COPE: The ‘Choose your Own Parenting
Experience’ Study
Being a new parent can be difficult.
Psychoeducation has been shown to significantly benefit parents in the
transition to parenthood.
Researcher from the FIND lab (Family Interactions & Neurodevelopmental Disabilities) at the University of Newcastle investigate the
effects of game-based learning using an interactive m-health game. M-health is the use of
mobile phones in health-based communication and games. The ‘Choose Your Own
Parenting Experience’ is a fun, interactive, game-based experience modelled on
the ‘Choose Your Own Adventure’ format designed to be played on your mobile
phone. It is designed to equip parents with parenting tips and knowledge to
help them on their parenting journey.
This week, Miranda Cashin – Honours student at
the Ourimbah campus under the supervision of Dr Linda Campbell – talked about her Honours research on ABC central Coast
(7/8/2018) and 2NURFM (8/8/2018). Miranda did a fantastic interview that we
would like to share with you.
If you would like listen to it, or to know more about the
research and perhaps participate – please go to the lab's
website http://www.findlab.net.au/the-cope-study.html.
website http://www.findlab.net.au/the-cope-study.html.
The study is the brain child of PhD candidate,
Jaime Wroe – a graduate from our School.
