Main description:

Presents and reviews outcome measures across a wide range of attributes that are applicable to children and youth with developmental disabilities. The book uses the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF-CY) as a framework for organizing the various measures into sections and chapters. Each chapter co-incides with domains within Body Functions, Activities and Participation, and Personal and Environmental Factors. Advances in measurement using neuroimaging technologies and genetic testing are also included, as are chapters addressing broad measures of health and quality of life.

Each chapter provides a representative sample of useful measures, with more detailed descriptions of those with the best properties and potential utility. Most chapters follow a prescribed format: what is the construct, general factors to consider when measuring this domain; and overview of recommended measures.

This book will be invaluable for clinicians and educators seeking an appropriate, psychometrically sound measure in a particular domain of functioning that can be used with an individual child or target population. The book will also be a useful resource for researchers in the field of childhood disability.

Readership
Occupational therapists, physical therapists, speech-language pathologists, psychologists, physicians, nurses, and others who provide services to infants, children and youth with developmental disabilities; researchers investigating research questions pertaining to the field of childhood disability, university-based students in health-profession programs with courses related to the assessment of children and youth with developmental disabilities

Contents:

Section I: Overview Chapter 1: Selection and use of outcome measures - Annette Majnemer Chapter 2: Organizational structure of this text - Annette Majnemer Section II: Body Structures and Functions - Body Structures Chapter 3: Neuroimaging testing (s110) - Catherine Limperopoulos Chapter 4: Genetic testing (not classified) - Myriam Srour, Michael Shevell - Body Functions Chapter 5: Global mental functions- Consciousness and sleep (b110, b134) - Reut Gruber, Emily B.J. Coffey, Melanie Stelmazuk Chapter 6: Global mental functions- Intellectual (b117) - Kim M. Cornish, Michael J. Sornberger, Marina Dupasquier, John Wilding Chapter 7: Global mental functions- Psychosocial (b122) - Sara King, Christine Chambers Chapter 8 : Global mental functions- Temperament and personality (b126) - Suzanne Woods Groves, Dennis Harper Chapter 9: Specific mental functions- Attention, memory, higher-level cognitive (b140, b144, b164) - John Wilding, Kim Cornish Chapter 10: Specific mental functions- Emotional functions, experience of self/time (b152, b180) - Andrea M. Lee Chapter 11: Specific mental functions- Perceptual (b156) - Suzanne Woods-Groves, Dennis Harper Chapter 12: Specific mental functions- Language (b167) - Jane McCormack, Diane Jacobs, Karla Washington Chapter 13: Sensory functions- General (b210-b270) - Erna Imperatore Blanche, Zoe Mailloux, Gustavo Reinoso Chapter 14: Sensory functions- Pain (b280-b289) - Tim Oberlander, Chantel C. Burkitt, Frank J. Symons, Celeste Johnston Chapter 15: Speech functions (b310-b340) - Elspeth McCartney Chapter 16: Neuromusculoskeletal and movement-related functions - Virginia Wright, Desiree Maltais, Heidi Sanders, Patricia Burtner Section III: Global Developmental Functioning Body Functions, Activity and Participation (not classified) Chapter 17: Screening tools - Frances Glascoe Chapter 18: Global developmental assessments - Barbara Mazer, Annette Majnemer, Noemi Dahan-Oliel, Irene Sebestyen Section IV: Activity and Participation Chapter 19: Overview of activity and participation - Christopher Morris, Annette Majnemer Chapter 20: Learning and applying knowledge (d110-d179) - Kirsten Ellingsen Chapter 21: General tasks and demands (d210-d250) - Susana Castro, Shannon Lewis, Rune J. Simeonsson Chapter 22: Communication (d310-d369) - Sharynne McLeod, Elspeth McCartney, Jane McCormack Chapter 23: Mobility (d410-d489) - Heidi Sanders Virginia Wright, Desiree Maltais Chapter 24: Self-care (d510-d571) - Laurie Snider, Annette Majnemer Chapter 25: Domestic life (d610-d669) - Monica Maia, Kylee Miller, Rune J. Simeonsson Chapter 26: Interpersonal interactions and relationships (d710-d779) - Sacha Bailey, Lucyna Lach, Katie Byford Richardson, Michael Saini Chapter 27: Major life areas (d810-d879) - Margareta Adolfsson, Rune J. Simeonsson, Andrea Lee, Kirsten Ellingsen Chapter 28: Community, social and civic life (d910-d950) - Gary Bedell, Mary Alunkal Khetani, Wendy Coster, Mary Law, Martha Cousins Section V: Contextual Factors - Personal (not classified) Chapter 29: Personal factors - Rune Simeonsson -Environmental (e110-e595) Chapter 30: Physical, social and attitudinal environment - Mary Alunkal Khetani, Gary Bedell, Wendy Coster, Martha Cousins, Mary Law Chapter 31: Health services and systems - Debbie Feldman, Bonnie Swaine Chapter 32: Family functioning - Aline Bogossian, Lucyna M. Lach, Michael Saini, Ted McNeill Section VI: Holistic view of health and well-being (not classified) Chapter 33: Health status - Nora Fayed, Anne Klassen, Vero Schiariti Chapter 34: Quality of life - Allan Colver