title: Goal attainment scaling as a measure of meaningful outcomes for children with sensory integration disorders.
abstract: Goal attainment scaling (GAS) is a methodology that shows promise for application to intervention effectiveness research and program evaluation in occupational therapy (Dreiling & Bundy, 2003; King et al., 1999; Lannin, 2003; Mitchell & Cusick, 1998). This article identifies the recent and current applications of GAS to occupational therapy for children with sensory integration dysfunction, as well as the process, usefulness, and problems of application of the GAS methodology to this population. The advantages and disadvantages of using GAS in single-site and multisite research with this population is explored, as well as the potential solutions and future programs that will strengthen the use of GAS as a measure of treatment effectiveness, both in current clinical practice and in much-needed larger, multisite research studies.
authors: Pediatric Therapy Network, 1815 West 213th Street, Suite 100, Torrance, CA 90501, USA. zoem@PTNmail.org
authors: Zoe
authors: Z
authors: Mailloux
authors: Teresa A
authors: TA
authors: May-Benson
authors: Clare A
authors: CA
authors: Summers
authors: Lucy Jane
authors: LJ
authors: Miller
authors: Barbara
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authors: Brett-Green
authors: Janice P
authors: JP
authors: Burke
authors: Ellen S
authors: ES
authors: Cohn
authors: Jane A
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authors: Koomar
authors: L Diane
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authors: Parham
authors: Susanne Smith
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authors: Roley
authors: Roseann C
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authors: Schaaf
authors: Sarah A
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authors: Schoen
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D006040:Goals; D006801:Humans; D009788:Occupational Therapy; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care / Q000379:methods*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D020886:Somatosensory Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014481:United States