Rainville E B, Cermak S A, Murray E A
Springfield College, Massachusetts 01109, USA.
Am J Occup Ther. 1996 Oct;50(9):725-31. doi: 10.5014/ajot.50.9.725.
Occupational therapists with advanced experience or expertise provide supervision and consultation services in a variety of settings. This pilot study examined the use of such supervision and consultation services by pediatric occupational therapists.
Special education administrators and pediatric occupational therapists from Massachusetts, a state often regarded as a leader in special education, responded to surveys designed especially for this study. These surveys asked about current supervision and consultation use, satisfaction with present services, and the need for additional resources in this area. Opinions regarding practice areas that would best be addressed by supervision and consultation were also obtained.
Both administrator and therapist respondents agreed that expert occupational therapy supervision and consultation are needed. Identified areas of interest were classroom supervision and consultation strategies, service delivery decisions, and evaluation methods.
Pediatric occupational therapists need expert supervision and consultation from occupational therapists with advanced experience or expertise in addition to traditional management, education, and training methods.
具有丰富经验或专业知识的职业治疗师在多种环境中提供监督和咨询服务。这项试点研究调查了儿科职业治疗师对这类监督和咨询服务的使用情况。
来自常被视为特殊教育领先州的马萨诸塞州的特殊教育管理人员和儿科职业治疗师对专门为本研究设计的调查问卷做出了回应。这些调查问卷询问了当前监督和咨询服务的使用情况、对现有服务的满意度以及该领域对额外资源的需求。还收集了关于监督和咨询最能有效解决的实践领域的意见。
管理人员和治疗师受访者均认为需要专业的职业治疗监督和咨询。确定的感兴趣领域包括课堂监督和咨询策略、服务提供决策以及评估方法。
除了传统的管理、教育和培训方法外，儿科职业治疗师还需要具有丰富经验或专业知识的职业治疗师提供专业监督和咨询。
