Learner Outcomes: Acknowledge the application value of the ICF to individuals with CLP. Integrate the ICF framework into the assessment of individuals with CLP. Formulate intervention goals that go beyond speech production skills to include functional communication outcomes in a variety of life situations. Include improvement and changes in communication participation in everyday functioning in assessment and progress reports.

<p>AIM OF THE STUDY</p><p>The aim of this study was to explore if ICF-CY can support teachers in elementary schools in their work in promoting children’s health, development and learning. A further aim was to bring forward what teachers experience as benefits and disadvantages in using the classification.</p><p> </p><p>METHOD</p><p>After an introduction to ICF-CY, six elementary school teachers filled in questionnaires based on ICF-CY for 94 children. In conjunction with this, the teachers were interviewed about their experiences and perceptions of the work.</p><p> </p><p>RESULTS</p><p>The results show that through their work with the ICF-CY questionnaires the teachers experienced an active process of reflection and learning. They obtained new perspectives which gave them a more holistic picture of children’s situations than they had before. The teachers found the ICF-CY to be a useful instrument to support work within the school environment towards individualized education, based on the children’s possibilities. They also felt that the importance of cooperation between the persons around each child became clearer by using ICF-CY because no single individual is in possession of all the necessary information about the child’s situation, but by combining different perspectives it is possible to establish a common ground on which education and intervention can be based. At the same time, however, the teachers found the classification somewhat overly comprehensive and in some ways complicated. Therefore they felt that an introduction to the ICF-CY is essential before adopting it.</p><p> </p><p>CONCLUSIONS</p><p>The teachers’ experience of seeing each child’s situation more clearly after conducting a classification by using the ICF-CY questionnaires indicates that ICF-CY should be introduced to parents, teachers and other professionals working with education and intervention for children. The way in which assessment carried out with ICF-CY as an instrument affects the process of education and intervention remains to be examined.</p> / CHILD

AIM OF THE STUDY The aim of this study was to explore if ICF-CY can support teachers in elementary schools in their work in promoting children’s health, development and learning. A further aim was to bring forward what teachers experience as benefits and disadvantages in using the classification.   METHOD After an introduction to ICF-CY, six elementary school teachers filled in questionnaires based on ICF-CY for 94 children. In conjunction with this, the teachers were interviewed about their experiences and perceptions of the work.   RESULTS The results show that through their work with the ICF-CY questionnaires the teachers experienced an active process of reflection and learning. They obtained new perspectives which gave them a more holistic picture of children’s situations than they had before. The teachers found the ICF-CY to be a useful instrument to support work within the school environment towards individualized education, based on the children’s possibilities. They also felt that the importance of cooperation between the persons around each child became clearer by using ICF-CY because no single individual is in possession of all the necessary information about the child’s situation, but by combining different perspectives it is possible to establish a common ground on which education and intervention can be based. At the same time, however, the teachers found the classification somewhat overly comprehensive and in some ways complicated. Therefore they felt that an introduction to the ICF-CY is essential before adopting it.   CONCLUSIONS The teachers’ experience of seeing each child’s situation more clearly after conducting a classification by using the ICF-CY questionnaires indicates that ICF-CY should be introduced to parents, teachers and other professionals working with education and intervention for children. The way in which assessment carried out with ICF-CY as an instrument affects the process of education and intervention remains to be examined. / CHILD

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Sibling relationships and the interaction within these relationships play a central role in children’s general development and will therefore impact on functional outcomes of children with severe speech and language disabilities. Siblings of children with disabilities have often felt excluded from family interactions, possibly causing negative attitudes towards participation with their siblings, in turn impacting negatively on the functional outcomes of their siblings with disabilities. The main aim of this research is to determine the attitudes of typically-developing children towards participation with their younger siblings with severe speech and language disabilities in four everyday life situations, namely: play (major life areas), communication, activities of daily living as part of domestic life and interpersonal relationships (time and responsibility issues). Twenty-seven older, typically-developing siblings of children with severe speech and language disabilities were selected to complete the measuring instrument (SAS). The results indicated that the participants held the most positive attitudes towards participation in play (major life areas) but that they held less positive attitudes towards communication participation and that they were least positive about participation in interpersonal relationships (time and responsibility issues). This study succeeded in documenting attitudes of siblings towards participating in four everyday life situations with their younger sibling. It is envisaged that these results will provide tentative guidelines for how activity-based interventions can best be structured to support both the child with a disability and their sibling. Copyright / Dissertation (Master of Arts)--University of Pretoria, 2012. / Centre for Augmentative and Alternative Communication (CAAC) / unrestricted

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The theoretical construction of the instrument and its validity evidence were conducted through five stages, namely: the motors mapping exams with the ICF-CY, qualitative evaluation of the Instrument for Motor Evaluation in School - IAM (E), the creation of items, the semantic analysis of the items and construct validity. The tests selected were mapped to the domains of the ICF-CY and their relevance evaluated by six judges; domains that showed concordance index lower than 80% were excluded, and of 39 domains 29 remained. To operationalize the construct was held from the use of the Roadmaps Activities Analysis of the proposed items that contemplate. The construction of the items included the description of evidence and qualifying criteria. Then, we performed a semantic analysis of the instrument; this phase involved the participation of 5 children of 6 years, the lower strata of the population involved items without difficulty. The construct validity was performed by 12 judges and the criteria of relevance of the item to the mark in question were assigned from an agreement of at least 80%, on the representativity of the item in a specific factor. No items were excluded in this phase. Were selected, even, the areas that compose the questionnaires regarding the components structures and body functions and environmental factors. Thus, IAM (E) consists of a questionnaire and a scale with tests motor, comprising all components of the ICF-CY. Despite the lack of studies that guide him a methodology for classification and operationalization of its complexity, the construction of the instrument based on the ICF-CY, complied with the proposed objective. Thus, it was concluded that the theoretical phase of the construction of IAM (E) and proposes to continue the validation study for the use of the instrument can be detected and motor deficits prevent the development of disabilities. / A CIF-CJ apresenta componentes como funções e estruturas corporais, atividade e participação e fatores ambientais que possibilitam um olhar holístico sobre a saúde do indivíduo. Pesquisas que a operacionalizam medidas sobre ainda são escassas, tendo-se identificado em revisão bibliográfica nacional e internacional apenas um estudo dessa natureza. A presente pesquisa pretende contribuir para com a área, e seu objetivo foi elaborar um instrumento de medida com base nos componentes da CIF-CJ para avaliar o desempenho motor de crianças de 7 anos. A construção teórica do instrumento e suas evidências de validade foram realizadas por meio de cinco etapas, sendo elas: o mapeamento de exames motores com a CIF-CJ, a avaliação qualitativa do Instrumento para Avaliação Motora em Escolares - IAM (E), a criação dos itens, a análise semântica dos itens e a validade de construto. As provas selecionadas foram mapeadas com os domínios da CIF-CJ e sua pertinência avaliada por 6 juízes; os domínios que apresentaram índice de concordância menor que 80% foram excluídos, e de 39 domínios 29 permaneceram. Para operacionalização do construto realizou-se a partir do uso dos Roteiros de Análise de Atividades a proposta de itens que as contemplassem. A construção dos itens contou com a descrição das provas e dos critérios qualificadores. Em seguida, foi realizada a análise semântica do instrumento; essa fase contou com a participação de 5 crianças de 6 anos, o estrato mais baixo da população que compreendeu os itens sem dificuldades. A validade de construto foi realizada por 12 juízes e o critério de pertinência do item ao traço em questão foi atribuído a partir de uma concordância de pelo menos 80%, sobre a representatividade do item em determinado fator. Nenhum item foi excluído nessa fase. Foram selecionados, ainda, os domínios que comporiam os questionários referentes aos componentes estruturas e funções corporais e fatores ambientais. Sendo assim, o IAM (E) é composto por um questionário e uma escala com provas motoras, contemplando todos os componentes da CIF-CJ. Apesar da falta de estudos que guiassem uma metodologia de operacionalização da classificação e de sua complexidade, a construção do instrumento baseado na CIF-CJ, cumpriu com o objetivo proposto. Desta forma, concluiu-se a fase teórica da construção do IAM (E) e propõe-se a continuação do estudo de validação, para que com o uso do instrumento se possa detectar déficits motores e prevenir o desenvolvimento de deficiências.

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It was performed a study case, object of thepresent study, to verify the relevancy of the proposal of the instrument and the feasibility of the plan. Inthis study 3 children in process of preschool inclusion were selected, from the feminine sex. C1, 4 yearsold; C2, 6 years old; and C3, 5 years old. Preterm born, diagnosticated with hemiparesy spastic cerebralpalsy. And theirs care givers. The children were taked care in an ambulatorial attendance unit, tied with aUniversity, that gives multiprofessional attendance, in a city of average portage in the interior of SãoPaulo. The present study contemplates the stages of the instrument elaboration as well as itsapplications. Its results were described in studies case. The data of the functionality and incapacityevaluation in the related children, beginning from the functions and corporal structures domains, hadshown that the biggest deficiencies were found in the structures related to the movement. These resultsaccording with the findings obtained from the evaluation in the tasks and general demands and mobilitydomains, which had also indicated the difficulties of the participants in the actions that demanded the useof movements of the superior members, except C3, that presented cognitive deficit. Allied to this, thechildren presented more accented difficulties in the actions that demanded the use of global movementsof the inferior members, also in those that demanded balance and sustentation of these members. Inrelation to another component, the environment factors, in the descriptions of the care givers, disclose tohave positive influence in the lives of the children, emphasizing the emotional and material supportoffered by the family and friends. Analyzing the information that had come from the three componentsof the CIF-CJ, it s possible to affirm that, although exists the structure originated from the environmentsfacilitiers, there is also a lack of equipment which the children could be beneficiated to facilitate theaccomplishment of many tasks, in the house as well as in the school. In function of the acquired results,the importance of the evaluation of the functionality and incapacity of the children with physicaldisability is argued, starting from the interaction between the three components: corporal functions andstructures, activity and participation and environment factors, disclosing in the health condition. Thepreschooler in inclusion process health condition detection showed itself as an important tool tostimulate focused care, resulting in better scholar inclusion results. Finally, on the methodological pointof view, the IAFII proved itself adequate for future studies with larger number of participants. / A identificação precoce de problemas no desenvolvimento de habilidades físicas, psíquicas e sociais, nafase pré-escolar, pode contribuir para os procedimentos de intervenção. A criança com deficiência físicaenfrenta, diariamente, desafios para aprendizagem no processo de inclusão escolar. Considerando essarealidade, a presente pesquisa objetivou descrever a influência da interação entre os componentes daCIF-CJ no processo de avaliação da funcionalidade e incapacidade de crianças com deficiência física porseqüela de prematuridade em processo de inclusão na pré-escola. Para tanto, foi elaborado uminstrumento denominado Instrumento para Avaliação de Funcionalidade e Incapacidade na Infância, paracrianças de 3 a 6 anos (IAFII), composto por um plano de atividades que contemplou domínios deatividade e participação da CIF-CJ e foi construído com base nos roteiros de análise de atividades daterapia ocupacional, além de dois questionários para função e estrutura corporal e fatores ambientais.Participaram do estudo três crianças, do sexo feminino com idades de C1, 4 anos; C2, 6 anos;e C3, 5anos, nascidas pré-termo e com o diagnóstico de paralisia cerebral do tipo hemiparesia espástica e suasresponsáveis. As crianças são atendidas em uma unidade de atendimento ambulatorial, vinculada a umaUniversidade, que presta atendimento multiprofissional, em uma cidade de médio porte no interior deSão Paulo. O presente estudo contempla as etapas de elaboração do instrumento bem como a aplicaçãodo mesmo, cujos resultados foram descritos em forma de estudos de caso. Os dados da avaliação dafuncionalidade e incapacidade das referidas crianças, a partir dos domínios de funções e estruturascorporais mostraram que as maiores deficiências encontram-se nas estruturas relacionadas aomovimento. Estes resultados estão em consonância com os achados obtidos a partir da avaliação nosdomínios de tarefas e demandas gerais e mobilidade que também indicaram as dificuldades dasparticipantes nas ações que exigiam o uso de movimentos dos membros superiores, com exceção de C3que também apresenta déficit cognitivo acentuado. Aliado a isso, as crianças apresentaram dificuldadesexacerbadas nas ações que exigiam o uso de movimentos globais dos membros inferiores, inclusivenaquelas que exigiam sustentação e equilíbrio desses membros. Em relação a outro componente, fatoresambientais, o relato das responsáveis revelou haver um maior número de influência positivas destes navida das crianças, destacando: o apoio emocional e material ofertado por suas famílias e amigos.Analisando-se as informações advindas dos três componentes da CIF-CJ, é possível afirmar que, apesarde haver estrutura oriunda dos facilitadores ambientais, há também a carência de equipamentos dos quaisas crianças poderiam se beneficiar para facilitar a realização de muitas tarefas, tanto em casa, quanto naescola. Em função dos resultados obtidos discute-se a importância da avaliação da funcionalidade eincapacidade de crianças com disfunção física a partir da interação entre os três componentes: funções eestruturas corporais, atividade e participação e fatores ambientais, que resulta no estado de saúde. Adetecção do estado de saúde de pré-escolares em processo de inclusão se destaca como importanteferramenta para estimular cuidados direcionados e proporcionar melhores resultados na inclusão escolar.Por fim, do ponto de vista metodológico o IAFII se mostrou adequado para a realização de estudosfuturos em maior escala.