The availability of valid outcome measures and the development of techniques for individualized measures has increased over the past few years.
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Welcome Home Project: Functional outcomes, perception of care and cost for children and youth receiving home and community-based occupational therapy services
This project is designed to examine how functional outcomes, perception of care and cost are each influenced by the service delivery characteristics of home care occupational therapy (OT).
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Youth KIT
The purpose of this study is to obtain the ideas, perspectives, and needs of youth with disabilities, parents, and service providers for the content and design of the Youth version of the KIT (Keeping It Together), and to test the utility of the Youth KIT for youth with multiple exceptionalities.
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Gross Motor Ability Estimator (GMAE-2) Scoring Software for the GMFM
The GMAE-2 is a software package for scoring the Gross Motor Function Measure (GMFM). Like the original, it provides an interval-level measure of gross motor function based on a child’s score on the items of the GMFM.
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Creating the MPOC, Part 2: Validation of a measure of processes of care-giving
This cross-sectional study continued a multi-year program of research conducted to understand the relation between caregiving offered to parents of children with neuro-developmental disabilities and parents’ mental health
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Perceived Efficacy and Goal Setting in Children with Disabilities (PEGS) Study
In the PEGS study we are examining whether young children with a disability (6-9 years) can validly self-report their performance on everyday tasks, and whether these self-reports can be used to establish and prioritize goals for occupational therapy intervention.
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Scissor Activities and the JK/SK Student
The following packaged resources were developed for occupational therapists (OTs) and teachers, working with children with Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) and other motor coordination challenges on scissor activities.
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Dressing Skills and the JK/SK Student
The following packaged resources were developed for occupational therapists (OTs) and teachers, working with children with Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) and other motor coordination challenges on dressing-related issues.
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Critical Review Forms and Guidelines
Forms and guidelines for conducting critical reviews of outcome measures and journal articles.
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Health Care Professionals Involved in the Management of DCD
Several types of medical practitioners, including developmental pediatricians, pediatric orthopaedic surgeons, neurologists and psychiatrists, may become involved in the care of a child with DCD.
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