Pediatric Rehabilitation

Measurement

Clinical Practice (assessment, diagnosis, treatment, knowledge translation/EBP, implementation science, program development)

Symposium

(603014) Creating a Pediatric Outcome Measure: A Journey of A Thousand Miles

Presenter(s)

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  Amanda Chestnut, MS, OTR, BCP

  Program Coordinator for Rehabilitation in Occupational Therapy
  Childrens Hospital Colorado
  Denver, Colorado
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  Katelyn Ziegler, PT, MSPT, PCS

  Program Coordinator for Rehabilitation in Physical Therapy
  Childrens Hospital Colorado
  Aurora, Colorado
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  Hayley Swihart, MA, CCC-SLP

  Program Coordinator Neuro-rehabilitation
  Childrens Hospital Colorado
  Aurora, Colorado
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  Aaron Powell, MD

  Medical Director of Inpatient Rehabilitation
  Childrens Hospital Colorado
  Aurora, Colorado

Author(s)

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  Sarah Tlustos, PhD

  Pediatric Neuropsychologist
  Childrens Hospital Colorado
  Aurora, Colorado

As a follow-up to the course we presented in 2018, during which we introduced a new pediatric rehabilitation outcome measure and shared our preliminary data, we will focus this presentation on revisions that have been made to ensure internal consistency, content validity and inter-rator reliability. In addition, we will demonstrate application of the revised assessment through case studies, where we discuss implications to practice and rehabilitation outcomes for the 0-3 population.

Learning Objectives:

• 1. Describe the process for creating and revising a functional outcome measure for pediatric rehabilitation in the 0-3 population.
• 2. Describe previous outcomes and rationale for change to new assessment that impact accuracy of scoring and implications to practice.
• 3. Describe the importance of a responsive outcome measure to capture change in the 0-3 pediatric rehab population
• 4. Describe next steps for moving forward with test creation