Coaching SNAs can improve children’ participation in daily living skills: A quasi-experimental pretest-posttest design study

López de la Fuente, M. José (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; García-Foncillas López, Rafael (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Gómez Trullén, Eva M. (Universidad de Zaragoza)

Resumen: Special Needs Assistants (SNAs) serve an essential role to support children with disabilities; thus, they need efficient training. The one-on-one coaching following a workshop was compared with a control group that only received a workshop. A quasi-experimental study was conducted in two of the five public special education schools in Zaragoza (Spain); seventeen paraprofessionals and thirty-seven children participated voluntarily. The Canadian Occupational Performance Measure (COPM) was administered pre and post-intervention to evaluate changes in the participation of children with disabilities. Questionnaires for assessing competencies and needs were issued for both groups of SNAs, and the kinds of goals and the adaptations required were analysed. The intervention was guided by an occupational therapist (OT). Children in the intervention group showed significant gains in goals identified by assistant and therapist. However, both groups of SNAs indicated they had improved their skills. Through collaboration with OTs, SNAs can implement practices that enhance children’ participation in activities of daily living in natural environments. SNAs’ training should be carried out according to their real demands and the needs of the children they support.

Idioma: Inglés

DOI: 10.1080/08856257.2021.1963151

Año: 2022

Publicado en: European journal of special needs education 37, 5 (2022), 891-906
ISSN: 0885-6257

Factor impacto JCR: 2.6 (2022)

Categ. JCR: EDUCATION, SPECIAL rank: 7 / 43 = 0.163 (2022) - Q1 - T1

Factor impacto CITESCORE: 4.5 - Social Sciences (Q1) - Health Professions (Q1) - Psychology (Q2)

Factor impacto SCIMAGO: 0.811 - Education (Q1) - Health Professions (miscellaneous) (Q1) - Developmental and Educational Psychology (Q2)

Tipo y forma: Article (PostPrint)

Área (Departamento): Área Educación Física y Depor. (Dpto. Fisiatría y Enfermería)
Área (Departamento): Área Fisioterapia (Dpto. Fisiatría y Enfermería)
Área (Departamento): Área Medic.Prevent.Salud Públ. (Dpto. Microb.Ped.Radio.Sal.Pú.)