Bespoke program design for school-aged therapy disability service delivery.
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.
School of Psychology and Social Science, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Western Australia.
Pamela
P
Weatherill
Susanne
S
Bahn
Trudi
T
Cooper
D002170:Canada; D002648:Child; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D019988:Children with Disabilities / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D017144:Focus Groups; D006801:Humans; D017146:Models, Organizational; D008960:Models, Psychological; D009788:Occupational Therapy / Q000379:methods; D026741:Physical Therapy Modalities; D016730:Program Development; D011582:Psychological Theory; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology; D012574:Schools; D013334:Students; D014904:Western Australia