The F-words for Child Development

04/12/2026

03/31/2026

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07/02/2024

Reminder of Community of Practice members meeting today at 3pm ET.
For questions about the Implementation Community of Practice please email: [email protected]

06/20/2024

CanChild on Tour!
This year, the Annual Conference of the European Academy of Childhood Onset Disability (EACD Bruges 2024) was a spectacular event in the picturesque city of Bruges, Belgium. With a record-breaking 1,200 attendees, it was the largest gathering of professionals and individuals with lived experiences in the academy's history!

Our CanChild team shone brightly, presenting an impressive 28 contributions across oral presentations, instructional courses, mini-symposia, and posters. It was heartening to see how frequently other presentations referenced CanChild's impactful work, such as the F-words, GMFM, and innovative tools like PEM-CY and PREP. A big thank you to all the researchers and students who contributed to these outstanding presentations!

The conference was not just about sharing knowledge but also about building connections. We had the fantastic opportunity to kick off CanChild's 35th anniversary celebrations, themed "35 Years of Lived Experience," with a special get-together at one of Bruges' renowned breweries. Living by our co-founder Peter Rosenbaum’s motto, "Only do research with people you would have a beer with," we enjoyed a wonderful evening of camaraderie—non-alcoholic options were, of course, available too!

Now back in Canada, we're eagerly looking forward to reuniting with many of these amazing colleagues at the upcoming AACPDM conference in beautiful Quebec City. Right after that, we are excited to host the CanChild 35th Anniversary Conference at McMaster University on October 28th. Mark your calendars and stay tuned for more details on registration. We can't wait to see you there!

06/02/2024

Reminder for the F-Words Implementation Community of Practice meeting on June 4th at 3pm ET.
With presentations from our New Zealand friends from Paediatric OT and PT and Auckland University of Technology sharing their F-Words implementation journey.
For inquiries on this Community of Practice please email: [email protected]

05/16/2024

Introducing a new video told from the family voice.

🎥F-words for Child Development: From the voice of a Parent, shows how this approach focuses on strengths and the things a child, youth and family can do!
CanChild Hamilton

There are links to tools that can help you tell your F-words story and includes information on further learning opportunities.

This is "CanChild F-words Family Video" by CanChild on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

05/15/2024

Introducing! A new 7-minute video that can be used in clinical, teaching, and community settings that outlines the ICF (International Classification for Functioning, Disability and Health) and CanChild's F-words for Child Development.

🎥The ICF and F-words: Learning Through Family Stories video describes how these frameworks facilitate strength-based, family centred, holistic, relational, and lifespan approaches to collaborative child and family services.There are links to further information, tools, and additional learning opportunities.

Voice of a Parent video coming soon. 🙂

CanChild Hamilton

This is "CanChild F-words Learner Video" by CanChild on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

05/13/2024

Please see post for tonight’s session with CPABC. Thank you for hosting and sharing this space.

🚨 There is still time to register for our Caregiver Connections TONIGHT at 5:30pm!

What are your Favourite Words?? For us, they are Family. Friends, Function, Fun, Fitness and Future.

Join us to learn about this planning framework (also known as the F-words) from the people at CanChild. Rachel Teplicky, Lynda Moore and Danijela Grahovac, our favorite words is a framework developed to reflect the World Health Organization’s International Classification Of Functioning Of Disability. This framework is being increasingly used by early intervention and schools to provide a holistic planning tool. Learn from researchers and parents in how this model can help your communications with schools or anyone serving a person with disability.

To register contact: [email protected]

05/09/2024

Please share with families this great opportunity for caregivers to learn the F-Words in a virtual learning session presented by CanChild along with CPABC (Cerebral Palsy Association of BC). To register or for more information please email: [email protected]
Caregiver’s Connection Our Favourite F-Words.
May 13th (5pm Pacific Time).

05/07/2024

Today. Reminder for Community of Practice members to join today for our F-Words Implementation co-learning and sharing session. We are also very lucky to have members from BC-Centre for Ability (BC-CFA) sharing their F-words implementation journey with us!
For inquires to join please email: [email protected] for the F-Word Implementation CoP.

F-Words Implementation Community of Practice meeting reminder. May 7th
For information please email: [email protected]
and ask about the Community of Practice for those implementing the F-Words for Child Development.