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Capio, Catherine M.; Sit, Cindy H. P.; Abernethy, Bruce; Masters, Rich S. W. – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2012
Fundamental movement skills (FMS) proficiency is believed to influence children's physical activity (PA), with those more proficient tending to be more active. Children with cerebral palsy (CP), who represent the largest diagnostic group treated in pediatric rehabilitation, have been found to be less active than typically developing children. This…
Descriptors: Evidence, Physical Education, Physical Activities, Physical Activity Level
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Kramer, Jessica M. – Journal of Mixed Methods Research, 2011
Social validity is the extent to which procedures, goals, and outcomes are acceptable and important to end users and is not commonly addressed during assessment development. This article pilots a process of triangulating multiple methods to evaluate the social validity of a self-report assessment. These procedures were piloted using the Child…
Descriptors: Validity, Measurement Techniques, Rating Scales, Children
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Cameron, Dianne; Russell, Dianne J.; Rivard, Lisa; Darrah, Johanna; Palisano, Robert – Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions, 2011
Introduction: Administrators must balance the demands of delivering therapy services with the need to provide staff with educational opportunities promoting evidence-based practice. Increasingly, the use of multifaceted, interactive knowledge translation strategies, such as knowledge brokering, is suggested as an effective way to encourage…
Descriptors: Evidence, Cerebral Palsy, Administrators, Children
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Costigan, F. Aileen; Light, Janice – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2011
Purpose: This tutorial is designed to teach speech-language pathologists (SLPs) best practices to support functional seating of children with cerebral palsy (CP) in the classroom and in school-based therapy sessions. This tutorial teaches SLPs to (a) recognize the positive effects of seating intervention, (b) identify the characteristics of…
Descriptors: Expertise, Evidence, Intervention, Cerebral Palsy