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The Developmental Framework Of A Test Of Visual Perceptual Letter/Number Reversal Recognition Skills For School-Aged Children, Janet Richmond

Janet E Richmond PhD

No abstract provided.

Ot, Slp, At & The Iep… Making Sense Of The Alphabet Soup, Laura Greiss Hess, Kerrie Lemons Chitwood

Laura Greiss Hess

Rasch Measures Of Form Constancy Of Letters And Numbers, And Letters In Words For Young Children, Janet Richmond, Russell Waugh, Deslea Konza

Janet E Richmond PhD

English and number literacy are very important topics and the Australian Government runs numeracy and literacy tests, administered through the State Education Departments, for all Year 3 (8 years old), Year 5 (10 years old) and Year 7 (12 years old) students. Results of these tests are reported to schools and parents with a view to ensuring that all children meet certain literacy standards and that children who are ‘falling behind’ are detected early so that remedial work can be given. Rasch measures were then created with the RUMM2020 computer program for visual discrimination regarding Form Constancy of Letters and …

Spatial Orientation And Sequencing Of Letters And Numbers By Young Children: A Rasch Measurement Analysis, Janet Richmond, R Waugh

Janet E Richmond PhD

This research follows on from research on the visual discrimination of letters in the alphabet as part of a larger study. Data on 37 items for Spatial Orientation for Letter Pairs and 42 items for Letter and Number Sequencing, where each item was scored in one of two categories (wrong scored zero and correct scored one), were Rasch analysed to create two linear scales . The student sample was N=324 pre-primary and primary students in Perth, Western Australia. Ten of the initial 37 items for Spatial Orientation for Letter Pairs were deleted due to item misfit statistics, leaving 27 items …

Rasch Measures Of Number Discrimination And Reversal, And Numbers In Calculations For Young Children., Janet Richmond, Russell Waugh, Deslea Konza

Janet E Richmond PhD

Number literacy is a very important topic and the Australian Government runs numeracy and literacy tests, administered through the State Education Departments, for all Year 3 (8 years old), Year 5 (10 years old) and Year 7 (12 years old) students. Results of these tests are reported to schools and parents with a view to ensuring that all children meet certain numeracy standards and that children who are ‘falling behind’ are detected early so that remedial work can be given. Rasch measures were created with the RUMM2020 computer program for Visual Discrimination of Numbers (VDN) and Figure Ground Numbers in …

Virtual Patient Care: An Interprofessional Education Approach For Physician Assistant, Physical Therapy, And Occupational Therapy Students, Michael J. Shoemaker

Michael J Shoemaker, PT, DPT, PhD, GCS

The purpose of this retrospective qualitative case report is to describe how a case-based, virtual patient interprofessional education (IPE) simulation activity was utilized to achieve physician assistant (PA), physical therapy (PT) and occupational therapy (OT) student IPE learning outcomes. Following completion of a virtual patient case, 30 PA, 46 PT and 24 OT students were required to develop a comprehensive, written treatment plan and respond to reflective questions. A qualitative analysis of the submitted written assignment was used to determine whether IPE learning objectives were met. Student responses revealed three themes that supported the learning objectives of the IPE experience: …

Effects Of Two Externally-Cued Locomotor Training Protocols On Gait Function And Fall Risk In Individuals With Idiopathic Parkinson’S Disease: A Randomized Controlled Trial., Cathy Harro, Michael Shoemaker, Oksana Frey, April Gamble, Kendra Harring, Jeffrey Mcdonald, Carolyn Murray, Jasmine Vandyke, Rachel Vanhaitsma, Katie Karl, Erica Tomassi

Michael J Shoemaker, PT, DPT, PhD, GCS

No abstract provided.

Effects Of Two Externally-Cued Locomotor Training Protocols On Balance Function And Fall Incidence In Individuals With Idiopathic Parkinson’S Disease: A Randomized Controlled Trial., Cathy Harro, Michael Shoemaker, Oksana Frey, April Gamble, Kendra Harring, Jeffrey Mcdonald, Carolyn Murray, Jasmine Vandyke, Rachel Vanhaitsma, Katie Karl, Erica Tomassi

Michael J Shoemaker, PT, DPT, PhD, GCS

No abstract provided.

Early Ambulation Predicts Length Of Stay And Discharge Location Following Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation., Michael Shoemaker, Allison Gaskell, David Sefton, Kristen Vandebunte, Jessica Mcleod, Darshak Karia, Michael Dickinson, Asghar Khagani

Michael J Shoemaker, PT, DPT, PhD, GCS

Purpose: No prior study has specifically investigated the effects of early mobility following left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implantation. The purpose of the present study was to describe postoperative acute care rehabilitation management of patients with LVADs and to determine whether earlier mobilization and ambulation were significant predictors of shorter Length of Stay (LOS) and discharge (DC) home. Methods: A retrospective chart review of the initial acute care stay of 98 consecutive patients with first-time HeartMate II or HeartWare LVAD implantation was performed. Multivariate linear and logistic regression models were used to control for the confounding effects of the following …