Individualized Outcome Measures for Evaluating Life Skill Groups for Children with Disabilities

Abstract

This study supports the positive contribution of individualized measures to evaluate outcomes within life skill programs for children with disabilities.

Implementing an iPad-based alternative communication device for a student with cerebral palsy and autism in the classroom via an access technology delivery protocol

“…þ2 (Di Rezze, Wright, Curran, Campbell, & Macarthur, 2008). For this project, levels of À3 and þ3 were included to indicate, respectively, deterioration and very high levels of improvement.…”

Investigating a theatre-based intervention for Indigenous youth with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder

“…As the current study was a preliminary exploration of the experiences and acceptability of theatre skills training for social-skill development, larger-scale studies, including a randomized control trial, that use additional outcome measurement techniques are needed. More research is also needed to address ways to reliably and validly measure social participation outcomes so that sound conclusions can be made regarding the generalizability of the current findings (Agnihotri et al, 2010; Di Rezze, Wright, Curran, Campbell, & Macarthur, 2008). Further studies that include standardized measures and control groups are required to accurately assess the extent and amelioration of social skills deficits before and after intervention.…”

Cluster‐randomised controlled trial of an occupational therapy intervention for children aged 11–13 years, designed to increase participation to prevent symptoms of mental illness

“…To ensure the occupational participation rated was relevant to the intervention focus for this study, a menu of 15 occupationally oriented activities was provided, from which each participant selected two that they considered important and in which they wanted to improve their participation. A menu for activity selection was previously used successfully by Di Rezze, Wright, Curran, Campbell, and Macarthur (2008) and in a personal communication with one of the developers the use of a menu was not considered a modification of the COPM (M. Law, personal communication, September 10, 2015). The COPM has demonstrated sensitivity to change in client outcomes (Carswell et al, 2004;Eyssen et al, 2011;Law, Anaby, Imms, Teplicky, & Turner, 2015).…”