The FOCUS (Focus on the Outcomes of Communication Under Six) is a measurement tool designed to evaluate participation-based outcomes in preschoolers with speech and language impairments. The following four webinar modules have been created in collaboration with the Ontario Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services’ Preschool Speech and Language (PSL) Program. The modules describe the FOCUS, and explain how it can be effectively used in clinical practice and program-level evaluations.
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FOCUS
Focus on the Outcomes of Communication Under Six (FOCUS © ) is a clinical tool designed to evaluate change in communicative-participation in preschool children. ‘Communicative participation’ is the child’s communication and interaction in “real world” situations at home, school, or in the community
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F-words Citation Analysis Infographic
Exploring the international uptake of the ‘F-words in Childhood Disability’: A Citation Analysis Authors: Alice Kelen Soper, Andrea Cross, Peter Rosenbaum, Jan Willem Gorter
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A Family-Researcher Partnership: Working together to spread awareness on the ‘F-words’ in Childhood Disability
Splashing through the ‘F-words’: Exploring the aquatic environment for disabled children
The F-words in Childhood Disability: Embracing Opportunities for Knowledge Translation
The F-Words in Childhood Disability: A Rights-Based Values System for Children, Families and Service Providers
F-words Awareness Poster
Participation and Environment Measure for Children and Youth (PEM-CY)
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, ages 5 to 17.
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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.
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