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A Digital App to Enhance Child’s Rehabilitation

Creating Well-being in Daily Life Through Inclusive RDI

Platform Ecosystem for Strengthening of RDI Activities in Multidisciplinary Rehabilitation

Developing Social Rehabilitation Through Education

The Rehabilitator's Own Goals Research

Guidance of Relatives in Therapy Work

The Child's Right to Participate in Rehabilitation

Assessment of Rehabilitation Services

Tools for Diversity Management in Rehabilitation Competencies

Evidence-based Health care

Expertise in Health Promotion and Occupational Health

Honours and awards:

Solver 2023: Lifetime Achievement Award for long-term, high-quality work in teaching, research, influencing society or supporting the higher education community, Metropolia UAS.

Actions of the Year of Research-Based Knowledge 2021: 1) TEDx talk, 2) Tulevaisuudenkuntoutus.fi.

Metropolia University of Applied Sciences' Good Instructor Award 2020–2021.

ITLA Award 2020: development of a method for children's rehabilitation based on scientific evidence.

Course: Innovation Agent, Aalto University 25.9 - 16.11.2012.

Examples of my publications:

Sipari S, Vänskä N, Lehtonen K, Helenius S, Harra T, Kinnunen A, Väisänen S, Jeglinsky I. Participatory Research Partnership in Rehabilitation—Co-Development of a Model for Collaboration Process. Disabilities. 2023; 3(3):410-425. https://doi.org/10.3390/disabilities3030027

Sipari S, Vänskä N, Lehtonen K, Helenius S, Väisänen S, Harra T. Participatory Research Partnership in Rehabilitation. Metropolia UAS OIVA-series 55, 2022. https://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-952-328-342-8

Palisano RJ, Chiarello LA, Vänskä N, Sipari S. Content Validity and Utility of the Collaborative Process for Action Plans to Achieve Children’s Participation Goals. Disabilities. 2022; 2(4):626-640. https://doi.org/10.3390/disabilities2040045

Sipari S, Tammelin M, Helenius S, Janhunen E, Rantakokko M, Vänskä N, Harra T. Knowledge Needs in Rehabilitation Perspectives of Service Users and Professionals. Frontiers in Rehabilitation Sciences. 2022; 3: 1-10. https://doi.org/10.3389/fresc.2022.858081

Kinnunen A, Jeglinsky I, Vänskä N, Lehtonen K, Sipari S. The Importance of Collaboration in Pediatric Rehabilitation for the Construction of Participation: The Views of Parents and Professionals. Disabilities. 2021; 1(4):459-470. https://doi.org/10.3390/disabilities1040032

Vänskä N, Sipari  S, Jeglinsky  I, Lehtonen K, Kinnunen A, Pollari K. Co-development of the CMAP Book to enhance children’s participation in paediatric rehabilitation. Disability and Rehabilitation, 2021. DOI: 10.1080/09638288.2021.1921061

Vänskä N, Sipari S, Haataja L. What Makes Participation Meaningful? Using Photo-Elicitation to Interview Children with Disabilities. Physical & Occupational Therapy In Pediatrics, 2020; 40:6:595–609, DOI: 10.1080/01942638.2020.1736234

Doctoral thesis:

Sipari S. Kuntouttava arki lapsen tueksi: kasvatuksen ja kuntoutuksen yhteistoiminnan rakentuminen asiantuntijoiden keskusteluissa. Jyväskylä studies in education, psychology and social research 342, Jyväskylän yliopisto 2008. http://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-951-39-3325-8

TEDx talk 2021: Sipari S. Haluatko olla kohde vai kumppani tieteellisessä tutkimuksessa?