School-based occupational therapy for children with fine motor difficulties: Evaluating functional outcomes and fidelity of services

Physical and Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 89-110

  Bayona, Claudia L ^a   McDougall, Janette ^a   Tucker, Mary Ann ^a   Nichols, Megan ^b   Mandich, Angela ^c  

^a THAMES VALLEY CHILDREN S CENTRE   (Canada)

^b Community Care Access Centre of London and Middlesex ^*  (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Children; Consultation model; Fine motor difficulties; Functional outcomes; Occupational therapy; Process evaluation; School; Service delivery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PARENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RATING SCALE; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT VERSION 3.0; TEACHER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VINELAND ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR SCALES CLASSROOM EDITION;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; DISABLED CHILDREN; ENGLAND; FACULTY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; MOTOR SKILLS DISORDERS; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PARENTS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 33748579017     PISSN: 01942638     EISSN: 15413144     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J006v26n03_07     Document Type: Article

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