Browsing by Author "Mendoza, Kiera"

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    Effectiveness of a Trauma Informed Outdoor Education
    (2024) Mendoza, Kiera; DeRolf, Annie; Department of Occupational Therapy, School of Health and Human Sciences; Shissler, Gretchen
    Adverse childhood experiences are prevalent in all practice settings. Nature may have therapeutic benefits for children who have experienced trauma. Along with hosting programs in nature, it is important to educate program stakeholders on how to best support children with traumatic histories so that they can best participate in learning and social participation. The goal of this capstone project and study was to determine whether trauma informed training at an outdoor education program would produce knowledge and application of trauma informed practices. Additionally, this study explored whether this type of training program improved student emotional and sensory regulation as perceived by a caregiver. To do so, caregivers of a student or staff of an outdoor education program participated in training. Pre and post surveys regarding trauma knowledge and implementation were administered, along with surveys regarding caregiver’s perceptions of their child’s regulation. Staff, caregivers, and the organization gained knowledge of trauma informed practices. Caregivers perceived improvements in child emotional regulation and sensory regulation. Overall, trauma informed training positively impacted stakeholders and practices of the organization.
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    Wheeled mobility use outcomes: a systematic review protocol of measurement properties
    (Wolters Kluwer, 2024-09) Mendoza, Kiera; Loeser, Madison; Ouellet, Béatrice; Best, Krista L.; Paula, Rushton W.; Kenyon, Lisa K.; Hinrichs, Rachel J.; Chase, Tony
    Numerous tools have been developed to measure constructs related to wheelchair use. Currently, no toolkit comprehensively details assessments of wheeled mobility device use based on the quality of their measurement properties. The current review aims to systematically identify high-quality assessment tools that measure different aspects of wheeled mobility use. The objectives are two-fold: i) to synthesize outcome measures that assess use of wheeled mobility devices, and ii) to evaluate measurement properties of the assessment tools. The populations of interest are manual wheelchair users, power wheelchair users, and scooter users of any age, diagnosis, or setting. Instruments of any type will be included. The JBI methodology for systematic reviews of measurement properties will guide this review. A search strategy will be developed to search the following databases: MEDLINE (Ovid), Embase, CINAHL (EBSCOhost), PsycINFO (EBSCOhost), PsycTests (EBSCOhost), Web of Science, and Google Scholar. The article selection process, data extraction, and quality appraisal will be performed by 2 independent reviewers, with a third reviewer being consulted to achieve consensus. The methodological quality of the studies will be assessed through the Consensus Standards for the Selection of Measurement Instruments (COSMIN) Risk of Bias tool and the COSMIN Checklist. The quality of the pooled evidence and individual measurement properties will be graded using the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation (GRADE) approach and the COSMIN Criteria for Good Measurement Properties recommendations. Measurement properties of each instrument will be described, with the goal of developing a toolkit that identifies appropriate assessment tools for wheeled mobility use outcomes.