Parenting Matters with Arthritis

Dr Yvonne Codd is delighted to announce a new funded PhD programme (supported by Trinity College Dublin Research Doctorate Awards supporting PI-based Research Projects) ‘Parenting Matters with Arthritis’. The overall aim of the project is to design and assess the feasibility of a parent focused intervention to support parenting for individuals living with inflammatory arthritis.  Further information about the project can be found here  The research team will include Dr Yvonne Codd (PI) and Professor Margaret McGrath

Individuals with ill-health or disability can often experience symptoms and difficulties that negatively affect their ability to perform parenting roles. Chronic conditions including inflammatory arthritis can fluctuate and vary in symptom severity and disease trajectory. This unpredictability in health can further negatively influence the experience and enjoyment of providing the care, nurture, play, and educational aspects of the parent role. Individuals with inflammatory arthritis who are parents have highlighted parenting as an important occupational role and a priority for living well, and they have identified that they would like support with this parenting role from occupational therapists as part of healthcare delivery

Global survey of parenting practice in Occupational Therapy

Our online survey has closed. Thank you to the 1411 occupational therapists from across the world who have taken the time to respond. We are currently working on the analysis and will shortly be reporting on our findings. Stay tuned ……

New paper – Every parent matters: The value of a parent-centric approach to supporting parenting occupations and roles

Our new paper in the British Journal of Occupational Therapy sets out a clear manifesto for increased occupational therapy engagement in matters of parenting. Check it out here

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/03080226241241221