A Modification to the Assessment of Problem-Solving in Play to Enhance Its Utility: Evaluation of Validity,

Rebecca M Molinini1, Natalie A Koziol, Ketaki Inamdar

  • 1Partnership for People with Disabilities, School of Education, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia (Dr Molinini); Nebraska Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families and Schools, Nebraska Academy for Methodology, Analytics, and Psychometrics, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska (Dr Koziol); Human Performance and Physical Therapy, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia (Dr Inamdar); Motor Development Lab, University of Southern California (Ms Rhee); Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California (Ms Salgaonkar); Rangos School of Health Sciences, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Dr Harbourne); Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Washington (Dr Hsu); Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington (Dr Westcott McCoy); Move 2 Learn Innovation Lab, Department of Physical Therapy and Biomechanics and Movement Science Program, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware (Dr Lobo); Educational Psychology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska (Dr Bovaird); Division of Neonatology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia (Dr Burnsed); Department of Counseling and Special Education, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia (Dr Spence); Division of NeuroDevelopmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, Virginia (Dr Stevenson), Sykes Family Chair of Pediatric Physical Therapy, Health, and Development, Division of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California (Dr Dusing).

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