A J Gerlach
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 32814 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | A J Gerlach |
| NOMBRES | A J |
| APELLIDO | Gerlach |
| FIRMA | GERLACH A J |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Victoria |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2720-6768 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 18 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 55 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 18 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2014 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 5 |
Shifting Towards Trauma- and Violence-informed Care in the Early Learning and Childcare Sector
Early learning and childcare (ELCC) programs provide a critical context for responding to young children experiencing trauma. In shifting beyond an individualistic framing of trauma, this study explored how the emerging concept of trauma-and violence-informed care (TVIC) can be implemented in ELCC programs. Methods included interviews with early childhood educators, a parent focus group and walk-through of an ELCC centre, and participant observat…
A Scoping Review of Trauma-Informed Early Learning and Child Care in Canada
Among child care policymakers, government officials, and providers alike, there is growing interest in mitigating the impacts of adversity and trauma in children’s early years. While emerging literature examines the prevalence and impacts of traumatic events on the lives of children and families, a focus on trauma-informed approaches within the early learning and child care sector remains nascent. This scoping review examines the current state of…
Experiences of Unbelonging and Ableism in the Early Learning and Childcare Sector in British Columbia
In an era in which Canadian governments are focused on increasing families’ access to affordable early learning and childcare (ELCC), there are increasing concerns about the inclusion of children with disabilities. This paper reports on the experiences of parents of children with disabilities in accessing ELCC programs in British Columbia. Findings highlight four interrelated themes: experiences of unbelonging; systemic mechanisms that reinforce …
The consequences of "benevolent" colonial powers and structural inequities in the implementation of Jordan's Principle in Manitoba, Canada
Jordan's Principle is a legal requirement for the Canadian government to address gaps in services for First Nations children and ensure timely services that meet their needs and best interests. This article synthesizes and discusses some of the key research findings described in a report on the implementation of Jordan's Principle in Manitoba, produced by a team of academic researchers in partnership with the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs. Findings…
Using Technology to Enhance Services and Supports for Children and Youth with Disabilities and Medical Complexity and their Families in Canada
In Canada and internationally, the use of technology to enhance community-based health and developmental services and supports with children and youth has increased dramatically as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. In the Canadian context, how technology-enabled supports and services have developed and can be integrated as a long-term option in addition to in-person services requires further examination. This scoping review maps out existing and…
Autism and Autism Services with Indigenous Families and Children in the Settler-Colonial Context of Canada
In Canada, Indigenous families and children experience structurally-rooted marginalization due to longstanding and ongoing histories of colonization and discrimination. Indigenous children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are currently underrepresented in literature and databases on ASD in Canada, raising concerns about their equitable access to related services and optimal health outcomes. This critical scoping review maps out existing and em…
Structural Challenges & Inequities in Operating Urban Indigenous Early Learning and Child Care Programs in British Columbia
Funding for urban, not-for-profit Indigenous early learning and childcare (ELCC) programs has not kept pace with a rapidly growing urban Indigenous population, increasing operational costs, and the rights of Indigenous children. In British Columbia (BC), closure of a prominent Indigenous ELCC program prompted a study of some of the key factors influencing the operation of Indigenous ELCC programs in BC. This qualitative research highlights the pr…
Promoting critically informed learning and knowing about occupation through conference engagements
As occupation-focused discussions and applications of critical theoretical perspectives increase, attention must also be paid to how different spaces of knowledge dissemination, exchange, and production support critically informed learning and knowing about occupation. This paper presents the reflections of a group of international scholars and lecturers whose shared interest in critical theoretical perspectives prompted the incremental co-develo…
Insights from a Jordan’s Principle Child First Initiative in Alberta
In 2016 Canada was ordered to implement Jordan’s Principle by the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal. In response to the order Canada created the Child First Initiative to provide federal funding for provincial and territorial organizations supporting First Nation’s children’s health, education, and social service needs, including service coordination. In the shifting national landscape of Child First Initiative funding, there is a lack of evidence o…
Interrogating play as a strategy to foster child health equity and counteract racism and racialization
In our 2014 article, ‘A Critical Reframing of Play in Relation to Indigenous Children in Canada,’ we interrogated play in the historical and ongoing settler-colonial context of Canada by employing
Community-Based Recreation Therapy and Mental Health Recovery
Service recipients' unique preferences and perspectives must be integral to service development to deliver therapeutic recreation interventions that are truly recovery-oriented. The research findings will be used to guide the delivery of innovative, collaborative, person-centered programming in community-based mental health settings
Community-Based Recreation Therapy and Mental Health Recovery
Community-Based Recreation Therapy and Mental Health Recovery:A Mixed-Media Participatory Action Research Study Jessica J Ariss, MRSc, Alison Gerlach, PhD, J.B. Baker, Keith Barry, Lyn Cooper, Theressa L. de Vries, Kevin Halligan, and Monica Lacroix What Is the Purpose of this Study? • To understand how community-based recreation therapy can support mental health recovery, from the perspectives of people diagnosed with mental illness. • To guide …
Disrupting assumptions of risky play in the context of structural marginalization
Relational approaches to fostering health equity for Indigenous children through early childhood intervention
This paper reports on key findings of a critical qualitative inquiry undertaken with an Indigenous early child development (ECD) program in Canada, known as the Aboriginal Infant Development Program (AIDP). In depth, semi-structured interviews were used to obtain the perspectives of: Indigenous caregivers and Elders, AIDP workers, and administrative leaders. The findings centre on: (1) a relational perspective of family wellbeing that emphasises …
Thinking and Researching Relationally
Decolonizing methodologies are gaining increasing prominence in diverse research contexts in which Indigenous peoples are researchers, research partners, participants, and knowledge users. As political and intellectual allies committed to actively resisting and redressing the colonizing potential of research and advancing social change, non-Indigenous scholars are also enacting decolonizing methodologies. By drawing on the author's experiences as…
Engaging Indigenous families in a community-based Indigenous early childhood programme in British Columbia, Canada
This article is part of a larger study that explored how an Indigenous early intervention programme in British Columbia (BC), Canada, known as the 'Aboriginal Infant Development Program' (AIDP), influenced family and children's health and well-being and was responsive to child health inequities. Postcolonial feminist and Indigenous feminist perspectives provided a critical analytical lens to this qualitative inquiry. The study was undertaken with…
Navigating Structural Violence with Indigenous Families
Internationally, the welfare of Indigenous children continues to be severely compromised by their involvement with child welfare authorities. In this context, there are calls for greater investment in early childhood programs to support family preservation and children’s well-being. This article reports on the findings from a critical qualitative inquiry undertaken with Aboriginal Infant Development Programs (AIDPs) in Canada. The findings highli…
A Critical Reframing of Play in Relation to Indigenous Children in Canada
In this paper, we explore the implications of applying critical perspectives to the play occupations of Indigenous children in Canada, and of reframing play as an occupational determinant of health. First we consider the normalizing construction of play in early child development. We then apply critical perspectives to discuss the implications of reframing play as an occupational determinant by exploring how Indigenous children's play can be shap…
Thinking and Researching Relationally
Decolonizing methodologies are gaining increasing prominence in diverse research contexts in which Indigenous peoples are researchers, research partners, participants, and knowledge users. As political and intellectual allies committed to actively resisting and redressing the colonizing potential of research and advancing social change, non-Indigenous scholars are also enacting decolonizing methodologies. By drawing on the author's experiences as…
Engaging Indigenous families in a community-based Indigenous early childhood programme in British Columbia, Canada
This article is part of a larger study that explored how an Indigenous early intervention programme in British Columbia (BC), Canada, known as the 'Aboriginal Infant Development Program' (AIDP), influenced family and children's health and well-being and was responsive to child health inequities. Postcolonial feminist and Indigenous feminist perspectives provided a critical analytical lens to this qualitative inquiry. The study was undertaken with…
Promoting critically informed learning and knowing about occupation through conference engagements
As occupation-focused discussions and applications of critical theoretical perspectives increase, attention must also be paid to how different spaces of knowledge dissemination, exchange, and production support critically informed learning and knowing about occupation. This paper presents the reflections of a group of international scholars and lecturers whose shared interest in critical theoretical perspectives prompted the incremental co-develo…
Disrupting assumptions of risky play in the context of structural marginalization
Relational approaches to fostering health equity for Indigenous children through early childhood intervention
This paper reports on key findings of a critical qualitative inquiry undertaken with an Indigenous early child development (ECD) program in Canada, known as the Aboriginal Infant Development Program (AIDP). In depth, semi-structured interviews were used to obtain the perspectives of: Indigenous caregivers and Elders, AIDP workers, and administrative leaders. The findings centre on: (1) a relational perspective of family wellbeing that emphasises …
Navigating Structural Violence with Indigenous Families
Internationally, the welfare of Indigenous children continues to be severely compromised by their involvement with child welfare authorities. In this context, there are calls for greater investment in early childhood programs to support family preservation and children’s well-being. This article reports on the findings from a critical qualitative inquiry undertaken with Aboriginal Infant Development Programs (AIDPs) in Canada. The findings highli…
A Critical Reframing of Play in Relation to Indigenous Children in Canada
In this paper, we explore the implications of applying critical perspectives to the play occupations of Indigenous children in Canada, and of reframing play as an occupational determinant of health. First we consider the normalizing construction of play in early child development. We then apply critical perspectives to discuss the implications of reframing play as an occupational determinant by exploring how Indigenous children's play can be shap…
Community-Based Recreation Therapy and Mental Health Recovery
Service recipients' unique preferences and perspectives must be integral to service development to deliver therapeutic recreation interventions that are truly recovery-oriented. The research findings will be used to guide the delivery of innovative, collaborative, person-centered programming in community-based mental health settings
Interrogating play as a strategy to foster child health equity and counteract racism and racialization
In our 2014 article, ‘A Critical Reframing of Play in Relation to Indigenous Children in Canada,’ we interrogated play in the historical and ongoing settler-colonial context of Canada by employing
The consequences of "benevolent" colonial powers and structural inequities in the implementation of Jordan's Principle in Manitoba, Canada
Jordan's Principle is a legal requirement for the Canadian government to address gaps in services for First Nations children and ensure timely services that meet their needs and best interests. This article synthesizes and discusses some of the key research findings described in a report on the implementation of Jordan's Principle in Manitoba, produced by a team of academic researchers in partnership with the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs. Findings…
A Critical Reframing of Play in Relation to Indigenous Children in Canada
In this paper, we explore the implications of applying critical perspectives to the play occupations of Indigenous children in Canada, and of reframing play as an occupational determinant of health. First we consider the normalizing construction of play in early child development. We then apply critical perspectives to discuss the implications of reframing play as an occupational determinant by exploring how Indigenous children's play can be shap…
Engaging Indigenous families in a community-based Indigenous early childhood programme in British Columbia, Canada
This article is part of a larger study that explored how an Indigenous early intervention programme in British Columbia (BC), Canada, known as the 'Aboriginal Infant Development Program' (AIDP), influenced family and children's health and well-being and was responsive to child health inequities. Postcolonial feminist and Indigenous feminist perspectives provided a critical analytical lens to this qualitative inquiry. The study was undertaken with…
Navigating Structural Violence with Indigenous Families
Internationally, the welfare of Indigenous children continues to be severely compromised by their involvement with child welfare authorities. In this context, there are calls for greater investment in early childhood programs to support family preservation and children’s well-being. This article reports on the findings from a critical qualitative inquiry undertaken with Aboriginal Infant Development Programs (AIDPs) in Canada. The findings highli…
Disrupting assumptions of risky play in the context of structural marginalization
Relational approaches to fostering health equity for Indigenous children through early childhood intervention
This paper reports on key findings of a critical qualitative inquiry undertaken with an Indigenous early child development (ECD) program in Canada, known as the Aboriginal Infant Development Program (AIDP). In depth, semi-structured interviews were used to obtain the perspectives of: Indigenous caregivers and Elders, AIDP workers, and administrative leaders. The findings centre on: (1) a relational perspective of family wellbeing that emphasises …
Thinking and Researching Relationally
Decolonizing methodologies are gaining increasing prominence in diverse research contexts in which Indigenous peoples are researchers, research partners, participants, and knowledge users. As political and intellectual allies committed to actively resisting and redressing the colonizing potential of research and advancing social change, non-Indigenous scholars are also enacting decolonizing methodologies. By drawing on the author's experiences as…
Community-Based Recreation Therapy and Mental Health Recovery
Service recipients' unique preferences and perspectives must be integral to service development to deliver therapeutic recreation interventions that are truly recovery-oriented. The research findings will be used to guide the delivery of innovative, collaborative, person-centered programming in community-based mental health settings
Community-Based Recreation Therapy and Mental Health Recovery
Community-Based Recreation Therapy and Mental Health Recovery:A Mixed-Media Participatory Action Research Study Jessica J Ariss, MRSc, Alison Gerlach, PhD, J.B. Baker, Keith Barry, Lyn Cooper, Theressa L. de Vries, Kevin Halligan, and Monica Lacroix What Is the Purpose of this Study? • To understand how community-based recreation therapy can support mental health recovery, from the perspectives of people diagnosed with mental illness. • To guide …
Insights from a Jordan’s Principle Child First Initiative in Alberta
In 2016 Canada was ordered to implement Jordan’s Principle by the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal. In response to the order Canada created the Child First Initiative to provide federal funding for provincial and territorial organizations supporting First Nation’s children’s health, education, and social service needs, including service coordination. In the shifting national landscape of Child First Initiative funding, there is a lack of evidence o…
Interrogating play as a strategy to foster child health equity and counteract racism and racialization
In our 2014 article, ‘A Critical Reframing of Play in Relation to Indigenous Children in Canada,’ we interrogated play in the historical and ongoing settler-colonial context of Canada by employing
Structural Challenges & Inequities in Operating Urban Indigenous Early Learning and Child Care Programs in British Columbia
Funding for urban, not-for-profit Indigenous early learning and childcare (ELCC) programs has not kept pace with a rapidly growing urban Indigenous population, increasing operational costs, and the rights of Indigenous children. In British Columbia (BC), closure of a prominent Indigenous ELCC program prompted a study of some of the key factors influencing the operation of Indigenous ELCC programs in BC. This qualitative research highlights the pr…
Promoting critically informed learning and knowing about occupation through conference engagements
As occupation-focused discussions and applications of critical theoretical perspectives increase, attention must also be paid to how different spaces of knowledge dissemination, exchange, and production support critically informed learning and knowing about occupation. This paper presents the reflections of a group of international scholars and lecturers whose shared interest in critical theoretical perspectives prompted the incremental co-develo…
Autism and Autism Services with Indigenous Families and Children in the Settler-Colonial Context of Canada
In Canada, Indigenous families and children experience structurally-rooted marginalization due to longstanding and ongoing histories of colonization and discrimination. Indigenous children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are currently underrepresented in literature and databases on ASD in Canada, raising concerns about their equitable access to related services and optimal health outcomes. This critical scoping review maps out existing and em…
Using Technology to Enhance Services and Supports for Children and Youth with Disabilities and Medical Complexity and their Families in Canada
In Canada and internationally, the use of technology to enhance community-based health and developmental services and supports with children and youth has increased dramatically as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. In the Canadian context, how technology-enabled supports and services have developed and can be integrated as a long-term option in addition to in-person services requires further examination. This scoping review maps out existing and…
Experiences of Unbelonging and Ableism in the Early Learning and Childcare Sector in British Columbia
In an era in which Canadian governments are focused on increasing families’ access to affordable early learning and childcare (ELCC), there are increasing concerns about the inclusion of children with disabilities. This paper reports on the experiences of parents of children with disabilities in accessing ELCC programs in British Columbia. Findings highlight four interrelated themes: experiences of unbelonging; systemic mechanisms that reinforce …
The consequences of "benevolent" colonial powers and structural inequities in the implementation of Jordan's Principle in Manitoba, Canada
Jordan's Principle is a legal requirement for the Canadian government to address gaps in services for First Nations children and ensure timely services that meet their needs and best interests. This article synthesizes and discusses some of the key research findings described in a report on the implementation of Jordan's Principle in Manitoba, produced by a team of academic researchers in partnership with the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs. Findings…
A Scoping Review of Trauma-Informed Early Learning and Child Care in Canada
Among child care policymakers, government officials, and providers alike, there is growing interest in mitigating the impacts of adversity and trauma in children’s early years. While emerging literature examines the prevalence and impacts of traumatic events on the lives of children and families, a focus on trauma-informed approaches within the early learning and child care sector remains nascent. This scoping review examines the current state of…
Shifting Towards Trauma- and Violence-informed Care in the Early Learning and Childcare Sector
Early learning and childcare (ELCC) programs provide a critical context for responding to young children experiencing trauma. In shifting beyond an individualistic framing of trauma, this study explored how the emerging concept of trauma-and violence-informed care (TVIC) can be implemented in ELCC programs. Methods included interviews with early childhood educators, a parent focus group and walk-through of an ELCC centre, and participant observat…
Sociology (14 obras) · Political science (13 obras) · Psychology (9 obras) · Indigenous (7 obras) · Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights (7 obras) · Medicine (7 obras) · Child Abuse and Trauma (6 obras) · Children's Rights and Participation (5 obras) · Community Health and Development (5 obras) · Gender Studies (5 obras)