title: Application of Data-Driven Decision Making Using Ayres Sensory Integration(®) With a Child With Autism.
abstract: Health care and educational legislation and policy require that clinicians demonstrate, using measurement and report of outcomes, accountability for services rendered. Clinical algorithms have been developed and are used by various health care professionals to assist with hypothesis generation and systematic clinical reasoning; however, they do not explicitly guide measurement of outcomes as part of the reasoning process. Schaaf and colleagues developed the Data-Driven Decision Making (DDDM) process to address the greater need for outcome measurement, systematically support decision making, target intervention more precisely, and measure and document outcomes. This article describes the application of the DDDM process with a child with ASD who received occupational therapy using Ayres Sensory Integration(®).
authors.affiliation: Patricia Faller, OTD, OTR/L, is Occupational Therapist, Children's Specialized Hospital, Toms River, NJ.
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Faller
authors.affiliation: Joanne Hunt, OTD, OTR/L, is Occupational Therapy Clinical Lead, Children's Specialized Hospital, Mountainside, NJ.
authors.forename: Joanne
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hunt
authors.affiliation: Elke van Hooydonk, OTD, OTR/L, is Senior Occupational Therapist, Children's Specialized Hospital, Toms River, NJ.
authors.forename: Elke
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: van Hooydonk
authors.affiliation: Zoe Mailloux, OTD, OTR/L, FAOTA, is Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Occupational Therapy, Jefferson School of Health Professions, Philadelphia, PA.
authors.forename: Zoe
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Mailloux
authors.affiliation: Roseann Schaaf, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA, is Professor and Chair, Department of Occupational Therapy, Jefferson School of Health Professions, and Faculty, Farber Institute of Neuroscience, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA; roseann.schaaf@jefferson.edu.
authors.forename: Roseann
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Schaaf
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000067877:Autism Spectrum Disorder / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003657:Decision Making; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009043:Motor Activity; D009788:Occupational Therapy; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D012684:Sensory Thresholds; D012951:Socialization; D020886:Somatosensory Disorders / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis