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Social Skills Interventions For Adolescents With Asd, Adhd, And Other Comorbidities, Margaret Batson, Sarah Elliott, Gary Lam, Nora Seimears
Social Skills Interventions For Adolescents With Asd, Adhd, And Other Comorbidities, Margaret Batson, Sarah Elliott, Gary Lam, Nora Seimears
School of Occupational Therapy Master's Capstone Projects (2016-2021)
This project was part of a research initiative to collaborate with Kristin Brubaker, MSOT, OTR/L, practicing pediatric occupational therapist at the Center for Therapeutic Intervention (CTI). CTI is an outpatient, private pediatric occupational therapy clinic in Gig Harbor, WA. The purpose of our project was to determine existing and effective interventions to improve social skills in adolescents, ages 11 to 18 years, with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), sensory processing disorder (SPD) and other sensory processing issues. Our search of the literature yielded a total of 22 research studies, with the majority representing group-based interventions. Limited …
Clinical Utility Of The Weefim As A Mandated Outcome Measure: Navigating The Needs Of The Organization, Client And Clinician, Elise Brown, Andrea Hokanson, Tricia Turner
Clinical Utility Of The Weefim As A Mandated Outcome Measure: Navigating The Needs Of The Organization, Client And Clinician, Elise Brown, Andrea Hokanson, Tricia Turner
School of Occupational Therapy Master's Capstone Projects (2016-2021)
Local outpatient pediatric occupational therapists expressed a need for evidence to support the use of the Functional Independence Measure for Children (WeeFIM) as a universal measure for evaluations in their facility. We summarized the evidence addressing the psychometrics of the WeeFIM and a comparison instrument, the Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory (PEDI). We ultimately made a recommendation for the PEDI based on its better evidence history for children with autism. The collaborating clinicians received an organizational mandate to implement use of the WeeFIM. We surveyed them to better understand their knowledge translation process. Themes from surveys were inserted into the …