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Evaluation of a client‐centred paediatric rehabilitation programme using goal attainment scaling
Author(s) -
Mitchel Toni,
Cusick Anne
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
australian occupational therapy journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.595
H-Index - 44
eISSN - 1440-1630
pISSN - 0045-0766
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1630.1998.tb00777.x
Subject(s) - goal attainment scaling , rehabilitation , goal setting , psychology , goal orientation , applied psychology , physical therapy , developmental psychology , physical medicine and rehabilitation , medicine , social psychology
Goal attainment scaling is a method to evaluate services based on the attainment of individual client or programme goals. This method was used to evaluate the effectiveness of a client‐centred cognitive rehabilitation programme designed to teach compensatory strategies for planning daily activities. In this application, an 8‐year‐old boy long‐term after traumatic brain injury and his family participated. The evaluation results revealed an overall goal attainment T‐score of 68.70, indicating that the programme goal was attained above the expected level. The application of goal attainment scaling as an evaluation method for client‐centred paediatric programmes is discussed.