Education

Take Five: an animated educational resource that reduces procedural anxiety in paediatric burns patients and their carers.

Severe parental psychological distress during acute wound care has been shown to exacerbate paediatric distress and recovery times. The Take Five video intervention reduces procedural anxiety and was developed to support the carers of young children (aged 1-6) during their first out-patient dressing change for an acute burn injury.

The 5-minute video resource includes information on procedural preparation, psychological support and behavioural self-coping strategies for parents to assist their child during wound care.

Key features

• A non-pharmacological procedural pain intervention for young children (aged 1-6) suffering burns injuries
• 5-minute video resource contains simple whiteboard animations to set the audience’s mind to a learning mood
• Psychological self-coping strategies use an Acceptance Commitment Therapy (ACT) framework
• Content is easily adapted for alternative medical procedures such as operating theatres, lumbar punctures, spinal taps etc
• Can be easily administered on a tablet using any operating system by a range of health practitioners, including nurses, administrative staff, play therapists etc
• Carers reported high intentions and confidence in using behavioural strategies.

The Latch-On® – Literacy and Technology Hands On – is a post-school literacy program transforming the lives of young adults with intellectual disabilities around the world.

Literacy skills are fundamental to informed decision-making, personal empowerment, and active participation in society.  In the past, post-school options for people with intellectual disabilities has been focused on work placement and recreational activities with little in the way of literacy development opportunities.

Developed by a team of researchers at The University of Queensland, Latch-On® is an evidence-based program that enables young adults with intellectual disabilities to continue their literacy and numeracy development in a post-school environment.  The part-time, two year program combines traditional teaching styles with technology instruction and is delivered to students aged 18+.

Latch-On® helps participants to:

• enhance literacy and numeracy, self-confidence and independence
• enhance self-concept and life opportunities (work-placement) through the expected positive outcomes of literacy and numeracy development
• provide links and foster friendships through literacy, numeracy and technology with others across their communities.

Latch-On® has been mapped to the National Foundation Skills Training Package qualification: Certificate 1 in Access to Vocational Pathways (FSK10113).

Visit the Latch-On® website.