Researchers from The University of Queensland are offering parents practical ways to help their kids learn the skills of life. Fiona Graham, from the School of Health and Rehabilitation
Sciences, said children Sometimes struggled to learn the basic skills and routines essential to
managing everyday life, such as getting ready for school or learning to play with peers.
“Being successful at leisure tasks is also important for children‘s healthy development but
milestones such as learning to ride a bike do not just happen for some children,” Ms.Graham said.
“Parents do their best to support their children to learn new skills but knowing what to do is not always easy
Ms.Graham said a parent coaching study was planned for 2008,in which parents learned how to recognize their children's specific learning needs and what to do to help them build on current skills. “Parents will very much be ‘partners’ with the rherapist in this
intervention of discovery and learning,” she said.