Early intervention is the area of practice specific to children aged 0–3 years old and is often made up of a team of professionals working towards similar goals for a child alongside the family. Many of these settings use a multidisciplinary approach. This study aims to create a transdisciplinary model for early intervention professionals to follow and implement in their practice settings. The Parent Empowerment Program (PEP) will share evidence that transdisciplinary practice in early intervention leads to better goal outcomes for children and families. The transdisciplinary approach entails that professionals collaborate and communicate to share knowledge within their area of practice and scope with the other members on the treatment team to create a shared knowledge pool. This allows early intervention strategies to be integrated between specialties, leading to a holistic and better supported carry over of home strategies when compared to multidisciplinary practices. Occupational therapists will be able to implement this approach in treatment teams to spread awareness of our scope of practice as well as share and teach occupational therapy strategies to other health care professionals. Transdisciplinary practices lead to better client and family outcomes in the efficiency of goal attainment, family involvement, and carryover of strategies from therapy session to the home environment. This approach to practice will make occupational therapy well known and better understood for both service consumers and other health care professionals.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:bu.edu/oai:open.bu.edu:2144/45037 |
| Date | 24 August 2022 |
| Creators | Kukreja, Himani |
| Contributors | Phillips, Jennifer |
| Source Sets | Boston University |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis/Dissertation |
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