Artikelförfattare: Hua-Fang Liao, Ya-Tzu Liao, Li-Chiou Chen, Yen-Tzu Wu, Lin-Ju Kang, Mats Granlund, Eva Björck

Abstract:

Purpose: To compare the participation ratings between children with special educational needs and their primary caregivers and investigate the activities children desire to change and their participation-based goals.
Methods: Twenty children with special educational needs aged 8 to 12 years were interviewed using the Functioning Scale of the Disability Evaluation System—Child to measure participation frequency and independence and select desire-to-change
activities. The International Classification of Functioning, Disabilities, and Health-based Collaborative Problem Solving was used to form participation-based goals.
Results: Children reported participation differently from their primary caregivers. Nineteen children identified desire-to-change activities mostly related to the home and community settings and indicated a desire to change participation frequency. Children’s participation-based goals reflected their desires to do their preferred activities more often.
Conclusions: Children with special educational needs had unique perspectives different from those of their caregivers, and they could identify desired activities and set participation goals with semi-structured methods.

Forskningsfinansiärer: Ministry of Health and Welfare, Executive
Yuan, Taiwan; Research Ethics Committee Section of National Taiwan University Hospital

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