L Brookes-Howell
Biographic Data
| ID | 1871823 |
|---|---|
| NAME | L Brookes-Howell |
| GIVEN NAMES | L |
| FAMILY NAME | Brookes-Howell |
| SIGNATURE | BROOKES-HOWELL L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Cardiff University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8263-7130 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Building rapport in occupational therapy with autistic children
Therapy sessions for autistic children delivered by occupational therapists (OTs). • Theme-oriented discourse analysis: rapport as the focal theme. • OTs' interactional style: shifted between directiveness and non-directiveness. • OT communication strategies: invitations, offers, reformulations, social rewarding. • Child-led sessions: increased alignment, participation and rapport development
“I don't mean to be rude, but could you put a mask on while I'm here?” A qualitative study of risks experienced by domiciliary care workers in Wales during the Covid‐19 pandemic
Domiciliary care workers (DCWs) continued to provide care to adults in their own homes throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. The evidence of the impact of COVID-19 on health outcomes of DCWs is currently mixed. The OSCAR study will quantify the impact of COVID-19 upon health outcomes of DCWs in Wales, explore causes of variation and extrapolate to the rest of the UK DCW population. An embedded qualitative study aimed to explore DCW experiences during…
Understanding the support experiences of families of children with autism and sensory processing difficulties
BACKGROUND: Support, such as information, advice and therapies, can play a vital role in the lives of families of autistic children. However, little is known about the support experiences of UK parents and carers. AIM: To explore experiences of and access to support for families of children with autism and sensory processing difficulties, from the perspective of parents and carers. METHODS: Semi-structured, timeline-assisted interviews were condu…
Living without labels
'Relatively speaking'
The activity of risk communication in the healthcare setting is contingent upon the associated notions of uncertainty, normality and decision making. Focusing on the context of counselling for predictive genetic testing, we point out that because there is `medical' uncertainty surrounding such testing, the discourse of risk assessment concerning an unwanted event is articulated in terms of the likelihood (in objective, probabilistic language) and…
'Relatively speaking'
The activity of risk communication in the healthcare setting is contingent upon the associated notions of uncertainty, normality and decision making. Focusing on the context of counselling for predictive genetic testing, we point out that because there is `medical' uncertainty surrounding such testing, the discourse of risk assessment concerning an unwanted event is articulated in terms of the likelihood (in objective, probabilistic language) and…
Living without labels
“I don't mean to be rude, but could you put a mask on while I'm here?” A qualitative study of risks experienced by domiciliary care workers in Wales during the Covid‐19 pandemic
Domiciliary care workers (DCWs) continued to provide care to adults in their own homes throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. The evidence of the impact of COVID-19 on health outcomes of DCWs is currently mixed. The OSCAR study will quantify the impact of COVID-19 upon health outcomes of DCWs in Wales, explore causes of variation and extrapolate to the rest of the UK DCW population. An embedded qualitative study aimed to explore DCW experiences during…
Understanding the support experiences of families of children with autism and sensory processing difficulties
BACKGROUND: Support, such as information, advice and therapies, can play a vital role in the lives of families of autistic children. However, little is known about the support experiences of UK parents and carers. AIM: To explore experiences of and access to support for families of children with autism and sensory processing difficulties, from the perspective of parents and carers. METHODS: Semi-structured, timeline-assisted interviews were condu…
Building rapport in occupational therapy with autistic children
Therapy sessions for autistic children delivered by occupational therapists (OTs). • Theme-oriented discourse analysis: rapport as the focal theme. • OTs' interactional style: shifted between directiveness and non-directiveness. • OT communication strategies: invitations, offers, reformulations, social rewarding. • Child-led sessions: increased alignment, participation and rapport development
Psychology (5 works) · Medicine (4 works) · Autism (2 works) · Autism Spectrum Disorder Research (2 works) · BRCA gene mutations in cancer (2 works) · Clinical Psychology (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Disease (2 works) · Family and Disability Support Research (2 works) · Family medicine (2 works)