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Huus, Karina.; Schlebusch, Liezl; Ramaahlo, Maria; Samuels, Alecia E.; Berglund, Ingalill Gimbler; Dada, Shakila (AOSIS, 2021-03)BACKGROUND: Research has shown that all children and adolescents have the right to participate in their everyday life. However, little is known about what impacts the participation of children and adolescents with ...
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Samuels, Alecia E.; Pistorius, Martin (2006-04-02)
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Samuels, Alecia E.; Dada, Shakila; Van Niekerk, Karin; Arvidsson, Patrik; Huus, Karina (MDPI, 2020-09)In a low-and middle-income country (LMIC) such as South Africa, not much is known about how children with intellectual disabilities (ID) participate in everyday activities, as no studies to date have compared their ...
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Dada, Shakila; Horn, Tenille; Samuels, Alecia E.; Schlosser, Ralf W. (Taylor and Francis, 2016-08)This study examined the attitudes of children with typical development towards an unfamiliar peer with complex communication needs using augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) systems. Specifically, the study ...
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Kyarkanaye, Thilendree; Dada, Shakila; Samuels, Alecia E. (Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2017-07)A central tenant of early childhood intervention (ECI) is collaboration between professionals and the caregivers of children receiving these services. There are limited studies on caregiver perceptions of collaboration in ...
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Douglas, Sarah N.; Dada, Shakila; Tonsing, Kerstin Monika; Samuels, Alecia E.; Owusu, Prince (Springer, 2024)Globally, there is an increasing focus on interventions that are culturally relevant for children and families from diverse cultural, racial, and ethnic groups. We conducted a scoping review to evaluate what populations ...
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Alant, Erna; Emmett, A.; Samuels, Alecia E. (OTASA: Occupational Therapy Association of South Africa, 2007)Since 1994 disability organisations, like other organisations in the country, have had to face significant transformation. While the disability sector achieved major success in including issues surrounding recognition of ...
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Schlebusch, Liezl; Dada, Shakila; Samuels, Alecia E. (Springer, 2017-07)This article describes the family quality of life among families who are raising a young child with autism spectrum disorder. Survey research was conducted with 180 families of children with autism spectrum disorder who ...
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Tonsing, Kerstin Monika; Dada, Shakila; Bastable, Kirsty; Samuels, Alecia E. (Taylor and Francis, 2023)PURPOSE : The worldwide Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted inequities faced by persons with complex communication needs (CCN) in accessing health information and education. This study reports on the perspectives of South ...
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Bastable, Kirsty; Klopper, Sandra; Samuels, Alecia E.; Dada, Shakila (American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, 2021-03)INTRODUCTION : Social validation or the inclusion of stakeholders in the research process is beneficial, as it may decrease bias, increases efficacy, and prevents harm. For direct stakeholders such as individuals with ...
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Samuels, Alecia E.; Stemela, Unati; Booi, Mpilo (Health Systems Trust, 2020-06)Improving developmental outcomes for children and youth with disabilities (CYWD) in low- and middleincome countries requires the removal of access barriers perpetuating the patterns of exclusion of persons with disabilities ...
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Dada, Shakila; May, Auriel Adele; Bastable, Kirsty; Samuels, Alecia E.; Tonsing, Kerstin Monika; Wilder, Jenny; Casey, Maureen Anne; Ntuli, Constance; Reddy, Vasu (Wiley Open Access, 2022-06)INTRODUCTION : Involving youth with severe communication disabilities in health research is foregrounded in a perspective of rights and participation. Researchers aligned with a participatory and inclusive research agenda ...
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Schlebusch, Liezl; Huus, Karina; Samuels, Alecia E.; Granlund, Mats; Dada, Shakila (Wiley, 2020-11)AIM : The purpose of this scoping review was to describe and map the literature available on the participation of young people (0–21y) with disabilities and/or chronic conditions living in low‐ and middle‐income countries ...
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Smith, Katherine A.; Samuels, Alecia E. (Elsevier, 2021-04)The importance of parental roles in rehabilitation interventions (i.e. the tasks and responsibilities assigned to parents in intervention) is widely reported but there is a paucity of information regarding the tasks linked ...
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Schlebusch, Liezl; Samuels, Alecia E.; Dada, Shakila (Wiley, 2016-05)BACKGROUND : The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between family routines, cognitive appraisal of the impact of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) on the family and family quality of life (FQOL) in ...
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Samuels, Alecia E. (Academy of Science of South Africa, 2024-11)SIGNIFICANCE : South Africa has a serious shortage of healthcare professionals trained to provide early intervention services for young children with disabilities, especially in the public healthcare sector, accessed by ...
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Dada, Shakila; Tonsing, Kerstin Monika; Bornman, Juan; Samuels, Alecia E.; Johnson, Ensa; Morwane, Refilwe (Taylor and Francis, 2023)BACKGROUND : Participation in society is the cornerstone to living a meaningful, connected, and healthy life. Persons with complex communication needs, however, often have restricted opportunities to participate in everyday ...
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Castro-Kemp, Susana; Samuels, Alecia E. (Elsevier, 2022-01)It is widely recognised that cross-sector partnerships are key to improve outcomes for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). However, evidence-based strategies fostering these partnerships have ...
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