title: The Communication Supports Inventory-Children & Youth (CSI-CY), a new instrument based on the ICF-CY.
abstract: Two studies are presented that evaluated the Communication Supports Inventory-Children & Youth (CSI-CY), an instrument designed to facilitate the development of communication-related educational goals for students with complex communication needs (CCN). The CSI-CY incorporates a code set based on the ICF-CY. The studies were designed to determine the effect of using the CSI-CY on IEP goals for students with CCN and to evaluate consumer satisfaction.
  
  
  
  In Study 1, sixty-one educators and speech-language pathologists were randomly assigned to either (a) provide a student's current IEP (control group) or (b) complete the CSI-CY prior to preparing a student's next IEP and to submit the new IEP (experimental group). Study 2 was a field test to generate consumer satisfaction data.
  
  
  
  Study 1 showed that IEP goals submitted by participants in the experimental group referenced CSI-CY-related content significantly more frequently than did those submitted by control participants. Study 2 revealed high satisfaction with the instrument.
  
  
  
  The code set basis of the CSI-CY extends the common language of the ICF-CY to practical educational use for children with CCN across diagnostic groups. The CSI-CY is well regarded as an instrument to inform the content of communication goals related to CCN. Implications for Rehabilitation The CSI-CY will guide rehabilitation professionals to develop goals for children with complex communication impairments. The CSI-CY is a new instrument that is based on the ICF-CY for documentation of communication goals.
authors.affiliation: a Institute on Development & Disability, Oregon Health & Science University , Portland , OR , USA ;
authors.forename: Charity
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rowland
authors.affiliation: a Institute on Development & Disability, Oregon Health & Science University , Portland , OR , USA ;
authors.forename: Melanie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fried-Oken
authors.affiliation: b Assistive Technology Collaborations , Roseburg , OR , USA ;
authors.forename: Gayl
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bowser
authors.affiliation: c CHILD Institute of Disability Research, Jönköping University , Jönköping , Sweden ;
authors.forename: Mats
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Granlund
authors.affiliation: a Institute on Development & Disability, Oregon Health & Science University , Portland , OR , USA ;
authors.forename: Donald
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lollar
authors.affiliation: a Institute on Development & Disability, Oregon Health & Science University , Portland , OR , USA ;
authors.forename: Randall
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Phelps
authors.affiliation: d Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute, University of North Carolina , Chapel Hill , NC , USA.
authors.forename: Rune J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Simeonsson
authors.affiliation: a Institute on Development & Disability, Oregon Health & Science University , Portland , OR , USA ;
authors.forename: Sandra A M
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Steiner
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D003142:Communication; D003147:Communication Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D006233:Persons with Disabilities / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D064702:International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health / Q000458:organization & administration; D008297:Male; D009922:Oregon; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013066:Speech-Language Pathology; D014944:World Health Organization
keywords: Augmentative and alternative communication; ICF; ICF-CY; complex communication needs; individualized education programme