About us

CHILD conducts research in the service of children and carries out nationally leading and internationally recognized research on children in need of special support. It is an interdisciplinary environment that explores children's needs, development, and

CHILD (Children, Health, Learning and Development) is an interdisciplinary research environment at the School of Health and Welfare (HHJ), and the School of Education and Communication (HLK) at Jönköping University. The group has approximately 30 members, primarily at JU but also other national and international universities as well as clinical settings in and around Jönköping.

The focus of the research within CHILD is children and their families' everyday activities are home, preschool/school and leisure activities. However, if the child/adolescent/young adult has special needs, they can also have frequent contact with professionals in social services and health services. To understand the child and its family, we need to understand not only aspects of the child but also aspects of the surrounding environment.

Objectives

CHILD aims to develop and apply new scientific knowledge of life situations and measures for children who need extra support. Through the application of this knowledge, CHILD intends to ultimately provide these children with the necessary support to live meaningful lives within society, spanning both everyday environments (such as the family, pre-school, and school) and interactions with providers of support (such as those within healthcare and habilitation services). In addition, CHILD aspires for its research to continue the organization’s established role as an international innovator, particularly regarding the ICF’s health classification system and, by extension, facilitating children’s participation in everyday life.

Our results

ICF, the WHO’s health classification systems, are central to a number of projects. At present, CHILD’s researchers are running about 30 research projects. These projects are often interdisciplinary, involving collaboration between the fields of education, psychology, health care sciences, special education, and disability research. As a result, many complex issues are examined through a multi-dimensional perspective; CHILD’s interdisciplinary approach allows different viewpoints to intersect, contrast, complement, and, ultimately, become enriched by each other. CHILD’s present research profile connects approximately 30 professors, senior researchers, and doctoral students. These members of the CHILD group publish frequently in international peer-reviewed journals (around 60 articles were published in 2022) as well as contribute chapters to internationally edited books.

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Att involvera den målgrupp som forskningen berör har under senare år blivit alltmer vanligt. Att målgruppen själv involveras kan innebära större träffsäkerhet i insatser som görs baserat på de resultat som forskningen kommit fram till då målgruppen själva varit involverade. När det gäller forskning som rör barn och ungdomar möjliggör detta också ur barnrättssynpunkt att de ges möjlighet att göra sin röst hörd.
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Se inspelat webbinarium om att använda appen I AM
I det europeiska forskningsprojektet I AM har lärare och forskare tagit fram en app som kan användas av lärare för att kartlägga elevers olika behov av stöd i skolmiljön. Appen ger förslag på olika insatser som lärare i grundskolan kan ta hjälp av. Nu kan du ta del av det inspelade webbinariet om projektet.
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Kan en app i klassrummet underlätta inkludering?
Projektet I AM (Inclusive Assessment Map) är ett HorizonErasmus + projekt som forskningsmiljön CHILD medverkar i. Projektet går ut på att skapa och testa en app som lärare kan använda för att fokusera snarare på delaktighetssituationer, än på att kompensera för enskilda tillkortakommanden. Välkommen att kostnadsfritt delta i webbinariet den 1 december där projektet presenteras.
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