Ages 6-21 years Intended All disability groups; could also be used with typically developing children pop/diagnostic groups Criterion-referenced tool, self-report questionnaires for evaluating child level of Purpose participation in daily activities outside of school, and their preferences for those activities, and how they perceive them to be; Multiple dimensions of participation, are examined including participation diversity (types of activities they do), intensity (how often), with whom and where participation occurs, and enjoyment. The PAC measures activity preference, or the activities the child is most interested in. Both measures include 55 informal and formal activities that can be organized into five activity types: recreational, active-physical, social, skill-based, and self-improvement. Self-report Questionnaires; CAPE asks children to rate multiple dimensions of Primary participation, including whether they do certain activities, how often, with whom and Administration where participation occurs, and to rate their level of enjoyment. Pictures of the Procedure activities are included; PAC- Children are asked to rate an number of activities on how much they like them or would like to do them; pictures are included; responses are recorded in an assessment booklet CAPE- Helps to understand what activities the child values, and their level of Interpretation participation in those activities; PAC- identifies the interests, especially leisure child’s Focus interests Occupation-based in that it involves examining participation and interest in the occupation areas of leisure, and community and social participation OTPF Domain Occupation: Play, leisure, social and community participation OTHER info PSYCHOMETRICS Standardization Adequate; N=427; criterion-referenced rather than norm-referenced; sample Factor analysis was conducted to classify/categorize the activities, providing Validity some evidence of construct validity; Correlations among activity types are however low, ranging from .22 to .44, decreasing overall support for the construct of participation. Overall, validity evidence is weak. Internal consistency was calculated using a which Reliability Cronbach’s Alpha compares each item to the overall score and the other individual items, and was adequate with the PAC (.76 -.84), and results were low to fair with overall CAPE scores (.42-.76)). The test-retest scores for diversity,
Ages 6-21 years Intended pop/diagnostic groups All disability groups; could also be used with typically developing children Purpose Criterion-referenced tool, self-report questionnaires for evaluating child level of participation in daily activities outside of school, and their preferences for those activities, and how they perceive them to be; Multiple dimensions of participation, are examined including participation diversity (types of activities they do), intensity (how often), with whom and where participation occurs, and enjoyment. The PAC measures activity preference, or the activities the child is most interested in. Both measures include 55 informal and formal activities that can be organized into five activity types: recreational, active-physical, social, skill-based, and self-improvement. Primary Administration Procedure Self-report Questionnaires; CAPE asks children to rate multiple dimensions of participation, including whether they do certain activities, how often, with whom and where participation occurs, and to rate their level of enjoyment. Pictures of the activities are included; PAC- Children are asked to rate an number of activities on how much they like them or would like to do them; pictures are included; responses are recorded in an assessment booklet Interpretation Focus CAPE- Helps to understand what activities the child values, and their level of participation in those activities; PAC- identifies the child’s interests, especially leisure interests Occupation-based in that it involves examining participation and interest in the occupation areas of leisure, and community and social participation OTPF Domain Occupation: Play, leisure, social and community participation OTHER info PSYCHOMETRICS Standardization sample Adequate; N=427; criterion-referenced rather than norm-referenced; Validity Factor analysis was conducted to classify/categorize the activities, providing some evidence of construct validity; Correlations among activity types are however low, ranging from .22 to .44, decreasing overall support for the construct of participation. Overall, validity evidence is weak. Reliability Internal consistency was calculated using a Cronbach’s Alpha which compares each item to the overall score and the other individual items, and was adequate with the PAC (.76 -.84), and results were low to fair with overall CAPE scores (.42-.76)). The test-retest scores for diversity,
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