Quality of goal setting in pediatric rehabilitation-A SMART approach.

Background: Setting goals for treatment is often the core of the rehabilitation process. The quality of the set goals has however rarely been evaluated. The aims of this study were therefore to assess the quality of goals set in clinical practice of pediatric rehabilitation using SMART criteria (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Timed) and to assess if the goals were considered relevant from both a client perspective and expertise perspective.

Exploring the relationship of family goals and scores on standardized measures in children with cerebral palsy, using the ICF-CY.

Aim: To explore the relationships of family selected goals and scores on standardized measures using the ICF-CY as a classification system.

Methods: Goal attainment scaling (GAS)-goals (n = 110) of 22 children, 11 girls, 1-6 years, bilateral or unilateral cerebral palsy, GMFCS I-IV and MACS I-IV were linked to the ICF-CY. The children had participated in goal-directed therapy during 12 weeks.

Goal-directed functional therapy: a longitudinal study on gross motor function in children with cerebral palsy.

Purpose: To investigate gross motor function and goal attainment in children with cerebral palsy before, during and after goal-directed functional therapy (GDT), to evaluate body functions, and explore relationships.

Method: Prospective longitudinal intervention study. Twenty-two children, uni- or bilateral CP, 1-6 years (mean: 46 months SD: 16 months), classified in GMFCS and MACS level I-IV participated.