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Holiday closures: our outpatient programs will be closed from Dec. 25, 2024 to Jan. 1, 2025. Regular services resume January 2, 2024. Day program will be closed from Dec. 23 to Dec. 27, 2024 inclusive, and will be closed on Jan. 1, 2025. Orthotics and prosthetics will be available for urgent care.

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Outcome Measures

Scientists in the Bloorview Research Institute develop outcome measures to evaluate interventions.

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Acquired Brain Injury Challenge Assessment (ABI-CA)
The ABI-CA is a dynamic assessment of advanced motor skills.
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Effective Listening and Interactive Communication Scales (ELICS)
ELICS assessments are designed to measure the listening and communication behaviours of healthcare providers.
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Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) Measures
FIATS-AAC: The Family Impact of Assistive Technology Scale for Augmentative and Alternative Communication is a questionnaire designed to detect functional change associated with augmentative and alternative communication interventions.
FIAAC-E: The Functional Impact of Augmentative and Alternative Communication – Educator Version is a questionnaire designed to help educators and allied health team members working with them to identify and address communication needs for students within the school setting.
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Family Needs Questionnaire – Pediatric Version (FNQ-P) and Pediatric Rehabilita…
The FNQ-P and FNQ-PR are valid and reliable tools that represent a range of family needs that may appear.
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FOCUS
Focus on the Outcomes of Communication Under Six (FOCUS©) is a clinical tool designed to evaluate change in communicative-participation in preschool children.
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Hypertonia Assessment Tool (HAT)
The Hypertonia Assessment Tool (HAT) is a research and clinical guide for grading the severity of hypertonia in the paediatric population.
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Interprofessional Socialization and Valuing Scale (ISVS)
The Interprofessional Socialization and Valuing Scale (ISVS) is a self-report measure of willingness to work in interprofessional relationships in teams with clients.
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Measure of Environmental Qualities of Activity Settings (MEQAS)
The MEQAS is an observer-rated questionnaire that allows people observing an activity setting to record observations on different aspects of the activity environment.
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PRIME Suite
The tools in the Pediatric Rehabilitation Intervention Measure of Engagement (PRIME) suite are designed to measure the engagement of children and youth, parents, and service providers involved in rehabilitation therapy.
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Quality FM
The Quality Function Measure is a clinical and research tool designed to evaluate quality of movement in standing and walking skills in school-aged children and youth who have cerebral palsy.
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Self-reported Experiences of Activity Settings (SEAS)
The SEAS is a self-report measure that asks youth with and without disabilities about their experiences of recreational or leisure activities they take part in.
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Service Provider Strategies-Checklist (SPS-C)
The SPS-C is a 24-item observational checklist that captures service providers’ use of five types of intervention strategies in life skills programs.
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The Challenge
The Challenge is a dynamic assessment of advanced motor skills.