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Child and adolescent scale of participation (CASP)
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Purpose
A measurement of participation in home, school, and community activities
Can be used for individualised intervention planning, as an outcome measure, and in research.
Assesment Type
Patient Group
Cerebral Palsy | Musculoskeletal | Neurodisability (Other) | Neuromuscular | Other | Respiratory
Age Group
Children (3-12 years) | Adolescents (13-17 years) | Young Adult (18+ years)
ICF domain
Activity & Participation
Area of assessment
Activities of Daily Living
Key description
School aged children, 5 yrs and over
Report by caregivers
Informed by ICF.
20 ordinal scaled items and 4 sub sections:-home Participation
School participation
Community participation
Home & community living activities
The CASP has reported evidence of test re-test reliability (Intraclass Correlation Coefficient = 0.94), internal consistency (α ≥ 0.96) and construct and discriminant validity.
Cost
Free
Equipment required
Scoring guidelines & questionnaire
Training required
No training needed.
Considerations & references
Free to download - https://www.canchild.ca/en/resources/225-the-child-and-adolescent-scale-of-participation-casp
http://sites.tufts.edu/garybedell/files/2012/07/CASP-Administration-Scoring-Guidelines-8-19-11.pdf
http://sites.tufts.edu/garybedell/files/2012/07/CASP-Youth-Version-Revised-12-29-11.pdf
10 minutes with a parent/carer
The open-ended questions at the end of the CASP can provide useful information to understand factors that might support or hinder the child’s participation and elaborate on information that was not obtained from the ordinal-scaled items.
Available in English, French, German, Hebrew, Mandarin and Spanish,
If you spot any errors or wish to suggest any amendments to this summary, please contact paediatricmeasures@apcp.org.uk