Publications by authors named "Andrea DeFinney"
Purpose: To examine parents' views of the benefits of residential immersive life skills programs for youth with disabilities.
Method: Three- and 12-month post-session interviews were held with ten parents of youth with disabilities who had attended one of three residential immersive life skills programs in one of three years of data collection. A deductive thematic analysis was conducted to describe the types of benefits reported by parents.
Purpose: This study explored the meaning of the after-hours social experiences of youth with disabilities in a residential life skills program. After-hours experiences occur outside of formal program hours, primarily in the evenings.
Method: Five youth with cerebral palsy (three females) participated in an exploratory photo elicitation study while attending one of two residential immersive life skills programs.
: To examine intervention strategy use in residential immersive life skills (RILS) programs. : The Service Provider Strategies-Checklist was used to record the strategies used in 100 activity settings across two summers at three RILS program sites. Activity settings were categorized by activity type and session format.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: To evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of a coaching intervention (Solution-Focused Coaching in pediatric rehabilitation [SFC-Peds]) related to physical activity and diet in males with Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
Methods: A pre-post design was employed. Participants had five coaching sessions over 8 weeks.