培训社区志愿者支持残疾儿童:简要报告
Valerie Miller1,2, Dana Howell2,3, Patrick Kitzman2
1University of Cincinnati, OH, USA.
OTJR : occupation, participation and health
|March 22, 2025
概括
职业绩效指导 (OPC) 帮助成年志愿者在教会环境中增加社区对残疾儿童 (CWD) 的包容性. 这项干预措施改善了残疾人参与和社交网络.
科学领域:
- 社区参与和包容.
- 职业治疗干预措施 职业治疗干预措施
- 关于残疾人的研究.
背景情况:
- 与没有残疾的同龄人相比,残疾儿童 (CWD) 的社区参与度较低,通常是由于支持不足.
- 职业绩效指导 (OPC) 是一种基于证据的干预措施,旨在赋予成年人支持CWD的社区参与权.
- 基于信仰的环境,如教堂,代表了重要的社区环境,可以促进CWD包容性.
研究的目的:
- 调查向成年志愿者提供职业绩效指导 (OPC) 的有效性,以提高教会社区中残疾儿童 (CWD) 的包容性.
- 评估OPC对CWD在基于信仰的环境中的参与水平和社交网络的影响.
- 确定实施OPC作为促进CWD社区包容的战略的可行性.
主要方法:
- 采用混合方法的方法,涉及一组具有和没有残疾的星期日学校儿童.
- 成年志愿者接受了职业绩效指导 (OPC) 培训.
- 数据收集包括标准化措施,如目标实现量表 (GAS) 和加拿大职业绩效指标 (COPM),以及对社交网络的评估.
主要成果:
- 参与者表现出显著的改善,在目标实现量表 (GAS) 上平均增加了3个点.
- 加拿大职业绩效指标 (COPM) 显示,总绩效平均增长3.2个点,总满意度平均增长3.6个点.
- 在残疾儿童的社交网络中观察到积极的变化,表明加强了社区融入.
结论:
- 职业绩效指导 (OPC) 是一个可行和有效的干预措施,以增加残疾儿童 (CWD) 的社区包容.
- 与社区合作伙伴合作,例如信仰组织的志愿者,可以成功地促进CWD的参与.
- 这些发现支持OPC的更广泛应用,以加强残疾人在不同环境中的社会参与和社区融入.
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