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#6 2008

Monday 1st of December

CHILD Agenda

Wednesday 3rd to Thursday 4th of December
Big CHILD seminar

Wedneday 4th of December
Children and health group meeting: Topic is content analysis. 1pm-4pm.

Wednesday 10th of December
Seminar with forum for Special Education 3pm-5pm

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Make sure all your publications is to be found in DiVA. If they are not, and you don't know how to get them there, please contact Ida Serneberg.

Apply for fundings

If you want to or if you are currently doing research that may have impact on technical equipment for people with disabilities, you may apply for fundings from Promobilia. Next application due date is not until April 24th 2009; but remember to start in time. Read more on Promobilia website (in Swedish).

Editor's information

Please note that CHILD consortium coordinator Ida is on duty for the sake of CHILD every Monday, Tuesday and Thursday. Feel free to contact her for any organizational or communication matter. You find her in room Hb341, School of Education and Communication and can reach her under the number 036 101376. She will answer any email sent to Ida Serneberg.

First Newsletter 2009 will be published on January 6th. Please send your contributions by the latest on January 2nd to Ida Serneberg.

Jönköping Big CHILD meeting on Wednesday 3rd of December til Thursday 4th of December

On Wednesday the 3rd of December and on Thursday the 4th of December the CHILD consortium will all gather in a Big CHILD meeting in room Ha108 (Art studio) at School of Education and Communication in Jönköping. Together we will introduce our current research projects, discuss future strategies, vision and ideas. The meeting will be held in Swedish and the schedule is as follows:

Wednesday 3rd of December
13.00-13.10
CHILD – theoretical concepts and underlying assumptions
Mats Granlund

13.10.14.30 Children and health research presentations:
Karina Huus
Noomi Carlsson
Ylva Ståhl
Stefan Nilsson
Berit Björkman

14.30-15.00 Coffee Break

15.00-16.00 Children, youth and disability research presentations:
Maria Karlsson
Margareta Adolfsson
Nina Ibragimova
Jenny Wilder
Anna Ullenhag
Anna Simmeborn

16.00-16.50 Children, preschool and school research presentations:
Anne Lillvist
Agneta Luttropp
Marita Falkmer
Johan Malmqvist
Martina Norling

16.50-17.00 What do we know so far?
Mats Granlund

Thursday 4th of December
08.00-12.00 future strategies, vision and ideas.
Discussions will be held as big group, as well as in our theme groups.

Write your research summary

Mats and Ida are updating CHILD annual report, the website and other material. They therefore need a summary of your current research. Please send your written research summary (300-400 words) to ida.serneberg@hlk.hj.se as soon as possible. If you already have an accruate published on our current web page, please let Ida know. Please note that this task concerns all CHILD participants, doctoral students as well as professors.

CHILD news

	Tobias Edbom and Mats Granlund, together with Paul Lichtenstein and Jan-Olov Larsson recently published "ADHD Symptoms Related to Profiles of Self-Esteem in a Longitudinal Study of Twins". You find the abstract on CHILD webpage.
	Karina Huus is defending her doctoral dissertation "Weight gain in children - possible relation to the development of diabetes" on February 13th 2009 in Qulturum at Ryhov hospital in Jönköping. Staffan Jansson is opponent.