Erin McQuivey, Cindy Smith, Nicole Erickson Macy, and Lisa Wilson | Faculty advisor: Barbara Fiechtl | URELEND URELEND Family Directed Consultation

“Nothing determines the course of individuals’ lives more than their families.” –Sarah Landy,  Main components of Parent Directed Consultation, PDC – Family-centered care (FCC)  New with paucity of research  Available research supports positive outcomes  Linked to Trans/interdisciplinary team approach Introduction

 Family-centered care or FCC – Improved outcomes for children with special healthcare needs (Kuhlthau et al., 2001, Law, et al., 2003, Kuo, Bird, & Tilford, 2011)  Greater family satisfaction reports  Fiscally responsible  Supports positive family outcomes  Increases staff satisfaction  Fewer delays in care  Fewer emergency room visits  Reduce some racial disparities in care (Ngui & Flores, 2006) – Less likely to receive a FCC approach when receiving care (Coker, Rodriquez, & Flores, 2010). Overview of Literature

 Ambrose et al. (2013) initiated a project entitled, “Evaluation of Parent-Directed Consultations in the Utah Regional Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities Program” – Learn more about families that participate in the URLEND PDC’s by assessing family coping and family perceptions of their participation in the PDC.  The aims of this project are essentially the same. – Continuation of initial study  Assessing family coping and family perceptions of their participation in the PDC.  Increase both the sample size and the validity Project Purpose

 Participants – Convenient Sample – Recruited by URLEND trainees or by URLEND faculty members – 14 parents or caregivers of children with special healthcare  Three online surveys – PDC Prep, End, and Follow-Up  Three days, immediately after PDC, and one month respectively – Developed by PDC Leadership group were  Administered using the survey hosting website Survey Monkey.  Utilized a variety of questions, including open-ended, Likert scale, and multiple choice questions (Dillman, 2000). Method: Participants and Survey

 Prep survey – Questions about family demographics; questions regarding types of current and past services, family-centered care, family coping skills; and open-ended questions around reasons for PDC participation  End Survey – Examining the family’s experience participating in the PDC – Questions included opinions around feelings of being heard, treated as equal team members, concerns validated and addressed, respect of family phenomenology, and open-ended question prompting for suggestions of PDC improvement  Follow-Up Survey – Second measure of family stress, opinion of family-centered care, and the family’s experience participating in the PDC Procedures: Measures

FamilyPre-PDC FCC Score1 month post-PDC FCC scoreChange Mean Results (cont.) Family-Centered Care (FCC) Composite Scores

FamilyPre-PDC FCS score1 month after PDC Score Change Mean Results (cont.) Table 9 Family Coping Skills (FCS) Composite Scores

 Big Picture – Increase in score from pre to post – Data continued to support hypothesis  Limitations – Limited sample size – Participant bias  Convenience Sample – Participant Attrition  Future Recommendations – Pamphlet – Short video clip Discussion

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Assert Variety of Experiences Clinical Parents & Families CAA Leadership Group Autism Support Services Education Research Training (ASSERT) Erin’s Highlights and Suggestions Training More diverse opportunities More interactions AE Trainees Project choice

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