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Evaluating research in developmental disabilities: a conceptual framework for reviewing treatment outcomes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 July 2016

Charlene Butler ,
Henry Chambers ,
Murray Goldstein ,
Susan Harris ,
Judy Leach ,
Suzann Campbell ,
Richard Adams  and
Johanna Darrah
Charlene Butler
Affiliation:
Treatment Outcomes Committee, American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine, Rosemont, IL, USA
Henry Chambers
Affiliation:
Treatment Outcomes Committee, American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine, Rosemont, IL, USA
Murray Goldstein
Affiliation:
Treatment Outcomes Committee, American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine, Rosemont, IL, USA
Susan Harris
Affiliation:
Treatment Outcomes Committee, American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine, Rosemont, IL, USA
Judy Leach
Affiliation:
Treatment Outcomes Committee, American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine, Rosemont, IL, USA
Suzann Campbell
Affiliation:
Treatment Outcomes Committee, American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine, Rosemont, IL, USA
Richard Adams
Affiliation:
Treatment Outcomes Committee, American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine, Rosemont, IL, USA
Johanna Darrah
Affiliation:
Treatment Outcomes Committee, American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine, Rosemont, IL, USA
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Abstract

The study of developmental disabilities, not being confined to one medical field, poses a challenge in evaluating outcomes research. It is a multidisciplinary area of study which encompasses health-care, rehabilitation, psychosocial, educational, and biotechnology specialties and involves biological, social, and behavioral effects of intervention. Consequently, there is a lack of consistency in what has been studied, how the outcomes have been measured, and where these results have been recorded. Naturally, these disparate outcomes data need to be consolidated in such a way that comparison of treatments can be made, within and across professional disciplines.

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Review
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Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology , Volume 41 , Issue 1 , January 1999 , pp. 55 - 59
Copyright
1999 Mac Keith Press

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