By bringing together nine Keynote Speakers, all leading researchers in the field, with emerging and other established researchers and practitioners, the Symposium will provide a forum for discussion of scientific development and clinical improvements in the field of rehabilitation for people with disabilities.
The Symposium will, in cooperation with the international scientific journal, Disability & Rehabilitation, publish a Special Edition, "State of the art of participation research", based on the scientific content of the Symposium. Symposium participants will be invited to contribute to writing articles for consideration for publication in the Special Edition. To facilitate this process, writing workshops will occur for small groups, organized around the themes of the conference and led by the Keynote speakers. These workshops aim to assist participants to work together to prepare manuscripts for submission for review.
Time will be allocated to visit and experience the rehabilitation activities that take place at Beitostølen Healthsports Center.
The Symposium Objectives
The participants of this Symposium will have the opportunity to exchange knowledge and skills that can promote optimal participation outcomes for those experiencing disability.
The core topics of the Symposium are as follows:
- Participation- constructs, measurement, and interventions
- Participation trajectories
- Key lifespan transition issues
- Factors influencing longitudinal outcomes
- Lived experience of participationOrganizing health care services to support participation outcomes in the field of rehabilitation for individuals with disabilities.
- Organizing health care services to support participation outcomes in the field of rehabilitation for individuals with disabilities.
