2024 Volume 43 Issue 1 Pages 23-32
The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of school consultations based on specific protocols in special needs schools of intellectual disability. Occupational therapists (OTs) visited schools and provided consultation services to 15 students and the teachers at each elementary and lower secondary divisions. The protocol consisted of three consultations per student (using a prescribed form to confirm goals and share support contents). The Goal Attainment Scaling (GAS) and Aberrant Behavior Checklist (ABC-J) measured the effects of the consultations. Both GAS and ABC-J scores showed a significant improvement. The school consultation provided by OTs was found to contribute to the achievement of individual goals for each student and to reduce teachers' sense of difficulty.
