Parent-Therapist Partnership Survey: Parent Feedback and Psychometric Properties.
Ashley N Murphy, Linzy M Pinkerton, Alexandra E Morford and 1 others
PMID 36329299WHAT IT FOUND
Parents of children receiving school-based therapies rated needs in two areas: being informed and empowered as team members, and needing support and guidance.
A 36-item survey can ask these needs directly. It does not show that using it improves child or family outcomes.
Key findings
01The revised survey had 36 items in two sections: Need for Support and Guidance (17 items) and Need to be Informed, Engaged Members of the Child's Team (19 items).
02The authors reported adequate internal consistency for the whole 36-item survey (alpha = 0.93) and for the two sections (alpha = 0.89 and 0.90).
03Parent feedback added needs such as sibling assistance, coordinated services, help explaining services to the child, childcare during meetings, less judgement, cultural respect, and information about written goals.
STILL TO COME
How it was doneWhat they foundWhat it means for PTsWhat it means for OTsWhat it means for SLPs
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What it does not show
This is a measure development and validation study, not evidence that using the survey improves parent engagement or child outcomes. The sample was an online convenience sample, with 655 parents opening the survey and 208 analysed, so it may not represent all parents of children with disabilities. Only importance ratings were analysed; the needs-met items were incomplete and not analysed, so the survey may not fully capture unmet needs. The paper reports no test-retest reliability, no convergent or discriminant validity, and unknown sensitivity to change. The readability review used 11 parents recruited from a prior study, so it may not reflect parents new to the survey. Most analysed respondents were female (185 participants, 89%) and mostly White (147 respondents, 71%), so it may not reflect fathers or families of other backgrounds.
The easy way to misread this
Do not conclude that giving parents this survey will improve therapy outcomes or engagement. The study tested how parents answered the items and how the items grouped; it did not test using the survey in clinical care.