Student outcomes of school-based physical therapy as measured by goal attainment scaling

Lisa A. Chiarello; Susan K. Effgen; Lynn Jeffries; Sarah Westcott McCoy; Heather Bush

doi:10.1097/PEP.0000000000000268

Student outcomes of school-based physical therapy as measured by goal attainment scaling

Lisa A. Chiarello, Susan K. Effgen, Lynn Jeffries, Sarah Westcott McCoy, Heather Bush

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Abstract

Purpose: The main purposes were to describe individualized outcomes of students receiving school-based physical therapy and determine if goal attainment differed by gross motor ability and age. Methods: One hundred nine physical therapists and 296 students participated. At the beginning of the school year, therapists translated students' Individualized Education Program goals into subgoals using Goal Attainment Scaling and determined students' Gross Motor Functional Classification System level. Researchers categorized goals (posture/mobility, recreation/fitness, self-care, or academics), and therapists identified students' primary goal. At the end of the school year, therapists scored the goals. Descriptive statistics and 2-way analyses of variance were conducted. Results: Students exceeded their expected goal level for primary goals and goals categorized as posture/mobility, recreation/fitness, and self-care and made progress on academic goals. No differences were found by gross motor ability. Younger students had higher goal attainment for primary and recreation goals. Conclusion: Students achieve individualized outcomes addressed by school-based physical therapy.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	277-284
Number of pages	8
Journal	Pediatric Physical Therapy
Volume	28
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1097/PEP.0000000000000268
State	Published - 2016

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Funding Information:
The research reported here was supported by the Institute of Education Sciences, US Department of Education, through grant R324A110204 to the University of Kentucky. The opinions expressed are those of the authors and do not represent views of the Institute or the US Department of Education. REDCap was used in the data analysis, which was supported by NIH CTSA grant number UL1TR000117.

Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2016 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. and Academy of Pediatric Physical Therapy of the American Physical Therapy Association.

Keywords

Goal Attainment Scaling
Goals
School-based physical therapy
Student individualized outcomes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health
Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation

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