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Multidisciplinary quality assessment: the case of a child development team, part I
- Author:
- HOWARD Lynne M.
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 57(9), September 1994, pp.345-348.
- Publisher:
- Sage
Places the concept of measuring quality in a multidisciplinary team within the context of child health services, with particular reference to provision for children with disabilities. Current preoccupations with measuring quality have been examined, noting that the difficulty of measuring service quality is compounded by quality itself being a concept open to a variety of interpretations. The managerial model of measuring quality of health care in a similar way to industrial quality has been rejected in favour of a qualitative approach, where consumers consider their needs to have been met and staff opinion concurs with this.
Multidisciplinary quality assessment: the case of a child development team, part 2
- Author:
- HOWARD Lynne M.
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 57(10), October 1994, pp.393-397.
- Publisher:
- Sage
The second of three articles. Explains the methodology of the study. The findings of the interviews of a range of staff within the team are explored in detail using the structure-process-outcome model outlined in the first article.
An interdisciplinary training model in the field of early intervention
- Author:
- ROBERT-DeGENNARO Maria
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work in Education, 18(1), January 1996, pp.20-29.
- Publisher:
- National Association of Social Workers
Federal legislation mandated the development of comprehensive, coordinated service systems to meet the needs of infants and toddlers with disabilities and their families. This article presents a training model that uses an interdisciplinary approach to train students from various disciplines, including social work, to work as interdisciplinary team members with families who have a disabled infant or toddler. School social workers will be expected to provide leadership on teams and service coordination in this field of early intervention. In responding to this challenge, the primary focus should be on coordinating the continuum of care needed by a family, It is critical that adequately trained personnel be available and have the skills to plan, deliver, and monitor early intervention services within a variety of delivery systems.