Current Research

OT4Parenting currently has 3 research projects underway: an international survey of OT perspectives on parenting, a systematic review and a study of the parenting tasks and activities that parents do.

International Survey

We are conducting an international survey of occupational therapists about the role of OT in parenting. We would like any OT who has worked with adults in the last 5 years to complete it, whether or not they addressed parenting in their practice. The survey will be open until December 2023.

If you would like to complete the survey, please follow this link.

This survey is also available in Arabic, Chinese (traditional), French, Hebrew, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Spanish in addition to English.

For more information or to access the survey in another language, please contact us here.

Systematic Review

We are currently conducting a systematic review of parents’ experiences with obtaining professional support for parenting concerns. You can access the review protocol here.

POP Framework.

We are planning a study that will use Experience Sampling Method to explore the range tasks and activities that parents do as part of parenting. We will use this information to assess the validity of the POP framework, identify any additional parenting occupations, and explore the impact of culture on parenting practices.