HealthLiteracy
Skills for Occupational Therapists who work with Children
1. Finley GA, Franck LS, Grunau RE, vonBayer CL (2005) Why children's pain matters.
Pain: Clinical Updates. 13(4).
http://www.iasp-pain.org/AM/AMTemplate.cfm?Section=Home&CONTENTID=7638&TEMPLATE=/CM/ContentDispla.cfm
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2. Jordan A (2005) The impact of pediatric pain on the family. Pediatric Pain Letter 7(1).
http://childpain.org/ppl/issues/v7n1_jordan.pdf
3. Chan E, Pirra T, Betts G (2005) The school functioning of children with chronic and
recurring pain. Pediatric Pain Letter 7(2-3).
Background reading:
Pain and sleep problems in children
http://childpain.org/issues/v7n2-3_chan.pdf
4. Fjelsted B and Hanlon-Dearman A (2009) Sensory processing and sleep challenges in
children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder. Occupational Therapy Now 11(5).
http://www.caot.ca/otnow/sept09/sleep.pdf
5. Sivertsen B, Hysing M, Elgen I, Morten Stormark K, Lundervold AJ (2009) Chronicity of
sleep problems in children with chronic illness: a longitudinal population-based study.
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health 2009, 3:22doi:10.1186/1753-2000-3
-22.
HOME
http://capmh.com/content/pdf/1753-2000-3-22.pdf
6. Allik H, Larsson J, Smedje H(2006). Insomnia in school-age children with Asperger
syndrome or high-functioning autism. BMC Psychiatry 6(18).
http://www.ncbi.nim.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1479331/
7. Sleep Behaviours. Encyclopedia on Early Childhood Development
http://www.child-encyclopedia.com/enca/child-sleeping-behaviour/what-do-we-know.html?l;
