How can children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) effectively be taught first-aid skills?<\/p>\n
This is the question that Brittney Sureshkumar, a master\u2019s student in Applied Disability Studies, plans to answer with the help of her Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Canada Graduate Scholarship.<\/p>\n
\u201cAccording to the World Health Organization, unintentional injury is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality among children and youth, and is responsible for approximately 950,000 deaths of individuals under the age of eighteen around the world every year,\u201d Sureshkumar says.\u00a0\u201cChildren and youth with ASD are at a greater risk for injury, as it may be more difficult for them to identify and respond safely in a dangerous situation.\u00a0My research will contribute to the existing body of research on this topic in the hopes of assisting researchers, clinicians, teachers and caregivers when determining how to best help children and youth with ASD to perform first-aid skills.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sureshkumar will compare the effectiveness of written instructions and a video model to teach first-aid skills to children and youth with ASD in a training setting, such as Brock’s ADS clinic. She plans to subsequently assess the skill in naturalistic settings, such as home or school, to evaluate if the training was not only effective in the clinic but if the skills learned will be able to transfer to a \u2018real-world\u2019 situation.<\/p>\n
She plans to recruit children and youth between the ages of eight and 18 years old who have a diagnosis of ASD who have no experience with first-aid training and are able to read simple five to seven word sentences.\u00a0She hopes her research will result in increased independence for children and youth with ASD, teach awareness of safe and unsafe situations, and help reduce every day safety risks.<\/p>\n
Sureshkumar is one of 14 master\u2019s students and three doctoral students who received a total of $470,000 in SSHRC funding.<\/p>\n
“Brittney is a phenomenal student and very deserving of this recognition from SSHRC,\u201d says Sureshkumar\u2019s supervisor and\u00a0Associate Professor in the Department of Applied Disability Studies\u00a0Kimberley Zonneveld.\u00a0\u201cSince joining my research lab in the fall of 2019, she has proven to be a great asset to my research team. She is hardworking, extremely devoted to her studies and is always willing to help her fellow labmates with their research projects. I have no doubt she will do wonderful things in her career down the road.”<\/p>\n
Sureshkumar is honoured to be a recipient of a SSHRC scholarship.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis funding allows me to further enhance my research, scholarly and practical skills, and also allows me to fully concentrate on my studies in the field of behaviour analysis,\u201d she says.\u00a0\u201cWith this financial assistance, I will also be in a position to disseminate the major findings of this project at local, national, and international conferences, and submit my findings for publication, which will also give me great experience with the peer-review process involved in publishing research.\u201d<\/p>\n
Diane Dupont, Interim Dean of the Faculty of Graduate Studies, says Sureshkumar and all the recipients of SSHRC funding are an excellent example of the quality of research being conducted by graduate students at the University.<\/p>\n
\u201cBrock\u2019s graduate students are committed to expanding the scholarly knowledge in their subject areas,” she says. “An investment in their studies from SSHRC is indicative of their potential as the researchers and scientists of the future.\u201d\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Recipients of the SSHRC Funding<\/strong><\/p>\n SSHRC Doctoral Fellowships <\/strong><\/p>\n Victoria Dykstra, Psychology, \u201cThe influence of friends and peers on lie-telling during adolescence.\u201d Canada Graduate Scholarships \u2013 Doctoral<\/strong><\/p>\n Julie Gemuend, Interdisciplinary Humanities, \u201cOn Becoming World: A Reimagining of the Material Self.\u201d<\/p>\n Canada Graduate Scholarships \u2013 Master\u2019s<\/strong><\/p>\n Melissa Blackburn, Child and Youth Studies, \u201cPlagued by Perfectionism: Competitive Dancers, Psychopathology and the Role of Self-Compassion.\u201d How can children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) effectively be taught first-aid skills? This is the question that Brittney Sureshkumar, a master\u2019s student in Applied Disability Studies, plans to answer with the help of her Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Canada Graduate Scholarship.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":66395,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[55,1,5],"tags":[244,9118,3622,3335,3330,5121,82],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66394"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/41"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66394"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66394\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66399,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66394\/revisions\/66399"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66395"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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