Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
91(1), P. 78 - 87
Published: July 4, 2023
Background.
Developing
strong
therapeutic
relationships
with
families
is
a
crucial
aspect
of
pediatric
occupational
therapy.
However,
building
such
complex
as
they
involve
multiple
directions
interaction.
Purpose.
To
provide
thorough
interpretation
children's,
caregivers’,
and
therapists’
experience
the
relationship.
Method.
A
meta-ethnography
was
realized
to
synthesize
qualitative
studies.
systematic
search
carried
out
using
five
databases
from
2005
2022.
The
CAPS
checklist
used
appraise
included
studies’
quality.
analysis
completed
constant
comparison
findings.
Findings.
Three
themes
emerged
14
studies
synthesized.
first
theme
illustrates
that
relationship
can
have
different
meanings
depending
on
perspective
children,
caregivers,
or
therapists.
second
explores
components
impacting
These
include
power
dynamics,
communication,
respect
for
diversity.
Finally,
third
how
empower
positive
change.
Implications.
Children,
therapists
each
ought
be
heard.
Occupational
should
actively
ask
children's
caregivers’
perspectives
encourage
sharing
effective
communication.
By
doing
so,
strengthen
relationship,
which,
in
turn,
promotes
Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
66(1), P. 23 - 31
Published: April 21, 2023
Abstract
Rehabilitation
clinicians
strive
to
encourage
children's
sustained
effort
within
challenging
practice
conditions.
Effort
influences
intervention
success,
yet
it
is
rarely
defined
or
measured.
can
be
conflated
with
individual
factors,
such
as
motivation
and
engagement,
that
might
influence
it.
Contextual
factors
likely
impact
effort,
conditions
therapeutic
interactions,
are
generally
under‐described.
Defining,
describing,
measuring
its
influencers
necessary
enhance
understanding
of
differences
in
rehabilitation
outcomes
across
individuals
contexts
support
the
development
personalized
precision
approaches.
This
narrative
review
describes
conceptualization
rehabilitation,
particularly
relation
intensity,
participation
nomenclature.
The
outlines
contextual
may
potential
next
steps
for
description
measurement.
Subsequent
work
should
aim
identify
targeted
clinical
promote
sustain
process,
thereby
individualizing
interventions
potentially
improving
their
effectiveness.
What
this
paper
adds
relates
confusingly
described
infrequently
Engagement,
involvement,
terms
alluding
effort.
Child‐specific
therapy‐specific
alone
combination,
Clearer
will
personalization
interventions.
Better
measurement
knowledge
about
relationships
between
outcomes.
Behavioral Sciences,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
13(6), P. 440 - 440
Published: May 24, 2023
Play
is
an
active
process
by
which
individual
intrinsically
motivated
to
explore
the
self,
environment,
and/or
interactions
with
another
person.
For
infants
and
toddlers,
engaging
in
play
essential
support
development
across
multiple
domains.
Infants
toddlers
or
at
risk
of
motor
delays
may
demonstrate
differences
challenges
activities
compared
typically
developing
peers.
Pediatric
physical
therapists
often
use
as
a
modality
engage
children
therapeutic
assessment
interventions.
Careful
consideration
design
therapy
that
embeds
needed.
Following
3-day
consensus
conference
review
literature,
we
propose
should
consider
three
components;
child,
family.
First,
child
respecting
child’s
behavioral
state
following
lead
during
play,
respect
autonomous
initiatives
engagements,
developmental
domains,
adapt
needs.
Second,
structure
environment
including
toy
selection
using
independent
movements
means
play.
Allow
initiate
sustain
activities.
Third,
families
family
cultures
related
while
also
providing
information
on
value
tool
for
learning.
Partner
individualized
routine
scaffolds
advances
newly
emerging
skills.
Disability and Rehabilitation,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown, P. 1 - 10
Published: Jan. 21, 2025
Purpose
This
study
aimed
to
i)
identify
child
and
family
goals
reported
in
a
community
allied
health
service,
ii)
map
ICF
domains,
iii)
evaluate
goal
characteristics
against
child-centred
family-centred
practice
principles.
Brain Injury,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown, P. 1 - 6
Published: March 24, 2025
This
study
evaluated
the
effect
of
sleep
fragmentation
after
brain
injury
on
therapeutic
engagement
and
rehabilitation
progress
in
pediatric
inpatients.
Participants
(N
=
29)
wore
a
wrist
accelerometer
for
one
week
to
calculate
index
measuring
restlessness
during
period.
Therapists
completed
ratings
functional
independence
(using
WeeFIM)
(effort
active
participation
physical
therapy
sessions
measured
using
Rehabilitation
Therapy
Engagement
Scale).
Controlling
time
from
admission,
is
negatively
associated
with
(defined
as
improvement
WeeFIM
scores
admission
discharge
per
day
rehabilitation).
Hierarchical
regression
demonstrated
significant
negative
association
between
progress.
However,
when
was
added
model
it
accounted
portion
variance
no
longer
predictor
Findings
demonstrate
detrimental
impact
also
suggest
possible
mediating
role
Physical & Occupational Therapy In Pediatrics,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
44(4), P. 461 - 488
Published: Jan. 11, 2024
To
investigate
strategies
used
by
professionals
in
pediatric
rehabilitation
to
engage
children
every
step
of
the
intervention
process,
including
assessment,
goal
setting,
planning
and
implementation
intervention,
results
evaluation.
Child & Youth Care Forum,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
53(6), P. 1451 - 1486
Published: March 3, 2024
Abstract
Background
Parent
engagement
in
child-focused
interventions
is
increasingly
recognised
as
an
important
aspect
of
effective
intervention
delivery.
While
several
fields
have
emerging
literature
around
parent
engagement,
no
reviews
currently
exist
which
combine
findings
across
allied
health
literatures.
Objective
This
review
aimed
to
explore
factors
relevant
understanding
interventions,
described
qualitative
disciplines,
toward
informing
the
clinical
practice
helping
professionals
effectively
engaging
parents.
Methods
A
systematised
was
carried
out,
with
a
comprehensive
search
five
online
databases
(CINAHL,
Embase,
MEDLINE,
PsycINFO,
Scopus)
for
(specifically:
behaviour
analysis,
occupational
therapy,
psychology,
and
speech-language
therapy)
using
key
words.
Reference
searching
citation
tracking
steps
supported
search.
Thematic
synthesis
used
overarching
framework
analysis
approach.
Results
8824
unique
studies
were
generated
Of
71
met
inclusion
criteria,
38
reported
included
analysis.
Five
themes
identified
including:
societal
context,
interpersonal
clinician
features,
family
relationship
engagement.
Conclusions
Findings
support
conceptual
explanations
complex
dynamic
process,
emphasising
joint
contributions
parents
clinicians
developing
therapeutic
relationships
promote
Across
research
there
are
consistency
understandings
supporting
conclusion
that
can
look
literatures
from
various
inform
interventions.
Frontiers in Virtual Reality,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
3
Published: Jan. 6, 2023
Rehabilitation
in
virtual
reality
offers
advantages
terms
of
flexibility
and
parametrization
exercises,
repeatability,
continuous
data
recording
analysis
the
progress
patient,
also
promoting
high
engagement
cognitive
challenges.
Still,
most
proposed
settings
provide
a
quality,
immersive
visual
audio
feedback,
without
involving
sense
touch.
In
this
paper,
we
show
design,
implementation,
first
evaluation
gaming
scenario
for
upper
limb
rehabilitation
children
with
cerebral
palsy.
particular,
took
care
to
introduce
haptic
feedback
as
useful
source
sensory
information
task,
considering—at
same
time—the
strict
constraints
wearable
devices
comply
patient’s
comfort,
residual
motor
abilities,
embedded
tracking
features
latest
VR
technologies.
To
potential
haptics
setup,
device
rendering
method
have
been
used
improve
velocity
control
movements
during
exercise,
given
its
importance
recovery
metric.
Eight
healthy
participants
were
enrolled,
results
showed
that
can
lead
lower
speed
errors
higher
movement
smoothness,
making
setup
suitable
be
context
way
promote
fluidity
exercises.
Disability and Rehabilitation,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
46(20), P. 4825 - 4834
Published: Nov. 21, 2023
Systematically
organizing
participation
effects
may
guide
participation-based
research
designs
in
rehabilitation.
This
perspective
paper
uses
existing
evidence
on
Pathways
and
Resources
for
Engagement
Participation
(PREP)
to
showcase
the
multitude
of
from
a
single
intervention
synthesize
magnitude
these
effects.
Disability and Rehabilitation,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
44(14), P. 3459 - 3468
Published: Jan. 4, 2021
Purpose
To
examine
the
psychometric
properties
of
a
parent-report
measure
engagement
in
pediatric
rehabilitation.Method
113
parents
(of
children
4
months
to
18
years,
varying
diagnoses)
were
recruited
from
standard
outpatient/inpatient,
early
intervention,
and
life
skills
programs,
sampled
different
sites
Canada,
US,
Australia.
Parents
completed
Pediatric
Rehabilitation
Intervention
Measure
Engagement—Parent
version
(PRIME-P)
twice,
after
two
therapy
sessions
approximately
weeks
apart.
Analyses
examined
factor
structure,
internal
consistency,
test-retest
reliability,
assessed
construct
validity
hypotheses
concerning
participant
characteristics
contextual
factors.Results
The
resulting
11-item
PRIME-P
has
three
factors
capturing
terms
Plan
Appropriateness,
Partnering,
Positive
Outcome
Expectancy.
displayed
strong
consistency
reliability
(Partnering
demonstrated
slightly
weaker
reliability).
Construct
was
shown
by
significant
associations
between
scales
parents'
presence
versus
absence
during
sessions,
as
well
service
providers'
years
experience.Conclusions
captures
parent
multifaceted
involving
appropriateness
plan,
sense
active
partnership
intervention
process,
an
expectation
for
positive
outcome.
promise
research,
clinical
practice,
educational
purposes.IMPLICATIONS
FOR
REHABILITATIONThe
is
psychometrically
sound
tool
that
fills
gap
how
researchers
practitioners
can
process.To
enhance
engagement,
providers
encourage
collaboration
planning,
foster
working
partnership,
convey
hope.The
findings
point
need
pay
attention
beliefs
about
plan
outcomes,
addition
their
behavioral
involvement.The
promising
rehabilitation
be
used
investigate
role
crucial,
yet
poorly
understood
variable
process.