This current In Brief includes more details about what we learned from parents about their child’s participation and the impact of the environment on participation.
Child and youth participation in leisure activities: Does the environment make a difference?
n this Keeping Current, we explore the impact of the environment on the participation of children and youth who are living with a disability.
Assistance to Participate Scale (APS)
The APS is a brief, psychometrically sound instrument that measures the assistance that a school-aged child with a disability requires to participate in play and leisure activities at home or in the community, from the primary caregiver’s perspective.
The Participation and Environment Measure for Children and Youth (PEM-CY): An innovative measure for home, school and community
The Participation and Environment Measure for Children and Youth, or the PEM-CY, is a new measurement tool designed to help parents, service providers and researchers better understand the participation of children and youth.
The Child and Adolescent Factors Inventory (CAFI)
The Child and Adolescent Factors Inventory (CAFI) is an inventory of problems in physical, cognitive and psychosocial functioning and other symptoms encountered by children with acquired brain injuries as well as other childhood disabilities.
The Child and Adolescent Scale of Environment (CASE)
The Child and Adolescent Scale of Environment (CASE) measures the perceived impact of problems experienced with physical, social and attitudinal environment features of the child’s home, school and community.
The Child and Adolescent Scale of Participation (CASP)
The Child and Adolescent Scale of Participation (CASP) measures the extent to which children participate in home, school, and community activities as reported by family caregivers.
Young Children’s Participation and Environment Measure (YCPEM)
The YC-PEM is designed to help parents, service providers and researchers better understand the participation of young children with and without disabilities ages 0 to 5 years.
Participation and Environment Project
The Participation and Environment Project is a collaboration between researchers in the United States and Canada.
The International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF): A Global Model to Guide Clinical Thinking and Practice in Childhood Disability
The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) (WHO, 2001) is a classification system developed by the World Health Organization that focuses on the ‘components of health’.