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The impact of community paediatric occupational therapy on children with disabilities and their carers
- Authors:
- STEWART Sandra, NEYERLIN-BEALE Janet
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 63(8), August 2000, pp.373-379.
- Publisher:
- Sage
This study investigates the effectiveness of paediatric occupational therapy in terms of both increasing the independence of disabled children and reducing the strain of caring on the part of carers. The findings show a statistically significant shift in the children's scores indicating that the levels of independence improved for most of children, although many remain dependent on their carers for a number of daily living tasks. While the carers found the occupational therapy service very satisfactory, the evidence suggests that it did not reduce the strain of caring.