Bespoke program design for school-aged therapy disability service delivery
Document Type
Journal Article
Keywords
bespoke service delivery, consulting model of service provision, disability services, family-centered, school-aged therapy services, service delivery, transdisciplinaryarticle, Australia, Canada, child, cooperation, handicapped child, human, information processing, methodology, nonbiological model, occupational therapy, physiotherapy, program development, psychological aspect, psychological model, psychological theory, quality of life, school, student, Canada, Child, Cooperative Behavior, Disabled Children, Focus Groups, Humans, Models, Organizational, Models, Psychological, Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy Modalities, Program Development, Psychological Theory, Quality of Life, Schools, Students, Western Australia
Faculty
Faculty of Business and Law
School
Office of Associate Dean - Teaching and Learning (FBL)
RAS ID
14112
Abstract
This article uses the evaluation of a school-aged therapy service for children with disabilities in Western Australia to investigate models of service delivery. The current literature on family-centered practice, multidisciplinary and transdisciplinary approaches, and 4 models of service are reviewed. The models include the life needs model, the relational goal-orientated model of optimal service delivery to children and families, the quality of life model, and the collaborative model of service delivery. Analysis of the data is presented together with a bespoke model of service delivery for children with disabilities, arguing that local contexts benefit from custom-made service design.
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Weatherill, P. J., Bahn, S. T., & Cooper, T. (2012). Bespoke program design for school-aged therapy disability service delivery. Journal of Social Work in Disability & Rehabilitation, 11(3), 166-183. Available here