Time management skills in people with cognitive limitations (TOVA)
About this group
Group information
The ability to manage and plan one's time is necessary to handle a number of life areas in a satisfactory manner. In the research group TOVA, time management is studied in people with cognitive impairment all ages, for example due to mental or neurodevelopmental disorder (ADHD or autism), mild intellectual disability, aquired brain injuries or dementia. The focus of research in TOVA is:
Time, planning and structure for people with cognitive impairments - knowledge development for a functional and participatory life.
The research of TOVA encompasses the development and validation of assessments and tests related to time processing ability and time management in everyday life, as well as the development and evaluation of interventions to enhance daily time management.
Members of the research group outside Örebro University:
Gunnel Janeslätt (Region Dalarna, Uppsala universitet), Birgitta Wennberg (Linköpings universitet), Ann-Christine Persson (Karolinska Institutet), Sara Wallin Ahlström (Mälardalens universitet), Johanna Åkerlund (Högskolan Dalarna), Suzanne White (Samaritan Daytop Village, New York City), Carrie Clawson (Virginia Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services, Fairfax, Virginia).
Parts of the research group TOVA. From the left: Sara Wallin Ahlström, Johanna Åkerlund, Birgitta Wennberg, Ann-Christine Persson, Maria Wingren, Kajsa Lidström-Holmqvist, Marie Holmefur, Gunnel Janeslätt.
Research projects
Active projects
- Evaluation of the "Let's Get Organized" group intervention to improve time management: a multi-centre randomized controlled trial
- Time processing ability and daily time management in children and youth age 10-17 with and without disabilities
- To be in control of time - evaluation of instruments assessing Time processing ability and daily time management in adults with intellectual disability
Completed projects
- Evaluation of the self-rated questionnaire Assessment of Time Management Skills (ATMS)
- Long term follow-up of 'Let's get organized' - an intervention to improve time management
- Parents' experiences of time management and parenthood after the intervention Let's Get Organized.
- Pilot study of "Let's Get Organized" - a group intervention to improve time management skills
- Translation and evaluation of test-retest reliability of the Weekly Calendar Planning Activity (WCPA)
Research funding bodies
- Centrum för Klinisk Forskning Dalarna
- The Fredrik and Ingrid Thuring Foundation
- The Swedish Foundation Sävstaholm
- Uppsala University
