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Claire presents RIF project findings in Berlin
Congratulations to Lecturer in Nutrition and Health, Dr Claire Blennerhassett who visited Berlin earlier this year to present the findings of a RIF project in collaboration with Dr Michael Richards and Dr Fiona Hallet, entitled ‘Parents perceptions of the challenges and barriers to implementing a parent led intervention for food selectivity in children with Autism’. As a […]
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Life with a child with complex needs
My name is Jill and I’m mum to Noah who is 8 years old. He was born with a rare type of interstitial lung disease and following lots of investigations, Noah had a tracheostomy and was put on a 24/7 ventilator with oxygen. He is now only on the ventilator when he is asleep or […]
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Carer vs Caring or a Caring Carer?
I am a non-professional carer for my daughter, twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. Do you know that the dictionary definition of the word ‘caring’ when used as an adjective is: “feeling or showing care and compassion?” It’s also used by health and social professionals to describe a person or function. For example, nursing […]
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Children Coming to Hospital – what children want health professionals to know about coming to hospital for a procedure
In hospital, children may feel small, scared, worried or overwhelmed. The way health professionals engage with them makes a massive difference. We worked with children and young people to create the ‘Children Coming to Hospital’ resource which includes a short animation for health professionals with practical advice about how to communicate with children coming to […]