Contextual, Client-Centred Coaching Following a Workshop: Assistants Capacity Building in Special Education.

ABSTRACT: Assistants serve an essential role in special education to support children with disabilities, but they should be properly trained and supervised. The coaching approach represents one trend that has been gradually implemented in occupational therapy (OT) and rehabilitation services. Still, few studies clearly define the coaching intervention, measure the fidelity of coaching practices, or evaluate capacity building of the caregivers in the long term. This quasi-experimental study compared one-on-one coaching in natural environments following a workshop with a training workshop. Both public schools do not have regular OT services. The primary outcome was the assistant's performance, measured with the Goal Attainment Scaling (GAS). The secondary outcome was the fidelity of coaching implement

SUBMITTER: Lopez-de-la-Fuente MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8296150 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature