Social Behavioral Goals and Reimbursable Developmental Activity Strategies

Occupational therapy students rating the social profile of their educational group: do they agree?

“…This principle of adaptation of behaviours to the purpose of the group is part of social development theory, as seen by the concentration of group scores in this study in the basic cooperative level of interaction, appropriate for a student study group. [3,10] Study limitations and implications for future research One limitation of this study is the effect of rating one's own group which could lead to lack of objectivity. Good observation skills and emotional distance would be required to be objective, especially if a student perceived that their grade might be affected.…”

“…Asher, [8] in her encyclopaedic 4th edition, organized a whole chapter on social participation assessments, while Hemphill-Pearson [9] published an entire book devoted to assessments in occupational therapy mental health. To assist clinicians in organizing their group leadership work, Donohue [10] delineated how social behavioural goals can be designed for reimbursable activity group strategies. However, the occupational therapy literature to date is sparse when it comes to assessments of group level participation and functioning in activity groups.…”

Developing and testing a protocol to systematically assess social interaction with urban outdoor environment

“…The SIS is developed according to Parten's (1932) scheme, which was tested for the validity to determine the levels of social interactions and established the psychometric properties ( Bakeman & Brownlee, 1980 ; Bakeman & Gottman, 1997 ). Even though Parten's scheme was originally applied to children, it has been evaluated as a valid coding scheme for assessing social interaction for different age groups ( Charko et al, 2016 ; Coplan et al, 2015 ) and in different settings including urban open space ( Donohue, 2015 ; Loebach et al, 2020 ). To verify the psychometric utility of SOSIP, a parallel-forms of reliability test was conducted to demonstrate the internal consistency of the protocol.…”

“…Parten's characterization of social interactions has been widely applied to other age groups in different settings ( Bakeman & Gottman, 1997 ; Charko et al, 2016 ; Coplan et al, 2015; Donohue, 2015 ; Loebach et al, 2020 ). Subsequent scholars have discussed whether subtle distinctions between the codes were necessary ( Bakeman & Gottman, 1997 ).…”