Addressing Childrens Needs and Evaluating Rehabilitation Outcome After Spinal Cord Injury: The Child Needs Assessment Checklist and Goal-Planning Program

摘要

Background/Objective:Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a devastating event with lasting implications for children and families. The rehabilitation of children and adolescents with SCI must be developmentally based, and goal-planning programs must respond to their changing needs as they grow. The Child Needs Assessment Checklist (ChNAC) and goal-planning program provides a developmentally sensitive way to assess and address young people's needs within the context of their family and community. This preliminary study investigated the utility of the ChNAC in planning rehabilitation goals and evaluating outcomes for young people.