Utilizing an Environmental Framework to Explore the Acceptability of a Health Promotion Program for Youth with Disabilities.

This study explored the acceptability of (CATCH), a program for children with spina bifida or cerebral palsy to enhance their physical activity and diet. Qualitative interviews were conducted with children ( = 6) and their parents ( = 6) who participated in CATCH. Analysis used an environmental systems framework.

Resiliency to adversity in military personnel: The role of self-regulation.

Military service can include numerous adverse events. As such, resiliency has been considered as a means of potentially helping active-duty personnel face adversity and be better prepared for the demands of military service. However, research in military contexts has been hindered by use of disparate conceptualizations, definitions, and measures of resiliency.

Community General Pediatricians' Perspectives on Providing Autism Diagnoses in Ontario, Canada: A Qualitative Study.

Objective: Community general pediatricians (CGPs) are a potential resource to increase capacity for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) diagnostic assessments. The objective of this study was to explore factors influencing CGPs' perspectives on and practices of providing ASD diagnoses.

Methods: This qualitative study used a constructivist modified grounded theory approach.

Validation of the Chinese version of the Assessment of Preschool Children's Participation for children with physical disabilities.

Purpose: To examine the psychometric properties of the Chinese version of the Assessment of Preschool Children's Participation (APCP-C).

Method: The APCP, a measure of participation in play, skill development, active physical, and social activities of preschool children, was translated into Traditional Chinese. Data on 94 Taiwanese children with physical disabilities aged 2 to 6 years were analyzed.

The cultural brokerage work of occupational therapists in providing culturally sensitive care.

Background: The important place of culture within occupational therapy is widely recognized, and there is increasing emphasis on addressing the diversity of clients.

Purpose: This study explores how occupational therapists perform cultural brokerage when providing culturally sensitive care to immigrant families.

Method: A descriptive qualitative methodology was used for this study.

A multidimensional model of optimal participation of children with physical disabilities.

Purpose: To present a conceptual model of optimal participation in recreational and leisure activities for children with physical disabilities.

Methods: The conceptualization of the model was based on review of contemporary theories and frameworks, empirical research and the authors' practice knowledge. A case scenario is used to illustrate application to practice.

Assessment of Interprofessional Team Collaboration Scale (AITCS): development and testing of the instrument.

Introduction: Many health professionals believe they practice collaboratively. Providing insight into their actual level of collaboration requires a means to assess practice within health settings. This chapter reports on the development, testing, and refinement process for the Assessment of Interprofessional Team Collaboration Scale (AITCS).

Participation-based therapy for children with physical disabilities.

Purpose: Optimizing home and community participation of children with physical disabilities is an important outcome of rehabilitation.

Method: A review of literature identified research and theory on participation of children with physical disabilities. The authors' incorporated current knowledge to conceptualize the experience of optimal participation, formulate principles of participation-based physical and occupational therapy, and develop a five-step process for intervention.

Development of a measure to assess effective listening and interactive communication skills in the delivery of children's rehabilitation services.

Purpose: Therapists' listening and communication skills are fundamental to the delivery of children's rehabilitation services but few measures comprehensively assess these skills. The 24-item Effective Listening and Interactive Communication Scale (ELICS) was developed to reflect a multifaceted conceptualization based on evidence in the literature.

Method: Data from 41 pediatric rehabilitation therapists (occupational, physical, speech-language, recreation, and behavioural therapists; psychologists and social workers) were used to determine the factor structure, internal consistency, and construct validity of the subscales.

Determinants of social participation--with friends and others who are not family members--for youths with cerebral palsy.

Background: Social participation provides youths with opportunities to develop their self-concept, friendships, and meaning in life. Youths with cerebral palsy (CP) have been reported to participate more in home-based leisure activities and to have fewer social experiences with friends and others than youths without disabilities.

Objective: The objective of this study was to identify youth, family, and service determinants of the participation of youths with CP in leisure activities with friends and others who are not family members.

Bringing the Life Needs Model to life: implementing a service delivery model for pediatric rehabilitation.

This article describes the use and utility of the Life Needs Model of Pediatric Service Delivery at a regional children's rehabilitation center. The model is a transdisciplinary, evidence-based model that guides pediatric service delivery to meet the long-range goals of community participation and quality of life for children and youth with disabilities. The article describes the use of the model as a tool to assist with the development of organizational culture, strategic and operational planning, the development of therapists' expertise, and the development of community partnerships.

The meaning of life experiences: application of a meta-model to rehabilitation sciences and services.

A motivational, developmental meta-model of the meaning of everyday life experiences is presented. The model proposes that there are 3 fundamental ways in which people establish meaning across the life span: the paths of belonging (relationships), doing (meaningful engagement in activities), and understanding oneself and the world. The principles of the model include intertwined, fundamental meanings of human experience; the indeterminacy of cause and effect; individual differences in preferences for ways of attaining meaning; the importance of commitments in life; and life-long adaptation and changes in meaning.

Development of hand function among children with cerebral palsy: growth curve analysis for ages 16 to 70 months.

This study documents the development of hand and upper-extremity function in young children who have cerebral palsy (CP) with upper-extremity involvement using longitudinal data. Assessments of hand function and the quality of upper-extremity movement were conducted on 29 males and 22 females (mean age 36.2 months, SD 10.