Subject(s)
Emergency Service, Hospital/statistics & numerical data , Ill-Housed Persons/psychology , Referral and Consultation/statistics & numerical data , Adolescent , Adult , Aged , Child , Child, Preschool , Emergency Service, Hospital/organization & administration , Female , Humans , Infant , Male , Middle Aged , Queensland , Referral and Consultation/organization & administrationABSTRACT
Community-based treatment and care of people with psychiatric disabilities has meant that they are now more likely to engage in the parenting role. This has led to the development of programs designed to enhance the parenting skills of people with psychiatric disabilities. Evaluation of these programs has been hampered by a paucity of evaluation tools. This study's aim was to develop and trial a tool that examined the parent-child interaction within a group setting, was functional and easy to use, required minimum training and equipment, and had acceptable levels of reliability and validity. The revised tool yielded a single scale with acceptable reliability. It had discriminative validity and concurrent validity with non-independent global ratings of parenting. Sensitivity to change was not investigated. The findings suggest that this method of evaluating parenting is likely to have both clinical and research utility and further investigation of the psychometric properties of the tool is warranted.
Subject(s)
Child of Impaired Parents/psychology , Parent-Child Relations , Personality Assessment/statistics & numerical data , Persons with Mental Disabilities/psychology , Adult , Child, Preschool , Education , Female , Humans , Male , Observation , Observer Variation , Parenting/psychology , Psychometrics/statistics & numerical data , Sensitivity and Specificity , Social EnvironmentABSTRACT
Evidence-based practice has become the dominant paradigm in the delivery of rehabilitation programme. However, occupational therapists in Australia and New Zealand have been slow in making the transition to become evidence-based practitioners. Collaboration between the university/tertiary institute and clinical setting is one way that clinicians can be assisted with incorporating research into their practice. Two case examples are presented outlining how collaborative practice can result in improved outcomes for all concerned.
