All Outputs (5)

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. (2020). School Playground Intervention for Children With Disabilities Creates Play Capabilities and Shifts Adult Perspectives. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 74(4_Supplement_1), 7411515445p1.

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.

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 Ci

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?.

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

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 presen

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.