupation, Participation and Health, 43(2), 237-244. https://doi.org/10.1177/15394492221103850

The Autistic community values neurodiversity-positive approaches rather than behavioral interventions for Autistic children; however, little is known about what that would look like in occupational therapy. Frequently, researchers seek parent perspec... Read More about Autistic adult perspectives on occupational therapy for Autistic children and youth.

Anti-racism and Occupational Therapy Education: Beyond Diversity and Inclusion (2022)
Journal Article
Sterman, J., Njelesani, J., & Carr, S. (2022). Anti-racism and Occupational Therapy Education: Beyond Diversity and Inclusion. Journal of Occupational Therapy Education, 6(1), Article 3. https://doi.org/10.26681/jote.2022.060103

There is a pressing need to address racism within healthcare education; however, occupational therapy educators lack a compilation of discipline-specific knowledge of anti-racist actions. The objective of this study was to examine anti-racist instruc... Read More about Anti-racism and Occupational Therapy Education: Beyond Diversity and Inclusion.

Becoming Anti-Racist Occupational Therapy Practitioners: A Scoping Study (2021)
Journal Article
Sterman, J., & Njelesani, J. (2021). Becoming Anti-Racist Occupational Therapy Practitioners: A Scoping Study. OTJR: Occupation, Participation and Health, 41(4), 232-242. https://doi.org/10.1177/15394492211019931

The ongoing racism pandemic in the United States negatively impacts the health, safety, and occupations of Black, Indigenous, and/or People of Color. Although occupational therapy (OT) practitioners have a pressing obligation to actively address raci... Read More about Becoming Anti-Racist Occupational Therapy Practitioners: A Scoping Study.

Family-centered planning: Preparing before an emergency (2021)
Other
Sterman, J. (2021). Family-centered planning: Preparing before an emergency

Parents’ perspectives on managing risk in play for children with developmental disabilities (2021)
Journal Article
Stillianesis, S., Spencer, G., Villeneuve, M., Sterman, J., Bundy, A., Wyver, S., Tranter, P., Naughton, G., Ragen, J., & Beetham, K. S. (2022). Parents’ perspectives on managing risk in play for children with developmental disabilities. Disability and Society, 37(8), 1272-1292. https://doi.org/10.1080/09687599.2021.1874298

Parents are often concerned about managing risks for their children, particularly in the context of disability. This paper reports qualitative findings from an intervention study and examines how parents of children with developmental disabilities (m... Read More about Parents’ perspectives on managing risk in play for children with developmental disabilities.

Expectations and Assumptions: Examining the Influence of Staff Culture on a Novel School-Based Intervention to Enable Risky Play for Children with Disabilities (2021)
Journal Article
Grady-Dominguez, P., Ragen, J., Sterman, J., Spencer, G., Tranter, P., Villeneuve, M., & Bundy, A. (2021). Expectations and Assumptions: Examining the Influence of Staff Culture on a Novel School-Based Intervention to Enable Risky Play for Children with Disabilities. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(3), Article 1008. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18031008

Risky play is challenging, exciting play with the possibility of physical, social, or emotional harm. Through risky play, children learn, develop, and experience wellbeing. Children with disabilities have fewer opportunities than their typically deve... Read More about Expectations and Assumptions: Examining the Influence of Staff Culture on a Novel School-Based Intervention to Enable Risky Play for Children with Disabilities.

Reframing risk: Working with caregivers of children with disabilities to promote risk-taking in play (2020)
Book Chapter
Grady-Dominguez, P., Ihrig, K., Lane, S. J., Aberle, J., Beetham, K., Ragen, J., Spencer, G., Sterman, J., Tranter, P., Wyver, S., & Bundy, A. (2020). Reframing risk: Working with caregivers of children with disabilities to promote risk-taking in play. In S. Hepburn (Ed.), Family-Focused Interventions (1-45). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.irrdd.2020.09.001

Risky play is invigorating, challenging play with uncertain outcomes that optimizes children's development, health, and everyday well-being and creates opportunities to develop decision-making skills in low-consequence contexts, experience positive f... Read More about Reframing risk: Working with caregivers of children with disabilities to promote risk-taking in play.

School Playground Intervention for Children With Disabilities Creates Play Capabilities and Shifts Adult Perspectives (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Sterman, J., Villeneuve, M., Bundy, A., & Wyver, S. School Playground Intervention for Children With Disabilities Creates Play Capabilities and Shifts Adult Perspectives

Five schools participated in the Sydney Playground Project to increase choice, control, and inclusion of students with disabilities on the school playground. The intervention served as a catalyst to challenge teacher perceptions of children’s disabil... Read More about School Playground Intervention for Children With Disabilities Creates Play Capabilities and Shifts Adult Perspectives.

Enablers of Emergency Preparedness for People With Disabilities and Chronic Health Conditions: A Scoping Review (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Sterman, J., & Villeneuve, M. (2020, March). Enablers of Emergency Preparedness for People With Disabilities and Chronic Health Conditions: A Scoping Review. Poster presented at AOTA Annual Conference & Expo, Boston, Massachusetts

This scoping review identified that people with disabilities require capability-focused knowledge networks, actions, and advocacy to enable emergency preparedness. OTs are uniquely positioned to collaboratively address unmet emergency-preparedness su... Read More about Enablers of Emergency Preparedness for People With Disabilities and Chronic Health Conditions: A Scoping Review.

Creating play opportunities on the school playground: Educator experiences of the Sydney playground project (2019)
Journal Article
Sterman, J., Villeneuve, M., Spencer, G., Wyver, S., Beetham, K. S., Naughton, G., Tranter, P., Ragen, J., & Bundy, A. (2020). Creating play opportunities on the school playground: Educator experiences of the Sydney playground project. Australian Occupational Therapy Journal, 67(1), 62-73. https://doi.org/10.1111/1440-1630.12624

Introduction
Children with disabilities often experience unsupportive environments that restrict their play opportunities and inclusion on the school playground. This exclusion can perpetuate inequities for children with disabilities, with lifelong... Read More about Creating play opportunities on the school playground: Educator experiences of the Sydney playground project.

Mothers supporting play as a choice for children with disabilities within a culturally and linguistically diverse community (2019)
Journal Article
Sterman, J. J., Naughton, G. A., Bundy, A. C., Froude, E., & Villeneuve, M. A. (2020). Mothers supporting play as a choice for children with disabilities within a culturally and linguistically diverse community. Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 27(5), 373-384. https://doi.org/10.1080/11038128.2019.1684556

Background: Play is a right for children; an essential childhood occupation influenced by their family environment. Despite increasing recognition of unstructured outdoor play benefits, children with disabilities experience limited play opportunities... Read More about Mothers supporting play as a choice for children with disabilities within a culturally and linguistically diverse community.

Lower parent tolerance of risk in play for children with disability than typically developing children (2019)
Journal Article
Beetham, K. S., Sterman, J., Bundy, A. C., Wyver, S., Ragen, J., Engelen, L., Villeneuve, M., Spencer, G., Tranter, P., & Naughton, G. (2019). Lower parent tolerance of risk in play for children with disability than typically developing children. International Journal of Play, 8(2), 174-185. https://doi.org/10.1080/21594937.2019.1643980

Becoming an autonomous adult includes understanding consequences associated with risks. The aim of this study was to compare parents of children with and without disability to identify any differences in promoting manageable risk-taking. Data were co... Read More about Lower parent tolerance of risk in play for children with disability than typically developing children.

Person-Centred Emergency Preparedness: A process tool and framework for enabling disaster preparedness with people with chronic health conditions and disability (2018)
Other
Villeneuve, M., Sterman, J., & Llewellyn, G. (2018). Person-Centred Emergency Preparedness: A process tool and framework for enabling disaster preparedness with people with chronic health conditions and disability. Sydney

Is play a choice? Application of the capabilities approach to children with disabilities on the school playground (2018)
Journal Article
Sterman, J. J., Naughton, G. A., Bundy, A. C., Froude, E., & Villeneuve, M. A. (2020). Is play a choice? Application of the capabilities approach to children with disabilities on the school playground. International Journal of Inclusive Education, 24(6), 579-596. https://doi.org/10.1080/13603116.2018.1472819

Outdoor play is important for children’s development and an area in which many children with disabilities struggle at school. The aim of this multiple-perspective case study was to understand educator play decision-making for children with disabiliti... Read More about Is play a choice? Application of the capabilities approach to children with disabilities on the school playground.

Is play a choice on the school playground for children with disabilities? (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Sterman, J., Naughton, G., Froude, E., Villeneuve, M., & Bundy, A. (2018, April). Is play a choice on the school playground for children with disabilities?. Poster presented at Annual meeting of the American Occupational Therapy Association, Salt Lake City, UT

This qualitative case study used a mainstream school with segregated special education classes to understand school staff decision making affecting play. Because of a poor fit between environment and child skills, children with disabilities had limit... Read More about Is play a choice on the school playground for children with disabilities?.

Planning for outdoor play: Government and family decision-making (2018)
Journal Article
Sterman, J. J., Naughton, G. A., Bundy, A. C., Froude, E., & Villeneuve, M. A. (2019). Planning for outdoor play: Government and family decision-making. Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 26(7), 484-495. https://doi.org/10.1080/11038128.2018.1447010

Background: Despite indisputable developmental benefits of outdoor play, children with disabilities can experience play inequity. Play decisions are multifactorial; influenced by children’s skills and their familial and community environments. Govern... Read More about Planning for outdoor play: Government and family decision-making.

Adult decision making on outdoor play for children with disabilities: A systematic review of qualitative studies (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Sterman, J., Naughton, G., Villeneuve, M., Froude, E., Wyver, S., Beetham, K., & Anita, B. (2017, March). Adult decision making on outdoor play for children with disabilities: A systematic review of qualitative studies. Poster presented at Annual meeting of the American Occupational Therapy Association, Philadelphia, PA

This systematic review used an ecocultural framework to synthesize qualitative data across 11 studies involving decision making of parents, teachers, and other adults around outdoor play for children with disabilities. Results highlight the complexit... Read More about Adult decision making on outdoor play for children with disabilities: A systematic review of qualitative studies.

Underrepresentation of the needs of children with disabilities and their families in community outdoor play spaces: A local government perspective (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Sterman, J., Naughton, G., Villeneuve, M., Froude, E., Wyver, S., & Bundy, A. (2017, March). Underrepresentation of the needs of children with disabilities and their families in community outdoor play spaces: A local government perspective. Poster presented at Annual meeting of the American Occupational Therapy Association, Philadelphia, PA

A local government in a culturally and linguistically diverse city was used as a case to better understand considerations around providing outdoor play opportunities for children with developmental disabilities within the community. Triangulation occ... Read More about Underrepresentation of the needs of children with disabilities and their families in community outdoor play spaces: A local government perspective.