Perspectives on transitions: rethinking services for children and youth with developmental disabilities
Child; Humans; Male; United States; Disability Evaluation; adolescent; Adolescent Transitions; Adolescent Health Services/standards; Developmental Disabilities/rehabilitation; Health Services Needs and Demand/organization & administration
Transition to adulthood for youth with developmental disabilities has become an important concern internationally of service providers working with these young people. Reflecting on the useful review by Binks and colleagues in this issue of the Archives, we argue as developmentalists that this is an ideal time to step back from our traditional preoccupation with "treatment" of childhood disability and to reconsider broadly what our goals for intervention ought to be. We invoke the concepts of the International Classification of Functioning, Health and Disability framework and draw on research that taps the voices of young people with disabilities-voices we believe have a lot to tell us about what has and has not worked for them. We suggest that there are unparalleled opportunities to enhance transition to adulthood for young people with developmental disabilities, in part by a feed-forward of the best of childhood services, and to work to prevent many of the difficulties faced by the current generation making this challenging transition.
2007
Rosenbaum P; Stewart D
Archives Of Physical Medicine And Rehabilitation
2007
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<a href="http://doi.org/10.1016/j.apmr.2007.06.001" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">10.1016/j.apmr.2007.06.001</a>
Equivalence reliability of the functional independence measure for children (WeeFIM) administration methods.
Child; Female; Humans; Male; Interviews as Topic; Longitudinal Studies; Activities of Daily Living; Reproducibility of Results; Psychometrics; Observer Variation; Disability Evaluation; Preschool; infant; Cerebral Palsy/rehabilitation; Developmental Disabilities/rehabilitation; Down Syndrome/rehabilitation
OBJECTIVE: This study examined the equivalence reliability of two administration methods for the Functional Independence Measure for Children (WeeFIM). The two methods were direct observation of child performance and parental interview. METHOD: Thirty children between the ages of 19 months and 71 months with identified developmental disabilities were included in this study. The direct observation and interview methods were administered in random order to each subject within a 3-week period. The direct observation was completed in the educational setting, and the WeeFIM interview was obtained by either in-person interview or telephone interview with the parent. RESULTS: The intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) for total WeeFIM ratings was .93, indicating consistency between the two administration methods. Analysis of the WeeFIM Motor (13 items) and Cognitive (5 items) domains yielded ICC values of .93 and .75, respectively, suggesting greater consistency for items measuring motor-related skills. CONCLUSION: The results demonstrate good agreement for total ratings when the WeeFIM is administered by direct observation and by interview with a parent. The findings establish the clinical usefulness of information collected by clinical interview.
1997
Sperle PA; Ottenbacher KJ; Braun SL; Lane SJ; Nochajski S
The American Journal Of Occupational Therapy.: Official Publication Of The American Occupational Therapy Association
1997
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<a href="http://doi.org/10.5014/ajot.51.1.35" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">10.5014/ajot.51.1.35</a>