Participation

Participation provides a key reference work for health and education practitioners who wish to optimise outcomes for children, young people and families where there is an individual with a childhood onset neurodisability. By focusing on participation — what is it, how to measure it and how to influence it — the book aims to support professionals to utilise the most recent developments in the field.

Written in five parts, the book provides the reader with knowledge about the concept of participation; detailed understanding of how varying contexts influence participation outcomes; how to measure participation as an outcome and as a process; how to intervene to promote participation outcomes; and future directions and challenges. Chapters provide diverse examples of evidence-based practices and are enriched by scenarios and vignettes to engage and challenge the reader to consider how participation in meaningful activities might be optimised for individuals and their families. The book’s practical examples aim to facilitate knowledge transfer, clinical application and service planning for the future.

• The only book to focus on participation in children with childhood onset neurodisability

• This book brings together highly expert contributors, experienced in the field and up to date with current conceptual frameworks and research.

• Vignettes, scenarios and real-life stories are used to challenge assumptions, support application to practice and drive future thinking.

• By providing an international perspective on participation, the book addresses issues influencing engagement in meaningful activities across contexts and cultures.