Participation-focused strategy use among caregivers of children receiving early intervention

Abstract

Importance: Evidence on common types of participation-focused caregiver strategies can help occupational therapy practitioners to take an evidence-based approach to designing participation-focused practice. Objective: To identify and explore types of caregiver strategies to support young children’s participation in valued occupations in the home and community. Design: Qualitative study using a subset of data collected online with the Young Children’s Participation and Environment Measure (YC–PEM). Narrative responses about strategy use were content coded to the family of Participation-Related Constructs (fPRC) framework using a deductive analytic approach to identify relevant types of partic..