About us

Participation in Everyday Life is comprised of researchers from a number of disciplines, including occupational therapy, psychology, sociology and orthoptics. They are involved in a wide range of research tied together by the common theme of promoting participation in everyday life – particularly for children and adults with disability.

A sample of the research being conducted by the group includes:

• increasing activity in children through play,
• assessing fitness to drive,
• defining recovery from mental illness,
• measuring quality of life in boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy,
• motivation for stereotyped and repetitive behaviours in children with autism and intellectual disability
• the effects of meaningful activity on unemployed youth
• measuring quality discretionary time
• reframing healthy risk taking
• dealing with everyday problem behaviours of children with autism

Community Based Health Care Research Unit (CBHCRU)

Team Leader: Professor Craig Veitch
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The Community Based Health Care Research Unit was established in 2007 with the appointment of Professor Craig Veitch as Chair in Community Based Health Care.

It is jointly funded by both The University of Sydney’s Faculties of Health Sciences and Nursing and Midwifery, and the Royal Rehabilitation Centre Sydney (RRCS).

The Unit’s aim is to develop a research program that addresses the effectiveness of community based health care for people with major traumatic injuries and long-term conditions with complex care needs.